In your case it looks like you were temporarily ill or disabled. If you were working and financially dependent before and have a plan for returning back to work/school once healed then that is likely why you go the exception. Temporary illness/disability is treated differently than longterm illness/disability especially in the case where a person is also dependent on government financial support. Each H&C is different so it is hard to make generalizations when there at multiple factors that go into approval/denial but in general for H&C applications not being financially dependent on the government and working/studying or even volunteering (if you don’t need to work because you have significant savings) are big considerationsIt depends on the officer issuing your AIP. Usually they give exemption after thoroughly review your case and approve AIP.It’s the stage where they request you police certificates, medical,financial information. I didn’t request for exemption, officer issued on his own behalf as he got satisfied with the facts and medical proofs I have attached in H&C arguments for eligibility pass.