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As of 13 August 2026, AI cannot check if your dependants can join you in the UK.

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 costsNo relevant alternative price is provided in the supplied tool list.

If this goes wrong: you rely on the wrong route or missing evidence, submit an unsuitable application and face refusal, lost fees or a serious effect on your family's immigration position.

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 pages for your current visa or immigration route and the relevant dependant or family route, and save the page links and the date shown on each page.
    2. Gather your passport, immigration permission or decision letter, your dependant's passport, proof of relationship, addresses, dates of residence, and any previous UK visa or refusal documents.
    3. Paste the prompt into a chatbot and replace every bracketed slot with facts copied from your documents, leaving unknown points marked as unknown.
    4. Paste the GOV.UK links and any relevant extracts into the same chat, then ask the model to separate direct requirements from issues that need professional interpretation.
    5. Compare the model's proposed route, document list and uncertainty points against the current GOV.UK pages, correcting any statement that is not supported by a page.
    6. Send the corrected summary and document list to a UK immigration solicitor or regulated immigration adviser and ask them to confirm the route before you submit anything.

    Prompt

    Using only current UK government information available on GOV.UK, help me prepare for an immigration advice appointment about whether my dependants can join me in the UK. My current immigration route or status is: [route or visa name]. My nationality and immigration history are: [details]. The dependant's relationship to me is: [partner, child or other relationship]. Their age, nationality and current location are: [details]. We have lived together or apart for: [details]. The relevant documents we have are: [list]. Do not decide that we are eligible, do not give legal conclusions, and do not invent facts or requirements. Identify the likely route or routes to investigate, quote or link to the relevant GOV.UK pages, list the facts and documents that still need checking, distinguish mandatory requirements from points that depend on the route, and produce a short list of questions for a UK immigration solicitor or regulated immigration adviser. State clearly where the information is uncertain. This is not professional advice.

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

What it gets wrong

  • AI cannot take responsibility for deciding whether your dependant meets the rules.
  • AI cannot reliably resolve conflicting facts, missing evidence or exceptions in the Immigration Rules.
  • AI cannot replace a regulated immigration adviser or solicitor when the case involves a refusal, overstaying, criminal history or disputed relationship evidence.
  • AI cannot guarantee that its summary reflects the current version of every relevant GOV.UK page.
  • The application decision remains with UK Visas and Immigration, not the chatbot.

What makes this a NO: legal accountability, regulated advice and context depth.

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 check if my dependants can join me in the UK?
No, not reliably enough to use as the eligibility decision. It can organise your facts and GOV.UK requirements, but a UK immigration solicitor or regulated immigration adviser should confirm the route and evidence.
What information does AI need to check my dependants' UK visa eligibility?
Give it your exact visa route, immigration history, nationality, the dependant's relationship and age, where each of you lives, and the documents you hold. Remove unnecessary personal identifiers and use the output as a preparation list, not as a decision.
Can AI tell me which UK visa my family should apply for?
It can identify routes to investigate from GOV.UK, but it cannot safely choose the correct route for a complex or high-stakes case. This is not professional advice, so ask a UK immigration solicitor or regulated immigration adviser before applying.
Is it safe to use AI for a UK dependant visa application?
It is reasonable for gathering documents and preparing questions, but not for relying on the final eligibility assessment or completing a difficult application without checking. A mistake can lead to refusal or other immigration consequences, and the liability remains with you.

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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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