As of 13 August 2026, AI can only partly complete your basic DBS check application.

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 current basic DBS check guidance and application service on GOV.UK, and keep the official form visible while you work.
   2. Gather the identity document, current address evidence and complete address history that the official service asks for, checking names and dates against the originals.
   3. Copy the blank form fields or the relevant official instructions into the chatbot, then paste only the minimum personal information needed for each field.
   4. Use the prompt to produce a field-by-field draft, and make the chatbot mark missing or uncertain information as CHECK instead of filling gaps.
   5. Compare every drafted answer with your original documents and the live GOV.UK form, including all names, addresses, dates and any disclosure answers; resolve unclear legal questions through official guidance or a solicitor.
   6. Enter the checked answers yourself on the official GOV.UK service, complete its identity and payment or submission steps, and send the application only after confirming that the final declaration is true.

   Prompt

   Help me prepare a UK basic DBS check application, but do not submit it or claim that you have checked any official record. Use only the facts I provide and invent nothing. Create a field-by-field draft using the current GOV.UK application wording if I paste it below. For each field, show the proposed answer, the source fact I supplied, and any information still missing. Mark anything uncertain as CHECK rather than guessing. Separate identity and address history from questions about convictions or other disclosures. Tell me which answers I must verify against my passport, driving licence, utility bills, employment records or other original documents, and which steps must be completed on the official GOV.UK service. Do not give legal advice or decide whether a disclosure is required. If a question is unclear or concerns a serious legal matter, tell me to check the official guidance or speak to a solicitor. Do not retain, repeat or request unnecessary sensitive personal data. Application form or field list: [paste the current GOV.UK fields here]. My details and dates: [paste only the minimum information needed].

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