Comprehensive Sickness Insurance After Permanent Residence

Prior to the UK's exit from the EU, EEA nationals who lived in the UK in accordance with the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 ("the Regulations") for a continuous period of five years acquired the right of permanent residence.

For EEA nationals in the UK as a student or self-sufficient person, the Regulations required that they had comprehensive sickness insurance (CSI) for themselves and relevant family members to be considered as a qualified person, living in the UK in accordance with the regulations.

Advocate General Hogan's opinion in case C-247/20, VI v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs, considers whether individuals in the UK as self-sufficient persons or students were required to have comprehensive sickness insurance after acquiring a right of permanent residence.