Question follow-through · 62640

Asylum and Visas: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department accepts documents for (a) visa and (b) asylum applications translated by artificial intelligence.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
25 Jun 2025
Target answer date
2 Jul 2025
Answer
4 Jul 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department accepts documents for (a) visa and (b) asylum applications translated by artificial intelligence.

  2. 2 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    Whilst the Home Office is committed to using technology and innovation to make the asylum system more efficient, the Home Office does not currently use Artificial Intelligence to translate documents submitted as evidence in asylum claims.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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