Thanks all for your advice...i appreciate it!! It just sucks that if we want to do this legit we have to go through so much red tape!!! Maybe i should get her to write a book about how to get a visa for the UK, get it published and then come over here on a writers visa...lol. How ironic would that be?

Unfortunately haven't been together 2 years. And i don't quite understand how you 'live together' for 2 years if you can't get a visa!! She doesn't have any qualifications other than an English Degree and doesn't qualify for HSMP so can't get work permit. Any other ideas???? This is starting to driv...

I am a UK citizen with an American girlfriend who i want to come and live with me and be able to work here so she can contribute. I have made initial enquiries and have come to the conclusion that the only way she would be able to do this is, is if she comes here on a fiance visa (i know she can't w...