A JamaCore proposal for the Immigration Services Department
Tanzania's citizenship declarations are three statutory instruments on paper — where one wrong deletion invalidates a legal act. Uraia turns them into one guided journey: plain questions, in English or Kiswahili, and the law fills itself in correctly.
Citizenship Act, Cap. 357 · Constitution s.6 · Third & Fourth Schedules
I, , do solemnly and sincerely declare:—
1. That I was born at in Tanzania and am of or over the age of 21 years.
2. That I am a citizen of Tanzania by and am also a national of .
The order is the law's own: declare your position, settle your residence, swear allegiance. Uraia keeps the statutory wording exact and prints attestation-ready documents.
The paper form makes you delete the words that don't apply — across two legal variants. Uraia asks plain questions and selects the correct variant for you.
Renunciation of the other nationality and your intent to make Tanzania your permanent home — pre-filled from your earlier answers and documents.
Presented side by side in English and Kiswahili, then printed for swearing before a Magistrate or Commissioner for Oaths — the legal act stays human.
"Rules decide. AI explains."
Every legal outcome in Uraia — eligibility, which statutory variant applies, whether a case needs an officer's eyes — is decided by deterministic rules that a legal team can read and audit. The AI's job is everything around that decision: explaining it in plain language, reading documents, and drafting for officers.
"Kanuni zinaamua. AI inaeleza."
Kila uamuzi wa kisheria ndani ya Uraia unafanywa na kanuni zinazoweza kukaguliwa — si na akili bandia. Kazi ya AI ni kueleza, kusoma nyaraka, na kusaidia maafisa.
Plain-language triage maps your situation to the correct statutory wording — no more deleting clauses on a legal document.
Uraia reads passports and certificates, fills the declarations in for the applicant, and flags anything that does not match for the officer.
A bilingual assistant grounded in Cap. 357 answers questions with the correct statutory terminology — and never makes the decision.
Each submitted case arrives with an AI summary and a rules-based recommendation floor. Approval authority stays with the officer.
What you can use here today is the real service, not a mock-up. When the time comes to connect it to national systems, they join on — nothing gets rebuilt.
Everything in a solid outline is working today. The dotted box is what joins on when Uraia moves from pilot to national service.
Everything in this proof of concept is production-shaped. Three workstreams take it to national scale.
Applicants verified against the National Identification Authority; officers on Entra ID Government.
Claude already speaks fluent Kiswahili; contract phase adds Azure AI Foundry fine-tuning on immigration corpora and glossary governance with legal counsel.
The POC installs today as a PWA. Its same APIs power native iOS and Android apps — plus GePG payment integration.
Two ways in. Choose yours — we confirm access by email, usually within a day.
Uraia guides you through the statutory declarations in plain English or Kiswahili, reads your documents, and explains every requirement before an officer sees it.
Start my applicationReview submitted cases with an AI summary and a rules-based recommendation floor — you keep final approval authority. Document intelligence flags mismatches for you.
Request officer accessTell us what went wrong — you can attach a screenshot or a document. It goes straight to the team. We'll include the page you're on and any error shown. Tuambie nini kilienda vibaya — unaweza kuambatanisha picha ya skrini au hati. Inakwenda moja kwa moja kwa timu. Tutaambatanisha ukurasa ulipo na hitilafu yoyote iliyoonyeshwa.