ok thank you that is fantastic news.
Just to really spell it out for me, as this process makes me very nervous, are you saying I can put my actual arrival date as the date I entered the UK, but they will use my visa start date, or should I use my visa Start date as the arrival date?

Hiya I arrived in the UK 17 Sept 2020 and my Ancestry Visa expires 23 June 2025. My Visa start date is 23 June 2020. Has anyone dealt with this gap successfully? How did you fill out the application? Can I apply for my ILR pre my Visa expiry or do I need to somehow bridge the 2 month gap? I spent ...