🌍 AI Immigration Assistant

AI-powered web app that simplifies visa requirements and application steps using ScaleDown prompt compression + Groq LLM (free).

Users enter country, visa type, and profile → the app generates clear, structured visa guidance.

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🚀 Features

• Compresses prompts using ScaleDown API
• Generates AI responses using Groq (free)
• Clean structured output:
  • Eligibility
  • Documents
  • Steps
  • Processing Time
  • Tips
• Simple Flask interface
• Portfolio-ready project

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🛠 Tech Stack

Python, Flask, HTML/CSS, ScaleDown API, Groq API, dotenv

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🔑 Setup

1. Clone repository

git clone https://github.com/your-username/immigration-assistant.git
cd immigration-assistant
2. Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Add API keys

Create a .env file in the root folder:

SCALEDOWN_API_KEY=your_key
GROQ_API_KEY=your_key

▶️ Run the app
python app.py


Open in browser:

http://127.0.0.1:5000

🧪 Sample Input
Country: Canada  
Visa Type: Student  
Profile: Indian student


Output → clean structured visa guidance.

🧠 How It Works

User input → prompt compressed via ScaleDown → sent to Groq → AI generates visa guidance → displayed in UI.