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ARTICLE · 12 SEPTEMBER 2022

Comprehensive Sickness Insurance (CSI) No Longer A Problem For British Citizenship Application

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In our blog in early February 2022 we outlined how lack of Comprehensive Sickness Insurance (CSI) could cause problems for certain categories of EU...

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Kasia Janucik
Kasia Janucik

In our blog in early February 2022 we outlined how lack of Comprehensive Sickness Insurance (CSI) could cause problems for certain categories of EU nationals and their family members when applying for Naturalisation (British citizenship).

We are glad to now provide an update that the new Home Office guidance published in late June 2022 no longer requires comprehensive sickness insurance for Naturalisation applications to prove lawful residence.

LAWFUL RESIDENCE AND COMPREHENSIVE SICKNESS INSURANCE

Under the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, the Home Office has the power to not enquire further into the lawful residence of an applicant who has been granted indefinite leave to enter or remain in the UK.

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