I'm American, how do I go about moving to the UK?

Question

I have asked this question, but didn't get any helpful answers, so I'm asking again. I'm 16 and want to move to the UK soon and live and work there. First I want to go to a good university here though, and a good degree (I want to practice law, I think you call lawyers barristers or something like that?) So what would be my best course of action to take to move there and gain citizenship and have a high paying job like I would here in the States? I want to marry a British woman someday (NOT TO GAIN CITIZENSHIP, BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY ATTRACTIVE) but would that also get me citizenship? Please help, I want to be an asset to the wonderful country of the UK, who we are just a spin off of. Thanks!

Answer 1

I'm going through somewhat of the same thing, but I'm going to England for marriage. I'm pretty sure marriage DOES get you citizenship, but that wouldn't be your first choice as there are other options.

You want to go to school. For that, you need to be accepted into a university there, like anywhere else. What you could do is seek out colleges or universities in the area you'd prefer to live, and see what needs to be done, if you can apply as a foreigner, and such. If you get accepted to one, you can get a student visa, to go to school there and work for up to 20 hours a week. I'm not sure if all schools are included, but there are lists, I'm sure on the UK border agency's site there is one.

You could also go the work only route to save up money before school, getting any of a number of work visas. I'm not sure exactly where you're from, but when I looked, it seemed hard for US citizens to get one of these successfully.