PassportAI

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Inspiration

As immigrants and children of immigrants, we know firsthand how overwhelming arriving in a new country feels. The information exists — but it's scattered across 30 government websites, Facebook groups, and word of mouth. We wanted to collapse that chaos into one conversation.

What it does

PassportAI lets any immigrant describe their background in plain language. In seconds, our AI builds their personalized Life Passport — a complete roadmap covering visa steps, matched scholarships, local community organizations, and a career path. We also built a TikTok-style Discover feed where users scroll through surprising "Did you know?" facts about immigrating to countries they may never have considered.

How we built it

React + Vite frontend
Gemini AI API for profile extraction and passport generation
Static JSON database of scholarships, community orgs, and visa steps
CSS animations for the interactive accordion passport and snap-scroll Discover feed
Built entirely in 3.5 hours at the McGill Data Network Hackathon

Challenges we ran into

Prompt engineering the AI to return clean, structured JSON consistently across wildly different user inputs. Also fitting a full product — two distinct features, polished UI, and a working AI pipeline — into 3.5 hours.

Accomplishments we're proud of

The Discover feed was born as an idea mid-hackathon and we shipped it anyway. The passport interactive accordion genuinely feels like a product, not a prototype.

What we learned

How to split a build between two people with zero overlap and merge cleanly. How to prompt AI models for reliable structured output under time pressure.