Product
The automated assembly line for immigration petition packets.
Six engines that take a client's document folder and return a filed-ready binder. Every output is a draft addressed to the attorney of record — Docket Build does the mechanical work and none of the legal thinking.
- Document classes
- 31
- Criteria packs
- 9
- Form fields cross-read
- 42
- Largest tested binder
- 1,400 pp
One complete petition
An EB-2 NIW matter, from folder to filing.
This is the actual sequence, on a real petition shape, with synthetic client data.
01
Intake
45 unsorted files land in the matter
A client sends everything at once for an EB-2 NIW petition — phone photographs of a diploma, a sealed transcript PDF, six expert letters in three formats, a Scholar export, tax returns and a birth certificate in Spanish.
- 45 files · 312 MB · 6 formats
- PDF · JPEG · DOCX · CSV · PNG · HEIC
02
Classification
Every document is named and categorised
Docket Build labels the PhD diploma, the citation report, the employment verification letters and each of the six expert testimonial letters, then writes back a human-readable name in place of IMG_4821.pdf.
- 31 document classes recognised
- Academic · identity · financial · testimony · funding
03
Compliance check
A foreign birth certificate has no translation certificate
The Spanish-language birth certificate carries a translation but no translator competence certificate, which 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) requires. It is flagged as a filing blocker and held out of the compiled binder until the paralegal resolves it.
- 3 documents held
- 1 missing certificate · 2 unsigned letters
04
Prong mapping
Citations and grant records map to Dhanasar
Citation evidence and federal funding records map to Prong 1 — substantial merit and national importance. Independent expert declarations and adoption evidence map to Prong 2 — well positioned to advance.
- Prong 1: 5 exhibits · 92% coverage
- Prong 2: 5 exhibits · 78% coverage
05
Assembly
A 340-page binder compiles with a two-tier index
Sequential Bates numbering runs DOE-NIW-0001 through DOE-NIW-0340. Exhibit cover sheets and tab dividers generate against the index. Live PDF bookmarks and internal hyperlinks are written into the file.
- 340 pp · DOE-NIW-0001 → 0340
- 5 tier-one groups · 20 tier-two exhibits
06
Drafting
A cover letter draft cites exact Bates ranges
The brief arrives in the firm's house style with twelve citations, each resolving to a real page range in the assembled binder. A discrepancy report lists every conflict between the draft I-140 and the exhibits.
- 12 resolvable citations
- 42 form fields cross-read · 2 flags
Stage one, live
What classification actually looks like.
Toggle between the folder as received and the folder after classification. Every rename, category, translation flag and redaction shown here is a real behaviour of the intake engine.
Inside the document classifierIntake queue — Ramírez, EB-2 NIW
45 files received · 10 shown · 312 MB · 6 formats
Diploma — PhD Materials Science, TU Delft
Academic credentialIMG_4821.pdf
Official transcript — TU Delft, sealed
Academic credentialscan0044.pdf
Birth certificate — Bogotá, Colombia
Identity documentSpanish originaldoc(3).pdf
- No translator certificate — 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3)
Expert declaration — Dr. E. Moreau
Expert testimonyletter_final_v2.docx
Expert declaration — Prof. R. Sato
Expert testimonyJapanese originalWhatsApp Image 2026.jpeg
- No translator certificate — 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3)
- Unsigned or undated
IRS Form 1040 — TY2024
Financial recordtaxes 2024.pdf
- PII detected and redacted
Citation report — Scopus, cap. 12 Aug 2026
Citation evidencescholar_export.csv
NSF award notice — CBET-2418803
Funding recordNSF_award.pdf
Passport biographic + entry stamps
Identity documentpassport scans.pdf
- PII detected and redacted
Employment verification — Corvine Systems
Employment recordemployer ltr.pdf
- Unsigned or undated
31 document classes recognised
3 held from the binder
2 redacted
Four pillars
What the platform is made of.
Document classifier
OCR for scans, diplomas and stamped visas. Auto-categorisation, translation-certificate gaps, signature audit and PII redaction.
Evidentiary mapper
Every exhibit aligned to a statutory prong or regulatory criterion, with an alert for any criterion carrying zero evidence.
Packet assembler
Two-tier index, sequential Bates numbering, tab dividers, live bookmarks and dual export for e-filing or physical mail.
Cover letter drafter
A structured brief in your firm's house style, citing exact exhibit page ranges that resolve against the assembled binder.
Form consistency check
Cross-reads I-129, I-140, I-485, ETA-9089 and G-28 against the exhibits and flags every name, wage, SOC and date mismatch.
Practice analytics
Assembly hours per category, paralegal turnaround, RFE rate by service center, and true margin on every flat fee.
The boundary
What Docket Build does not do.
This list is as important as the feature list. The unauthorized practice of law is not a grey area, and a vendor that blurs it creates exposure for your firm rather than leverage.
Our ethics and security postureDoes not dispense legal advice
No output is advice to a client, and no output creates an attorney–client relationship.
Does not formulate novel legal theories
Petition theory, characterisation and strategy are the attorney's work. Docket Build structures the record that supports them.
Does not sign or execute anything
G-28s, forms and certifications are executed by the attorney and the client. Nothing is signed on your behalf.
Does not communicate with USCIS
No filings, no correspondence, no portal submissions. The finished packet is handed back to your firm.
Does not communicate with your clients
Missing-document lists are written as internal tasks. Your staff decides what to send and when.
Does not invent evidence or citations
Every citation resolves to a page that exists in the assembled binder. Nothing is described that is not in the record.
Nothing leaves without a signature you control.
Assembled packets land in a review queue, not an outbox. The attorney of record sees the binder, the index, the draft brief and the discrepancy report side by side, edits anything, and marks the matter approved. Every action is recorded in the audit log.
- Inline editing of the cover letter draft with live citation checking
- Exhibit reordering that renumbers the binder, index and every citation together
- Redaction review before any document is compiled
- Approval gate with named reviewer and timestamp in the audit log
Three ways out, chosen at export time.
How a packet is filed changes what it has to be. Docket Build generates the right artefact for each path from the same assembled binder.
- Single merged PDF
- One compiled file with live bookmarks and internal hyperlinks, for firm records and client delivery.
- USCIS online account bundle
- Split and compressed to stay under the 12 MB per-file limit, with a filing manifest listing every part.
- Print-ready split set
- Separate exhibit files with tab divider sheets and a printable index, formatted for physical mail filing.
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