Updated November 11, 2026

Visaful vs Permito: which AI visa interview practice fits you?

Visaful and Permito both let you answer an AI visa officer out loud and get feedback after every mock. Visaful focuses on B1/B2, F-1 and H-1B plus US border interviews, with the officer's likely decision, line-by-line notes and a facts check. Permito covers more US visa types, adds free tools such as a DS-160 checker, and sells one-time packs instead of a plan.

We build Visaful. Every claim about Permito on this page comes from Permito's own site as we read it on October 30, 2026. Features and prices change, so check permito.ai before you choose. For more tools side by side, see our AI visa interview practice comparison.

How do Visaful and Permito compare?

The table uses each product's own wording where it can. "Not stated" means the page we read didn't say.

What does Permito do well?

Permito (permito.ai) offers a mock interview with an AI consular officer that "challenges your answers, catches red flags." You speak naturally, the officer asks follow-ups, and each session ends with a mock verdict, a 0 to 100 score and 3 things to fix. It covers more US visa types than Visaful, including J-1, K-1 and L-1, and it's personalized down to your university and major.

Its free tools are useful before any mock: a DS-160 checker, a bank balance calculator and documents checklists for each visa. If you'd rather pay once for a set number of mocks, Permito sells one-time packs, and it accepts UPI for payments from India. It also offers a Teams plan for schools and agencies.

What does Visaful do well?

Visaful is an AI mock interview app for US visa interviews: an AI officer asks your visa's questions out loud and shows what to fix.

Short mocks that feel like the window. A skeptical AI officer asks, cuts in and follows up on what you just said, in 2 to 4 minutes. The questions come from a bank of 279 questions drawn from reported visa interviews, including 90 "nightmare" ones on money, ties, family in the US and past refusals.

Feedback on your own words. After each mock you see a score, the officer's likely decision with the exact words that drove it, line-by-line notes, a better line to say that stays true to you, a facts check against what you told us, and your top 3 fixes before the real interview.

Border interviews too. Visaful also practices the US arrival, Global Entry and NEXUS interviews. Permito's site, as we read it, has no border interview practice.

Which one should you pick?

• Pick Permito if your visa is J-1, K-1, L-1 or a green card interview, if you want free tools like a DS-160 checker, or if you'd rather pay once for a set number of mocks.
• Pick Visaful if you're applying for B1/B2, F-1 or H-1B and want short mocks that feel like the window, with the officer's likely decision and notes on your own words, or if you have a Global Entry, NEXUS or US arrival interview.
• Try both if you can. Both have a free start, and the officer that feels closest to a real interview is the one to keep practicing with.

Whichever you pick, practice with the questions officers ask for your visa. Our F-1, B1/B2 and H-1B question guides list them and say why officers ask.

No practice tool can tell you what a real officer will decide. A consular officer decides at the window, and what you say there becomes part of your application, so practice answering clearly, honestly and in line with your DS-160. If you were refused before, read what a 214(b) refusal means first.

This is interview practice, not legal advice. For questions about your own case, talk to an immigration attorney. Visaful is not affiliated with the U.S. government or the Department of State.