NO

As of 13 August 2026, AI cannot check if you can extend your UK visa.

This still needs a person who signs their name to it.

Can you do it?

15 minutesto a draft.

n/ait cannot be self-verified.

Cost, all in£0

Skill neededchat-fluent

Who has to check ita professional

What the alternative costsThe available tool data lists no price for an immigration solicitor or regulated immigration adviser.

If this goes wrong: you apply on the wrong route or after your permission expires, and the consequences may not be recoverable through a chatbot.

What to actually do

  1. Hand it to a person

    The route this page recommends

    Someone with a licence or accountable authority has to sign this before it counts.

  2. Use a tool built for this

    Second choice

  3. Do it yourself

    The distant third

    A chat interface gets you a draft, but you cannot verify it yourself. That is the catch.

    How to actually do it

    1. Open the GOV.UK visa and immigration pages and find the page for your current visa or permission route, then save its title and URL.
    2. Gather your passport, current immigration-status evidence, visa expiry information, sponsorship or course documents, and details of dependants, absences and changes in circumstances.
    3. Paste the prompt into a chatbot and replace each bracketed slot with your own facts, leaving any unknown item marked as unknown rather than guessing.
    4. Paste the relevant GOV.UK page text or URLs into the same chat and ask the model to use those sources before it produces the preliminary checklist.
    5. Compare every proposed requirement and deadline against the linked GOV.UK application page, including whether the route permits an extension from inside the UK.
    6. If the route, evidence or personal history is unclear, send the checklist and your documents to a UK immigration solicitor or regulated immigration adviser before submitting anything.

    Prompt

    I need a preliminary check of whether I may be able to extend my UK visa. This is not professional advice. Use only current information from GOV.UK that I provide or that you can link to, and state the page title and URL for every rule you rely on. Do not guess, fill gaps, or tell me that I am eligible. Separate confirmed facts, missing facts, possible routes and questions for a solicitor or regulated immigration adviser. Flag anything that could change the answer, including visa conditions, expiry dates, dependants, absences, work or study restrictions, financial requirements, relationship or family circumstances, criminal convictions, and previous immigration breaches. Ask me for missing information before giving the checklist. My details are: visa or permission type: [type]; expiry date: [date]; date and place of application or grant: [details]; nationality: [nationality]; main purpose in the UK: [work, study, family or other]; employer, sponsor, course or family route: [details]; dependants: [details]; absences from the UK: [details]; changes since the visa was granted: [details]; relevant refusals, overstaying, convictions or immigration issues: [details]. End with the exact GOV.UK application page to check and a list of documents or evidence to prepare, without inventing requirements.

    Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.

What it gets wrong

What makes this a NO: legal accountability, regulated advice and stakes of error.

How we scored this

Five axes, each scored nought to two by hand: ten means AI carries the task cleanly, and the thresholds that turn a total into YES, PARTLY or NO are published in the methodology. Each axis name links to its definition.

AxisScore (0–2)
Output1
Inputs1
Verification0
Liability0
Effort delta1
Total3 / 10

The methodology and its thresholds are published in full.

FAQ

Can ChatGPT tell me if I can extend my UK visa?
It can organise your facts and point you towards relevant GOV.UK pages, but it cannot safely decide whether you qualify. This is not professional advice; ask a UK immigration solicitor or regulated immigration adviser before relying on the answer.
What information does AI need to check my UK visa extension?
Give it your current visa route, expiry date, passport and status details, sponsor or course information, dependants, absences, and any changes or previous immigration problems. Do not paste unnecessary identity numbers or documents containing private information.
Can AI check the latest UK visa extension rules?
A model may identify and summarise GOV.UK pages that you provide, but it can miss updates or apply a rule to the wrong route. Check the final requirements and application route directly on GOV.UK.
Should I use a solicitor to extend my UK visa?
Use a UK immigration solicitor or regulated immigration adviser if your route is unclear, your circumstances have changed, or there has been an overstay, refusal, conviction or other immigration issue. A straightforward case still needs to follow the official GOV.UK process and its evidence requirements.

Nearby answers

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Assessed by gpt-5.6-luna (gpt-5.6-luna) on 2026-08-13, second-checked by an independent model. Wrong somewhere? Email [email protected] and it gets re-checked.

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