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As of 13 August 2026, AI can only partly check whether your English test score is enough for a UK visa.
This still needs a person who signs their name to it.
Can you do it?
5 minutesto a draft.
30 minutesto something you’d act on.
Cost, all in£0
Skill neededchat-fluent
Who has to check ityou
What the alternative costsNo specialist immigration checking service is listed in the supplied tool data.
If this goes wrong: you rely on an incorrect score assessment and submit an application that is delayed, refused or requires professional correction.
What to actually do
Hand it to a person
The route this page recommends
A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.
Use a tool built for this
Second choiceDo it yourself
The distant thirdA chat interface, chat-fluent skill, and roughly 30 minutes until you can act on the result.
How to actually do it
- Open the GOV.UK page for your exact visa route and copy the section covering the English-language requirement, including its links to accepted tests and exemptions.
- Gather your test certificate or score report and record the exact provider, test name, test date, certificate details and score for each English skill.
- Remove unnecessary personal identifiers from the report, then paste the official GOV.UK text, links and your test details into a chatbot with the prompt above.
- Ask the chatbot to produce the comparison table and label the result as "appears to meet", "does not appear to meet" or "cannot determine".
- Open each GOV.UK link in the response and compare the route, required level, accepted test, test date and validity conditions against your own documents.
- If any rule concerns an exemption, previous refusal, dependant application or unusual immigration history, send the documents and the unanswered questions to a UK immigration solicitor or regulated immigration adviser before applying.
Prompt
Using only the current GOV.UK guidance that I provide or that you can quote with a direct GOV.UK link, assess whether my English test result appears to meet the English-language requirement for this UK visa application. Visa route: [exact visa route] Nationality: [nationality] Application type: [for example, first application, extension or settlement] English test provider and exact test name: [test provider and test name] Test date: [date] Certificate or reference details: [relevant details, with personal identifiers removed] Scores by component: [speaking, listening, reading and writing] Any degree, exemption or previous UK immigration status that may be relevant: [details] Give me: 1. The exact GOV.UK rule and direct link you used. 2. A table matching each required skill and level against my result. 3. Whether the test itself appears to be an accepted test for this route and whether any validity rule may matter. 4. Every fact you cannot confirm and every document or detail I still need to check. 5. A conclusion labelled "appears to meet", "does not appear to meet" or "cannot determine". Do not treat this as a legal decision, do not fill gaps with assumptions, do not use rules from another visa route, and do not say that my application will be accepted. If the official guidance is unclear or my case involves an exemption, previous refusal, dependant application or unusual immigration history, tell me to ask a UK immigration solicitor or regulated immigration adviser.
Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.
What it gets wrong
- AI cannot choose the correct immigration route when your description of the visa is incomplete or informal.
- AI cannot guarantee that a particular English test and certificate are accepted for your exact application or that the result remains valid.
- AI cannot authenticate your certificate or resolve conflicting information between your documents and official guidance.
- AI cannot carry responsibility for a refusal, delay or loss caused by an incorrect eligibility assessment.
What caps this at PARTLY: legal accountability, real time truth 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.
| Axis | Score (0–2) |
|---|---|
| Output | 1 |
| Inputs | 1 |
| Verification | 1 |
| Liability | 0 |
| Effort delta | 1 |
| Total | 4 / 10 |
The methodology and its thresholds are published in full.
FAQ
- Can ChatGPT tell me if my English test is good enough for a UK visa?
- It can make a provisional comparison if you provide the exact visa route, test and scores, using current GOV.UK guidance. This is not professional advice, and a UK immigration solicitor or regulated immigration adviser should handle a serious or unusual case.
- What English test score do I need for a UK visa?
- The required level depends on the visa route, application stage and any exemption that applies. Check the English-language section of the GOV.UK guidance for your exact route rather than relying on a general score.
- Can I use an old English test for a UK visa?
- That depends on the route, the test, the test date and the relevant validity rules. Give the chatbot the exact certificate details, then check its conclusion against the current GOV.UK guidance.
- Is an English test certificate enough for a UK visa?
- Meeting the English-language requirement is only one part of a visa application and does not establish that the application will succeed. You must also meet the other route requirements and provide the documents requested by the Home Office.
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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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