Lawfully is an immigration case tracking app — client-facing, not attorney-facing. It exists because USCIS processing is opaque and immigration attorneys can’t scale the ‘what’s my case status?’ question across 200+ open matters.
Company Info
- Founded: 2018
- Team size: 11-50 employees
- Funding: $4.5M
- HQ: United States
- Sector: Immigration
What We Haven’t Verified
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Workflows
Based on practitioner evidence, Lawfully is used in these workflows:
What practitioners struggle with
Real frustrations from legal professionals — the problems Lawfully addresses (or should address). Sourced from practitioner reviews, Reddit threads, and case studies.
Client calls asking 'what's happening with my case?' — paralegal has to interrupt the attorney because matter status lives in someone's head, not a system
USCIS processing times are a black box — cases bounce between service centers, timelines change without notice, and neither attorney nor client knows where things stand. No API, no push notifications, just manually refreshing a government website
Immigration attorney with 200+ open cases gets 'what's my status?' calls daily from anxious clients — can't answer individually, has no automated status portal, and the clients' anxiety is justified because deportation or visa expiry is on the line
Where it fits in your workflow
Before Lawfully
Immigration case filed with USCIS/NVC/DOL → receipt number issued → client installs Lawfully app → enters receipt number → app begins tracking case status and processing times
After Lawfully
Lawfully polls USCIS systems → pushes status updates to client before USCIS own app → provides processing time estimates → alerts on status changes → client shares updates with attorney instead of calling
Integrations & hand-offs
USCIS/NVC/DOL systems → Lawfully (status polling). Lawfully → client (push notifications). Client → immigration attorney (status questions reduced). No direct integration with attorney PM tools (Docketwise, INSZoom, etc.).
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