SoWe

The Project

Today immigration is continuously increasing in developed countries. The reasons for immigration may vary from person to person; but the arising difficulties encountered upon the arrival in Ireland are extremely similar Over 1.3 million people were in receipt of a weekly Social Welfare payment and the total number of requested claims was 910,984 out of which 11% were rejected and 5% were pending. My project aims to streamline and facilitate access to Social Welfare payments for incoming or existing Non-Irish nationals in the state. We wish to reduce the number of pending and rejected applications. As there is no such service in Republic of Ireland which provides translated data, we will try our best to satisfy the user and impact positively the life of every individual availing of this service. It is a mobile application which contains all the necessary information for citizens to be able to complete and submit a Social Welfare or Government form. It translates such information in different languages for people to easily understand the process and access information on their own. While this version of the product will only be available for people with access to a smart device and a Wi-Fi connection, I plan to develop a computer program which will allow citizens with no access to a smart device complete the same process, in any Social Welfare Branch using a touchscreen. This app does not yet allow citizens to submit an application form to the Social Welfare Department, therefore by developing such system any person will be able to submit any claim to any designated department in an instant and paperless.

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