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Making Immigration Paperwork Painless
A fast-growing Seattle startup is using technology to re-think the immigration application process , making it less stressful .
Brian Mittge
For a flat fee of $ 750 , Boundless will guide people through the bewildering and opaque immigration application process . Using technology and data , the company help its clients ensure that their applications are complete — then will guide them through the waiting process and celebrate success with them when the process is finished .
At A Glance
The online process asks simple questions , then turns those answers into the information needed on government immigration forms . Boundless automatically fills out the forms per exact government specifications .
An independent immigration attorney reviews the application and answers any questions , for no extra cost .
Boundless prints the application exactly as the government prefers , down to the holes on the top and the right type of metal bracket , then mails it to the applicant .
The applicant signs the forms and drops them in the mail in the provided envelope .
Boundless provides automatic case updates , tips and interview preparation as the application is being processed .
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Xiao Wang has a simple dream : to use technology to help families navigate the immigration process at an affordable price and with minimal stress .
It ’ s the kind of program that would have made a world of difference to his
“ We ’ re working strictly within the legal framework that exists . We ’ re just making it a lot more efficient .”
— Xiao Wang , co-founder & CEO , Boundless
own immigrant family , which spent the equivalent of five months ’ rent for a lawyer to obtain permanent residency visas , or green cards , when he arrived in the United States at age 3 .
Now , the company that Wang co-founded in 2017 , a fast-growing Seattle startup called Boundless , will help do the same work for just $ 750 .
Using answers from a series of friendly online questions , Boundless will automatically fill out the official government immigration paperwork . It ’ s a process that might take two hours , compared with days , weeks or even months for people to do on their own .
An independent immigration attorney , vetted by Boundless , will review the final product , then the company will print and mail it to the applicant in the proper format — down to the double hole-punch at the top with the government-preferred type of metal bracket holding it together — for signatures and submission .
“ We ’ re trying to take all of the stress and all of the complexity out of the process ,” Wang told Washington Business .
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