The processes for pre-settled and settled status were different for us since we followed the Lounes route, but now that she's got settled status, I wonder if we can use the "mainstream" path and apply for her BC straightaway.
My concern: From reading the official GovUk page "Apply for citizenship if your spouse is a British citizen", it just says someone with settled status and spouse of british citizen doesn't need to wait another year from the day they got settled status, HOWEVER, it doesn't clarify the conditions for those using the Lounes route; which, in my simplistic view, was a way to say: "ignore my BC and let my spouse apply as spouse of an EU citizen, but now, consider me as a BC and let my spouse get a fast-tracked to BC". And of course, if this is not accepted, I'd be paying the 1.5k with no refund
