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As of 13 August 2026, AI can only partly complete your UK settlement application.

This still needs a person who signs their name to it.

Can you do it?

15 minutesto a draft.

1 hourto something you’d act on.

Cost, all in£0

Skill neededchat-fluent

Who has to check ityou

What the alternative costsThe available tool data gives no price for an immigration solicitor or other alternative.

If this goes wrong, an incorrect answer or missing document can delay or damage an application, and the declaration remains yours.

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 1 hour until you can act on the result.

    How to actually do it

    1. Open the relevant settlement guidance and application page on GOV.UK, and save or copy the official route name, eligibility rules and document list into a working note.
    2. Gather your current and previous passports, immigration status documents, travel history, addresses, employment or study records, relationship details and any documents relating to dependants, refusals, convictions or pending proceedings.
    3. Ask the chatbot to identify the possible settlement route from your documents and GOV.UK extracts without deciding that you qualify, then answer its factual questions from your records.
    4. Paste the official form questions or permitted application sections into the chat and ask for a draft using confirmed facts only, with every uncertain answer marked as unresolved.
    5. Compare each drafted answer and each document request with the live GOV.UK page, your passports and your records, correcting dates, absences, names and immigration status details.
    6. Ask the chatbot to produce a final unresolved-issues list, then resolve factual gaps yourself or ask a UK immigration solicitor or regulated immigration adviser about eligibility, exceptions or adverse history.
    7. Enter the confirmed answers into the official application service, upload the required evidence, read every declaration yourself and submit only when the application matches your records.

    Prompt

    Help me prepare, but do not submit, my UK settlement application. First identify which route I may be using from this description: [visa or immigration status, route name if known, and reason for settlement]. Do not assume that I qualify and do not choose a route for me. Use only current information from the official GOV.UK settlement guidance that I provide or link to, and tell me when the official guidance is unclear or has changed. Ask me for the minimum facts needed, including my immigration history, absences from the UK, dependants, criminal convictions or pending proceedings, previous refusals, and any gaps or changes in status. Treat every fact as unverified until I confirm it. Then produce: 1. a field-by-field draft using my confirmed facts only, 2. a checklist of supporting documents, 3. a list of unanswered or potentially disqualifying points, 4. a comparison table showing each important claim against the GOV.UK source, and 5. a final list of items I must personally confirm before submitting. Never invent dates, absences, addresses, employment, travel, documents, eligibility, exemptions or legal conclusions. Do not provide professional advice. Do not tell me to conceal, reword or omit an adverse fact. If my circumstances are complicated, tell me to consult a UK immigration solicitor or another 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 establish whether your absences, immigration history or personal circumstances satisfy the settlement rules.
  • AI cannot authenticate your documents or know that your account of travel and status is complete.
  • AI cannot take responsibility for the declaration or correct an application after an avoidable mistake.
  • AI cannot replace advice from a UK immigration solicitor or regulated immigration adviser where there are refusals, convictions, gaps in status or unusual circumstances.

What caps this at PARTLY: legal accountability, verification cost 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)
Output2
Inputs1
Verification1
Liability1
Effort delta2
Total7 / 10

The methodology and its thresholds are published in full.

FAQ

Can ChatGPT fill in my UK settlement application?
It can draft answers, organise your evidence and identify missing information, but it should not be treated as completing the application for you. You must verify every answer against your records and submit the official form yourself.
Can AI tell me if I qualify for settled status or indefinite leave to remain?
Not reliably. AI can help you find and apply the GOV.UK rules to the facts you provide, but immigration eligibility often turns on detailed history, exceptions and evidence. A serious or complicated case needs a UK immigration solicitor or regulated immigration adviser.
Is it safe to upload my passport and immigration documents to AI?
Only use a service after checking how it handles retention, training, access and deletion, and avoid sharing anything unnecessary. Redact information where possible, and remember that this is not professional advice.
Should I use a solicitor for my UK settlement application?
You may be able to prepare a straightforward application yourself using GOV.UK and AI for organisation. Use a UK immigration solicitor or regulated immigration adviser if your history includes refusals, convictions, gaps in status, complex absences or uncertainty about eligibility.

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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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