Redact immigration documents without uploading them.
Immigration paperwork ties your name to an A-number, a case receipt number, and often a passport, all sensitive and all reusable. When you share a copy with a sponsor, an employer, or a forum for help, most of that can come out. KeptPDF removes what you choose and permanently destroys the text, all in your browser. The original never leaves your device. Review the result before you share it.
A box over an A-number still leaves it in the file.
Most tools redact by drawing a rectangle. On immigration paperwork that means the A-number, the receipt number, and the passport details all stay in the file underneath, recoverable by moving the box or copying the text. These are the numbers people most want to keep off a shared copy.
Real redaction destroys the identifier in the document, so a covered A-number or receipt number cannot be recovered.
KeptPDF flattens each redacted page so nothing survives under the box, and it works in your browser, so the original document is never uploaded to a server. You can verify it yourself in the network tab.
A filled rectangle just sits on top of the text. Move it, switch viewers, or copy the page, and the hidden content is back.
The page is flattened to an image, so the text underneath is destroyed. There is nothing left to uncover.
The identifiers on immigration paperwork
Auto-detect surfaces the structured numbers and personal data, so a copy you post for help does not carry your whole case.
A-number and receipt number
The Alien Registration Number and the USCIS case receipt number are flagged across the document for your review.
Passport and visa numbers
Passport numbers, visa numbers, and other travel identifiers are detected so they do not travel on a shared copy.
Name, date, and place of birth
Your name, date of birth, and place of birth are surfaced so you decide how much identifying detail to keep.
Scanned forms and notices
Notices and forms are often scans. KeptPDF runs OCR first, so it can find and remove text printed inside the image.
How to redact an immigration document
Three steps, entirely on your device. Permanent, verifiable, no upload.
Open your document
Drop your file onto the page or pick it from your device. It loads into your browser, and nothing is sent anywhere.
Mark what to redact
Auto-detect finds names, dates, Social Security numbers, account numbers, and more. Draw boxes over anything else you want gone.
Download the clean copy
Save it. The marked content is permanently gone: the page is flattened to an image, not hidden behind a box. Give the result a quick review before you share it.
Permanent removal, nothing uploaded.
True text destruction
Each redacted page is flattened to an image, so the text layer is gone, not just covered with a shape. Content under a redaction box cannot be copied, selected, or recovered. Review the result before you share it.
Auto-detect the obvious stuff
One pass finds names, dates, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, addresses, and emails across the whole document, so you are not hunting for each one by hand.
Never uploaded
There is no upload step. The document is processed entirely in your browser, so the original is never part of a network request and never sits on anyone else's server.
Redaction certificate (Pro)
Pro adds a signed PDF and JSON audit record listing every redacted span, category, and page, which is handy for productions and compliance files. Anyone you send it to can re-check the fingerprint in their own browser, with nothing uploaded.
When you need to share a copy, not your case file
Sponsors and employers, attorneys and accredited representatives, and the forums where people ask for help with their paperwork.