NIA Uses AI Animation to Teach New Immigrants About Legal Compliance in Engaging Policy Outreach

(CNA, Taipei, May 20, by reporter Huang Li-yun) To assist new immigrants in better understanding Taiwan's laws and regulations for official applications, the Ministry of the Interior's National Immigration Agency (NIA) held a New Immigrants' Family Education Day and Integrity Advocacy event in Kaohsiung City today. The event used AI animation and interactive exchanges to convey concepts such as "no improper solicitations" in an educational and entertaining manner. The NIA hosted the event at a coffee shop in Kaohsiung City today to help new immigrants better understand Taiwan's laws and official application procedures, aiming to prevent them from inadvertently violating regulations against gift-giving, making solicitations, or bribery due to differences in cultural backgrounds, lifestyles, and legal awareness. Breaking from traditional promotional methods, the NIA stated in a press release that the event used AI animation, interactive exchanges, and prize quizzes to promote the important concepts of "integrity and lawfulness, no gift-giving, and no improper solicitations" to new immigrants, easily conveying the importance of applying according to the law amidst the aroma of coffee. The NIA mentioned that a self-produced short animation was shown at the event. The story, set against the backdrop of a new immigrant family's life in Taiwan, depicts a protagonist who, worried about the progress of an application, initially considers giving a gift to "show gratitude." However, after a friend's reminder and a civil servant's patient explanation, the protagonist learns that civil servants must handle cases according to the law, and that applications should be processed through normal procedures without the need or appropriateness of gifts or solicitations. Because the animation's plot was relatable to daily life, the NIA said many new immigrants laughed after watching it, saying, "it feels like something that would really happen in our daily lives." An integrity-themed prize quiz was also arranged, using simple Q&A and interaction to deepen everyone's understanding of legal compliance, official application procedures, and the concept of integrity in a relaxed atmosphere. The NIA stated that as the application of AI technology becomes more widespread, policy advocacy can be presented in more lively and diverse ways. By combining this event with Family Education Day and choosing the relaxed setting of a coffee shop, the agency hopes that integrity education is no longer a one-way promotion but can be more easily understood and encourage more willing participation from new immigrants through life-like scenarios and face-to-face exchanges. (Editor: Li Hsi-chang)