How Pro Se works

• Extend my stay or change my status — Form I-539, with Form I-539A for each family member filing with you.
• Get a green card through family — Form I-130 (and I-130A for a spouse) together with Form I-485 when the relative is in the United States.
• Apply for asylum — Form I-589 with a full, detailed personal declaration.
• Get my work permit — Form I-765 (pending asylum, pending green card, student OPT, and other categories).
• Asylum statement only — the written declaration by itself, if your forms are already handled.
• Once a case has been downloaded and finalized you can start the same kind of application again; each case is separate and is paid for separately.

Tip: Not sure which one fits? Start the one that sounds closest — the conversation will tell you if a different application is the better fit.

• Take a clear phone photo or upload a PDF of your passport, I-94, visas, USCIS notices, birth and marriage certificates, pay stubs, leases, school records — anything you have.
• Pro Se reads each document and pulls out the facts it needs (names, dates, numbers, addresses) to fill your form answers. Every answer shows which document it came from.
• Documents that fit more than one application are recognized automatically and offered to each case — a birth certificate uploaded for one case is already there for the next.
• You can attach a document inside the conversation too. It joins your library, its information is read right away, and if it belongs on your evidence list it is placed there automatically.
• Everything is stored privately in your account. You can remove or replace a document whenever it changes.

• The conversation does two jobs at once: it gathers the facts your written statement needs, and it asks for every answer the official forms still need — one question at a time, in plain words, never legal jargon.
• For asylum, Pro Se asks detailed, specific follow-up questions about what happened to you, who did it, when and where, and what you fear — the way a careful preparer would — so nothing important is left out of your declaration.
• For status, family, and work-permit cases the story part is short; most of the questions simply complete the form.
• Yes/no and multiple-choice questions on the forms (travel history, prior applications, criminal and security questions, and so on) appear as a short questionnaire card in the chat so you can answer them in a few taps.
• Each case has one conversation. Leave and come back any time — it picks up exactly where you stopped.

Tip: On a phone, tap Talk and then tap once more when it asks you to answer — that tap is what lets the browser turn on your microphone.

• Asylum: a full, detailed personal declaration in your own voice, organized in numbered paragraphs with a perjury declaration and, if you spoke another language, a certificate of translation for your interpreter.
• Extension or change of status: a one-page letter of explanation covering why you came, why you need more time or a new status, how you are supporting yourself, and your plans afterward.
• Marriage-based green card: a one-to-two-page declaration about your relationship — how you met, your wedding, and your life together.
• Other family petitions: a short letter only if something in your history needs explaining (a gap in status, a name that differs across documents, a prior denial).
• Work permit: no statement is needed — the conversation only completes Form I-765.
• Every draft is yours to correct. Anything Pro Se could not confirm is marked TO COMPLETE so you never file a guess.

• Answers pulled from your documents, answers you gave in the conversation, and questionnaire choices all appear here, organized by form part.
• Switch to Only what is missing to see just the blanks. Anything you skipped in the chat can be answered here, including every yes/no and multiple-choice question.
• Pro Se never invents a value. If a field is blank on the form it is because you have not answered it yet — and the Dispatch Sheet will remind you before you seal the envelope.

• Documents already in your library are matched to the checklist automatically and shown as a check-up, so you can see at a glance what is covered.
• For anything still missing, upload it here or in the chat; Pro Se checks that the document actually shows what the checklist item needs.
• Each item explains why it matters and what to do if you cannot get it.

• A Dispatch Sheet on top (instructions only, not filed): a before-you-seal checklist that lists exactly where to sign and anything still blank, the correct USCIS address for your case, the exhibit list, and what to expect after mailing.
• The official USCIS forms, completely filled from your answers.
• Your statement or letter, formatted for filing.
• Lettered exhibits — Exhibit A, B, C… — each with a cover sheet followed by your uploaded documents, printed in order.
• After you download, the case is finalized and locked so the filed version can never drift. You can still read everything, and you can start a new case whenever you need one.
• If you would like a licensed attorney to look over the finished package before you mail it, that is offered as an optional add-on after the download.