AN Guidance - updated as at 28 June 2022

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... rocess.pdf

Good news regarding CSI!

Quote from page 28:
"Lawful Residence and Comprehensive Sickness Insurance
We have the power, under the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, to not enquire further
into the lawful residence of an applicant, where you have been granted indefinite leave
to enter or remain in the UK. This means that, in the vast majority of cases, you will only
need to demonstrate that you hold valid indefinite leave in the UK in order to meet the
lawful residence requirement.
If you are an EEA national, supplying evidence of your settled status under the EU
Settlement Scheme (EUSS) will also normally meet this requirement. That also means
you will not need to send evidence of what you were doing in the UK prior to being
granted settled status.
This includes people who did not hold comprehensive sickness insurance under the
EEA regulations whilst either a student or a self-sufficient person. You can now meet
the lawful residence requirement simply by showing you have been granted settled
status under the EUSS. You also no longer need to explain why you did not hold
comprehensive sickness insurance."

Quote from page 38:
"Applications submitted before 28 June 2022
Changes introduced by the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 come into force on 28
June 2022. If you submitted your application before that date, we will still use the new
powers to decide your application where this would be of benefit to you. For example,
we can use ILR for the lawful residence requirement without the need to examine further
evidence"