Compliance teams spend hours on government portals that don't have APIs. USCIS for immigration forms. State regulatory websites for licensing renewals. Court e-filing systems like PACER and state-specific platforms. SEC and FDA portals for mandatory submissions. Insurance department filings across 50 states.

The work is repetitive, high-stakes, and fragile. Fill out multi-page forms. Upload supporting documents. Navigate portals that were built in 2008 and redesign without warning. Handle CAPTCHAs and two-factor authentication. Track submission status across dozens of separate systems.

Traditional RPA can't handle this. Government portals don't have stable selectors. They redesign layouts quarterly. They add CAPTCHAs. They change authentication flows. Every update breaks selector-based bots, and by the time your RPA team fixes one portal, three others have changed.

Automat's AI agents interact with government portals the same way your compliance team does: by looking at the screen, reading what's there, and navigating visually. When a portal redesigns, the agent adapts. When CAPTCHAs appear, they're solved. When 2FA is required, it's handled. No maintenance, no breakage, no developer intervention.

What we automate for compliance teams

Immigration form automation (USCIS)

Corporate immigration departments process hundreds of visa applications annually. Each petition (I-129, I-140, I-485) requires multi-page government forms, supporting document compilation, precise data entry, and status tracking across cases.

Automat handles the full lifecycle: populate USCIS forms from HR system data, compile and organize supporting documents, file through the USCIS online portal, and track case status. USCIS launched online I-485 filing in April 2026, expanding the automatable surface significantly.

For corporate immigration teams and immigration law firms processing high volumes, this eliminates the 2-4 hours of manual form filling per petition that currently consumes paralegal and operations staff time.

State regulatory filings

Companies operating across multiple states face regulatory filing requirements on dozens of separate portal systems. Annual reports, licensing renewals, compliance certifications, tax registrations. Each state has a different portal, different form, different authentication method.

Automat navigates all of them visually. One workflow handles filings across 50 state portals without building 50 separate integrations. When a state portal updates (which happens constantly), the AI adapts without maintenance.

Court e-filing

PACER, CM/ECF, and state court filing systems each have their own interface, document requirements, and filing procedures. Legal operations teams and litigation support staff spend hours per day on manual filing across these systems.

Automat handles document formatting to court specifications, portal navigation, form population, fee payment processing, and confirmation tracking. Works across federal (PACER/CM/ECF) and state systems without per-system custom development.

Insurance regulatory filings

Insurance companies file forms, rate schedules, and compliance documentation with state insurance departments. SERFF (System for Electronic Rates and Forms Filing) is the primary portal, but many states maintain separate systems with their own requirements.

Automat automates form preparation, document upload, and submission tracking across state insurance department portals. Compliance teams get confirmation of successful filings and automated tracking of review status.

SEC, FDA, and federal agency submissions

Periodic filings with federal agencies (EDGAR for SEC, FDA submission portals, EPA reporting systems) require precise data compilation, document formatting, and portal navigation. Automat handles the data gathering from internal systems, document preparation, and portal submission while maintaining complete audit trails.

Why government portal automation fails with traditional tools

Government portals are the hardest target for traditional automation. Here's why:

• No stable selectors: Government websites are built by contractors, redesigned on unpredictable timelines, and often use non-standard HTML. DOM selectors that worked last month break without warning.
• CAPTCHAs and anti-bot measures: Increasingly common on government portals. Traditional RPA has no native solution. Automat handles CAPTCHA solving as part of the visual interaction.
• Two-factor authentication: Required on most sensitive government systems. Automat handles 2FA flows that selector-based tools cannot navigate.
• Session timeouts and multi-page flows: Government forms often span 10-20 pages with session limits. A single failure mid-form means starting over. Automat's agents handle the full flow reliably.
• 50-state variability: Each state portal is different. Traditional RPA means building and maintaining 50 separate bots. Automat's visual approach uses one agent that navigates any portal it encounters.

Why Automat over niche compliance tools

Several startups offer narrow automation for specific government portals (USCIS form filling, court e-filing). Automat is different in three ways:

• Cross-portal capability: Not limited to one portal or one filing type. The same technology that navigates USCIS also handles state regulatory portals, court systems, and federal agencies. One platform for all government interactions.
• Managed service: Automat's forward-deployed engineers build and maintain the automations. You don't need technical staff to configure or troubleshoot. When edge cases arise, our team handles them.
• Self-healing: When a portal redesigns (and they all do), Automat adapts automatically. Niche tools built on selectors or hardcoded flows break and require vendor updates. You're dependent on their release cycle. With Automat, portal changes are handled in real-time.
• Enterprise-grade: SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, ISO 27001. Complete audit trails. Session recording. The compliance posture that regulated industries require.

Who this is for

• Corporate immigration teams processing 50+ visa petitions annually across USCIS, consular portals, and state systems
• Immigration law firms handling high-volume filings where paralegal time is the constraint
• Compliance departments managing regulatory filings across multiple state and federal portals
• Legal operations teams handling court e-filing volume across jurisdictions
• Insurance compliance teams filing with state insurance departments and SERFF

How it works

1. Share the filing workflow. Record how your team navigates the portal today, or walk us through the process. A screen recording or written SOP is enough.
2. We build and deploy. Forward-deployed engineers build the automation in days. You see it running against a test filing within the first week.
3. It runs and adapts. Filings execute on schedule or on-demand. When portals change, the AI adapts. Our team monitors for edge cases and handles them.

Talk to our team about your regulatory filing workflows or see the platform in action.

Frequently asked questions

Can Automat handle USCIS form filing?

Yes. Automat navigates the USCIS online filing system visually, populating forms (I-129, I-140, I-485, and others) from your HR or case management data, uploading supporting documents, and tracking case status. The April 2026 expansion of online I-485 filing increased the automatable surface significantly.

What happens when a government portal redesigns?

Automat adapts automatically. Because the AI interacts with portals visually (reading screen content and navigating by what it sees), layout changes, new page flows, and redesigned forms are handled without maintenance. This is the core advantage over selector-based tools that break on every portal update.

How does Automat handle CAPTCHAs on government portals?

CAPTCHA solving is built into the platform. When a government portal presents a CAPTCHA challenge during a filing workflow, Automat solves it as part of the natural flow without pausing or requiring human intervention.

Can this automate filings across all 50 states?

Yes. Automat's visual navigation works on any portal regardless of the underlying technology. One deployment handles filings across state regulatory portals, insurance departments, and court systems without building per-state integrations. Adding a new state is configuration, not development.

Is this secure enough for regulated filings?

Automat is SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, and ISO 27001 certified. Complete audit trails are maintained for every filing. Session recordings provide full visibility into what the agent did and when. This meets the compliance posture required by regulated industries and legal operations.

How is this different from immigration-specific automation tools?

Niche tools like SpaceLizit or LegalBridge focus narrowly on USCIS forms. Automat handles USCIS plus every other government portal your team interacts with (state regulatory, court e-filing, SEC, FDA, insurance departments) through the same platform. It's also a managed service rather than self-serve software, meaning you get results without becoming automation experts.