Visalaw Team
On April 23, we walked immigration attorneys through the biggest change to Visalaw AI since we launched in 2024. Visalaw 2.0 is a foundational rebuild of the platform, not a surface update. The short version: an improved and intuitive interface, a powerful new research engine designed for immigration specific relevance, and projects to organize your work, chats, and files.
The full recording is below. If you'd rather read the highlights, keep scrolling.
In Visalaw 1.0, legal research, document Q&A, drafting, and translation services each lived in their own chat, like separate tools. This created unnecessary context switching and siloed workflows.
Visalaw 2.0 consolidates all of it into a single chat interface with toggles. Research mode stays on by default and continues to search the immigration library the way existing customers are used to. Turn research off and you get a more flexible AI assistant that can work with your own documents, templates, or firm data without the structured research memo format getting in the way.
As Josh Waddell, our CEO, put it during the walkthrough: Visalaw 1.0 essentially "walled off" the datasets from each other. In 2.0, everything is available to every query.
The most important change in 2.0 isn't visible on the interface. It's how the research engine actually works under the hood.
When you run a research query in 2.0, the system does four things before returning an answer:
That last step matters most. General AI tools can produce citations that look correct and aren't. Our research engine doesn't surface a citation it hasn't checked. Accuracy is our first company value, and the 2.0 engine is where we stand behind that commitment.
Projects replace the old firm library and personal library model. A Project is a folder that holds everything related to a case or a general topic: documents, chats, drafts, translations, summaries.
The practical effect is that context travels with the case. When you start a new chat inside a Project, the system uses everything stored there as context. A paralegal picking up a case midway doesn't need to re-brief the AI on what's already been discussed or what documents exist. Projects can be case-specific or general (for templates, internal resources, or shared firm content), and you can share them with specific people on your team rather than making the choice between firm-wide and personal-only.
Important to know, Projects can be thought of as case organization, this is not a replacement for case management. Keep every search and relevant context for a case in one place with projects. Your case management system still handles the lifecycle of the case. Visalaw AI is designed to work with and support your case managment software, not replace it. Case management integrations include eimmigration by Cerenade, Docketwise, Clio, and more on the way.
A few additions worth calling out for firms comparing their options:
Semantic search is also available in the law library itself, so you can ask natural-language questions instead of relying on keyword matching.
Visalaw 2.0 becomes available to all existing customers by April 30, with rolling access starting earlier. Customers will have the option to switch between 1.0 and 2.0 during the transition period while historical drafts, chats, and documents carry over.
Pricing is not changing. There's no upcharge for 2.0, and existing subscriptions get the upgrade automatically.
If you're an existing customer and want a guided walkthrough of 2.0 with your team, book 15 minutes with our customer success team at support@visalaw.ai. If you're not a customer yet, book a demo and we'll include a free trial period with every call.
Watch the full replay above to see the research engine, Projects, and the new workspace in action.
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