Automated checks and AI notice

1. What is automated

The residence estimate, the earliest-date estimate, the status of each year (for example “Evidence complete”, “Needs review” or “In progress”), evidence points, the “next step” suggestion, expiry warnings and reminders are produced by fixed rules written by us. The rules compare the permissions, addresses, trips and documents you have recorded against a configured version of the published requirements.

The same information always gives the same result under the same rule version. Nothing is scored by a person and nothing is decided by a statistical or generative model.

2. Where machine learning or AI is used

IrishReady does not use a chatbot or a generative AI model to assess your record, write your results or give advice.

One optional feature uses machine learning: reading the name, address and date from a document you upload. It uses an optical character recognition (OCR) engine that runs on our own server. It is off by default, it runs only when you choose it for an upload or turn it on in Settings, and no third-party OCR or AI service receives your documents. What it reads is a suggestion for you to check, and nothing counts until you confirm it.

Your records and documents are not used to train AI models, by us or by anyone we share data with.

3. What a result means

A result is an estimate based on what you recorded. “Evidence complete” means the documents you confirmed reach the configured target for that year. It does not mean a document is genuine, certified or acceptable to Immigration Service Delivery (ISD). “Needs review” means something appears to be missing from your record; it is not a finding that your residence was unlawful.

An estimated earliest date is the first date on which the configured residence rule would be met if your record is complete and correct and, where shown, your current permission continues without a gap. New trips, corrected dates, a change in the law or a different view taken by the decision-maker can move it.

4. What it does not do

IrishReady does not make or influence any official decision. Decisions on immigration permission and citizenship are made by the Minister for Justice and ISD. We do not assess good character, discretion, the genuineness of documents or any matter that requires individual judgment, and we do not submit applications.

We do not make decisions about you based solely on automated processing that produce legal effects or similarly significant effects. The checks are information for you to use.

5. Where it can be wrong

Results can be wrong when information is missing, mistyped or out of date; when a permission, trip or address has not been recorded; when a document was read incorrectly; when your circumstances fall outside the routes we cover; or when the published requirements change before we update the rules.

Each result shows the date it was worked out and the rule version used. Proposed changes to the law are shown separately and never used for your current-law result.

6. Your part, and how to question a result

Check that your dates and entries are right, confirm any details read from a document, and verify current official requirements before you act. For anything that turns on your individual circumstances, take advice from a qualified professional.

If you think a result is wrong, you can correct your entries and it will be worked out again. You can also contact us at info@irishready.ie and a person will look at how the result was produced and explain it. Your data-protection rights, including the right to object and to obtain human review, are set out in the Privacy policy.

7. Changes to this notice

If we introduce a feature that uses AI in a new way, we will update this notice before it applies to you, say clearly in the product where it is used, and keep it optional wherever that is practical.