As of 13 August 2026, AI can only partly check your EU Settlement Scheme eligibility.

What to actually do

1. 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.

2. Use a tool built for this

   Second choice

3. Do it yourself

   The distant third

   A chat interface, chat-fluent skill, and roughly 30 minutes until you can act on the result.

   How to actually do it

   1. Open the GOV.UK pages for the EU Settlement Scheme, eligibility and applying, and keep them available for comparison.
   2. Gather your passport or identity document details, immigration status information, UK residence dates, absences, family relationship evidence and any previous Home Office correspondence.
   3. Write a dated timeline of your UK residence and absences, including the reason for each significant period outside the UK.
   4. Paste the timeline and evidence list into a chatbot with the copyable prompt, replacing each bracketed slot with your facts and omitting unnecessary document numbers.
   5. Open every GOV.UK link cited by the chatbot and compare its wording with the rule or exception used in the assessment.
   6. Use the official GOV.UK application route to confirm what evidence and identity checks it requires, rather than treating the chatbot's assessment as a decision.
   7. Ask an immigration solicitor to review the case before relying on the result if your residence is interrupted, your application may be late, your family route is complex or your immigration history is adverse.

   Prompt

   Assess my possible eligibility for the UK EU Settlement Scheme using only current official GOV.UK guidance that you can access. If you cannot access current sources, say so and do not rely on memory. Do not present your answer as a decision, legal advice or a guarantee.
   
   My facts:
   - Nationality or nationalities: [insert]
   - Current UK immigration status: [insert]
   - Date I first arrived in the UK: [insert]
   - Dates I lived outside the UK and why: [insert]
   - Current date and location: [insert]
   - Family relationship to any EU, EEA or Swiss citizen: [insert]
   - That person's UK residence and status: [insert]
   - Relevant criminal convictions or immigration history: [insert]
   - Evidence I have for residence and identity: [insert]
   - Any previous EUSS application or decision: [insert]
   
   Give me:
   1. A provisional assessment of which eligibility route, if any, appears relevant.
   2. A dated timeline of the facts that matter.
   3. Every missing fact or document that could change the assessment.
   4. The exact GOV.UK pages used, with a short explanation of which rule each page supports.
   5. A separate list of issues that need an immigration solicitor or confirmation through the official application process.
   
   Do not invent facts, deadlines, exceptions or documents. Distinguish clearly between what my facts establish, what is uncertain and what only the Home Office can decide. Do not tell me to submit an application until you have listed the unresolved risks.

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