Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program provides temporary protection from deportation and work authorization for young Americans who were brought to the U.S. as children, and who had lived there for five years before June 15, 2013. Through DACA, the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) is granting two-year renewable reprieves from deportation to eligible young immigrants who meet certain criteria. The policy allows approximately 1.6 million undocumented immigrant youth living in the U.S. to apply for a work permit and get a social security number.
We started with an aim to help the tech savvy generation of immigrants, better understand 'DACA', their requirements, locate legal help and connect with other applicants to learn their experiences and concerns.
It is our proud CSR activity!!
We started with the name 'AILA'. Brainstorming and User Centric knowledge drove us to choose 'Pocket DACA'. As the name suggests, it is an app for 'DACA' in your pocket.
Can it be any simpler?
We have kept the app simple and user-focused. User experience and engagement ruled our design philosophy. Enhancements with animation and effects served to augment user engagement.
Pocket DACA is a free mobile app that allows young immigrants to have all important DACA information, updates, a self-screening feature and FAQs at the touch of a finger.
The scales tilt in favor of a native app over a cross-platform app to achieve better cost-design harmony. Robust back-end architecture was created to support multiple workflows and dynamic UI rendering. An API was scripted for this app, which enabled user-interface and new questions to be rendered at run time
Pocket DACA is available in English and Spanish versions
KEANE AWARD for excellence in e-Lawyering recognizes IAN's work using technology to broaden access to justice and reduce barriers faced by vulnerable communities with the help of Pocket DACA.