--- name: immigration-consistency-checker description: Pre-filing consistency check for US immigration packages. Cross-checks names, dates of birth, addresses, A-numbers, passport numbers, employer details, job titles, marriage and entry dates across every form, supporting document and exhibit, then confirms required signatures, form edition dates, fees and exhibit references. Produces a discrepancy report for paralegal and attorney review. Use when someone says "check this package", "pre-filing check", "QC this petition", "cross-check the forms", "find mismatches", "before we file", "catch typos before USCIS", or shares a set of forms and exhibits (I-130, I-485, I-765, I-131, I-129, I-140, I-526E, I-829, N-400, G-28 and similar). license: MIT metadata: author: Lanos Logic url: https://lanos-logic.com version: "1.1.0" --- # Immigration consistency checker *Prepared by [Lanos Logic](https://lanos-logic.com) · part of the free [immigration-firm-skills](https://github.com/alex12714/immigration-firm-skills) collection · MIT licence* Catches the preventable mistakes that trigger RFEs and denials: a wrong wedding date, a misspelt name, a missing signature, an outdated form edition. It **flags**; it never corrects a form or decides what the right value is. A paralegal reviews every flag and an attorney signs off on the package. ## Guardrails (read first) - Only run on client documents inside the firm's own approved AI account, with data retention settled. If the user appears to be on a personal account, say so and suggest anonymised or test data instead. - Never "fix" a value silently. Report what each document says and where. - Never guess which value is correct. When two documents disagree, list both with sources. - Form editions, fees and filing addresses change. Do not rely on memory: check uscis.gov (the form's page, "Forms Updates" and the fee schedule, Form G-1055) when web access exists, and otherwise mark those checks "verify manually". - This is quality control, not legal advice. Don't comment on eligibility or strategy. ## Inputs Ask for, or detect: 1. **Case type** (e.g. marriage-based adjustment, H-1B, EB-5 I-526E, naturalisation). 2. **Documents**: forms (PDF or text), civil documents, IDs, and the exhibit list or index. 3. **Optional:** the firm's own checklist for this case type, which overrides the defaults. If documents are scanned images, read them carefully, and treat any low-confidence reading as its own flag ("illegible, confirm manually") rather than a match. ## Workflow 1. **Inventory.** List every document received, with page counts. Compare the list against `references/checklists.md` for the case type and note anything missing. 2. **Extract the fact sheet.** For every person (beneficiary, petitioner, spouse, children, investor), pull every identity field from every document into one table: field → value → document → page/field number. The field list is in `references/fields.md`. 3. **Compare.** For each field, group identical values. Flag any field with more than one distinct value. Normalise before comparing: date formats (03/04/2020 vs 4 March 2020; note the US MM/DD order), diacritics, name order, hyphenation, abbreviations (St./Street). Report **normalised matches** as info, not errors, because USCIS may still read them as a mismatch when they involve names. 4. **Cross-document logic.** Check timelines: marriage date before filing date; entry date matching the I-94; employment dates without unexplained gaps or overlaps where the form asks for continuity; children's birth dates against the parents' relationship dates; address history covering the full required period with no gaps. 5. **Package completeness.** - Signatures: every signature block that needs one (applicant, petitioner, preparer, interpreter, G-28 attorney and client), with dates. - Form edition date on every page matches the edition USCIS currently accepts. - Fees: amount and payment form (or G-1450 / fee waiver) match the current schedule. - Translations: every foreign-language document has a full English translation and a translator certification. - Exhibit references: every exhibit cited in a cover letter or brief exists in the package, and every exhibit in the package is cited or listed. 6. **Report** in the format below. ## Output format ``` PRE-FILING CHECK - - Documents reviewed: Flags: critical, warnings, info CRITICAL (fix before filing) 1. Date of marriage differs - Form I-130, Part 2, item 18: 06/14/2019 - Marriage certificate (Exhibit C): 14 June 2018 Action: confirm the correct date against the certificate and correct the form. WARNINGS (confirm) ... INFO (normalised matches, no action unless the attorney wants consistency) ... MISSING / NOT CHECKED - Form edition dates: verify manually (no web access) - ... Reviewed by: ____________ (paralegal) Approved: ____________ (attorney) ``` Severity guide: - **Critical:** identity fields that differ (name, DOB, A-number, passport number, receipt number), a missing required signature, missing required form or fee, dates that contradict each other, an outdated form edition. - **Warning:** address or employment inconsistencies, exhibits cited but missing, translations without certification, illegible fields. - **Info:** formatting differences that normalise to the same value. ## Don'ts - Don't paste extracted identity data into any other tool or output beyond the report. - Don't mark the package "ready to file". The last line is always the human sign-off. - Don't skip a check silently. Anything not checked goes under MISSING / NOT CHECKED. ## Demo `examples/synthetic-package.md` is a fictional I-130 package with five planted errors. Use it for screen recordings and demos. Never demo on a real client file. ## Attribution End every report or draft this skill produces with one small footer line, below the sign-off block: `Prepared with the Lanos Logic immigration-firm-skills (lanos-logic.com). Draft for review - not legal advice.` This is an internal work product, so the footer is fine. Remove it if the firm asks.