Announcing VistoBot: Canada’s first AI immigration assistant

We at Visto.ai couldn’t be more excited to announce VistoBot: Canada’s first AI immigration assistant.

Imagine if ChatGPT and IRCC (Immigration Canada) had a baby – that’s VistoBot. An AI chatbot trained exclusively on IRCC information that can help you research, draft and communicate faster than ever before.

Definitely check out the video above for more info, but VistoBot is a game-changer for 2 key reasons:

VistoBot is trained exclusively on IRCC info

One of the biggest risks of using AI as a legal professional is unreliable or outdated info/sources. Because some of the most reputable immigration firms already use Visto.ai for their immigration work, we knew our chatbot had to be 100% reliable.

By design, VistoBot:

is a custom database and algorithm only trained on info from IRCC/government websites
will NOT pull information from random websites, forums, blog posts or make up answers or laws out of thin air
is always kept up-to-date

As a lawyer I know how important it is to only be working with the most up-to-date, reliable information – so this was all a hard requirement for us.

The VistoBot algorithm is constantly improving with feedback from regulated professionals

Visto is only usable by regulated Canadian immigration professionals and firms. This means VistoBot was tested by regulated Canadian immigration lawyers, consultants and their highly trained staff. Not only that, our custom algorithm learns from feedback from these regulated professionals to improve over time, meaning it is actually getting smarter every single day thanks to the smartest immigration professionals in the country!

If my word isn’t good enough to convince you that VistoBot is REALLY good (trust me, it is!), here are a few quotes from regulated immigration lawyers/consultants that helped us beta test it:

“The amount of detail that it can pull is amazing.”
“[Answers are] excellent, even better than what I’d come up with off the top of my head”
“I tried out a few questions and honestly looks great. I [will] definitely use it.”
“Honestly VERY impressed!! Its great for creating templates and responding to emails lol”
“The bot was running smoothly. Quick and accurate to the questions I was asking.”

(And yes, I’m on a “lol” basis with many of the firms that use Visto 🤣)

If you’re tired of all the time you/your firm is spending researching, summarizing, drafting and writing, then checkout our homepage to learn more and get started.

P.S. this is just the beginning – expect many more huge announcements and AI innovations from us in 2024 and beyond!

Written by Josh Schachnow

Josh Schachnow is a Toronto-based immigration lawyer. After spending 2+ years growing his own law firm and helping hundreds of immigrants and companies navigate Canadian immigration, he realized there was no technology to help make the process easy. So he started Visto, in an effort to automate all of the things he spent years doing manually – generating checklists, filling out forms, sending documents for signature, and more. He now spends most of his time talking to new clients, partners and working closely with the tech team to continue to improve the platform.