As of 13 August 2026, AI cannot check if you qualify for a UK family visa.

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 relevant family visa pages on GOV.UK and note the route names, eligibility requirements and application guidance that are current on 2026-08-13.
   2. Gather your passport, current immigration documents, relationship evidence, financial records, accommodation details, English-language evidence and records of previous applications or refusals.
   3. Fill in every relevant section of the prompt with facts you can support, marking anything unknown rather than guessing.
   4. Paste the completed prompt and the relevant text or links from GOV.UK into a chatbot, then ask it to separate confirmed facts, assumptions, missing evidence and possible routes.
   5. Compare every requirement in the response with the current GOV.UK guidance you opened, and remove any conclusion that is not supported by a cited official requirement.
   6. Give the fact list, documents and unresolved questions to an immigration solicitor or regulated immigration adviser and ask them to confirm the route before you apply.
   7. Use the confirmed route and the official application process to submit the application, rather than treating the chatbot's assessment as a decision.

   Prompt

   As at 2026-08-13, help me make a preliminary assessment of whether I may qualify for a UK family visa. This is not professional advice and must not replace an immigration solicitor or regulated immigration adviser.
   
   Use only the facts and documents I provide, and do not invent missing details. First identify which family visa route or routes might be relevant. Then list each requirement, the fact or evidence that supports it, anything missing or uncertain, and any issue that could change the answer. Separate confirmed facts, assumptions and questions. Do not tell me that I qualify with certainty, calculate figures unless I provide the figures and the relevant current GOV.UK rule, or rely on rules you cannot verify. Point me to the relevant GOV.UK pages and tell me what I should confirm there. Ask concise follow-up questions where a missing fact could change the route.
   
   My circumstances:
   - Applicant nationality and current country: [insert]
   - Current UK immigration status, if any: [insert]
   - Family member in the UK and their status: [insert]
   - Relationship and how long we have known each other: [insert]
   - Where and when we met or lived together: [insert]
   - Previous marriages, civil partnerships or relationships: [insert]
   - Children or other dependants: [insert]
   - Intended date and length of stay: [insert]
   - Financial circumstances and income evidence available: [insert]
   - Accommodation: [insert]
   - English-language evidence: [insert]
   - Previous UK visa applications, refusals, overstays or immigration breaches: [insert]
   - Criminal convictions or pending cases: [insert]
   - Documents already available: [insert]
   - Anything unusual or disputed about the case: [insert]
   
   End with a short list of the documents and questions I should take to an immigration solicitor or regulated immigration adviser before applying.

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