Immigrant Verifier

Inspiration

The situation in some countries, all over the world, is becoming more and more critical and has led people to flee with the few resources they have left to places with a better quality of life. A serious problem is that many of these people barely have the resources to arrive and governments (especially in South America) are very bureaucratic when requesting information and verifying that the people (immigrants) are indeed them to be able to legally enter or stay in the country. without being expelled. For example, in Chile, many immigrants from Venezuela have had to queue at the consulate in Santiago to obtain documents and look for work later, because unfortunately without those documents they can only seek informal jobs or risk being expelled. With verified credentials, such a process would be much simpler, expedited for immigrants, and lowering government costs.

What it does

It allows people to create their own credentials, with data that identifies them (passport, national document, and photograph, as well as other data), so that an institution in their country of origin can sign the document and prove that the person is really that person. so that you can present it in any part of the destination country where the person is, to be able to qualify for government benefits, look for jobs, among others.

How we built it

Using C # technology (MVP framework) and only API calls, without using SDK or other technology.

Challenges we ran into

Being able to connect all the pieces (APIs) in a single application without using the SDK.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Make a functional application in a very short time and that would have some kind of benefit for citizens and the whole world.

What we learned

I fully understood the concept of verified credentials and its impact on business and society as a whole. This leads me to want to explore and work more with this technology.

What's next for Immigrant Verifier

Make a fully functional application and be able to offer it to different government institutions, starting from South America, to give meaning and good practices to the use of people's data.

Built With

• affinidi
• c#