On: Governments deterring businessmen and tourists with cumbersome visa requirements

[mjburgess]

Can't she become a british citizen? Will that not simplify things?

[binarymax → mjburgess]

You say that like we can just roll up to the immigration store and get a passport any time we like.

6 years minimum for her to get citizenship. It's been 3.5

[sombremesa → binarymax]

The US is actually worse. I've been here 8 years and I'm not even a little bit closer than I was 8 years ago, to permanent residence let alone citizenship.

I have a six figure salary. I should probably just get married.

[foldr → mjburgess]

That's a long and expensive process. There seems to be a common belief that it's more or less automatic once you're married, but that's far from true in most countries, the US and UK included.

[jabbernotty → mjburgess]

It will probably make it more difficult to go to the country where she was born. This is a problem if she wants to go back quickly, for example when someone there is sick.

[icebraining → jabbernotty]

Both countries allow for dual citizenship, so it shouldn't be a factor.