Nannersone
8/24/2016 10:36 EST
Hi Luke.
I'm not an expert by any means, but it's my understanding that if an employer will sponsor you for a visa (meaning you have a job skill(s) that they can't find someone in the EU or UK to fill the job) you can come in and stay for the length of your employment, and after 5 years apply for long term residency. If you marry a UK citizen you can apply (but may or may not get) permission to stay there. I think if you are a student you can go in on a Tier 4 visa for the length of your program, if it's longer than six months. (Less than six months is a short term visa.) But none of that time applies towards the long-term residency permission "clock" (?). You can go visit for several months, but would then have to leave again - unless I'm missing something. There appear to be various other visa categories, none of which seem to apply unless there's more to your story than you've written. As I understand it, an American can't just decide to move to the UK (Scotland). You can go to Ireland, I ~think~, as long as you have an annual income of about $60K per person. Not the same as Scotland, though! Perhaps you can check https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration to see if there's something for you there?
I don't think Scotland's going to part ways with the UK in the very near future. As it is, England hasn't triggered the EU clause to leave the UK yet, and it will be about 2 years from that point before Brexit is final, dragging the rest of the UK countries with them. Even after Brexit, which I would think would impact primarily EU citizens, I don't think the immigration policies impacting Americans would change. It's a small island with a lot of people on it, and they are very protective of it (and rightly so). But one can't predict the future, so perhaps something will change in your favor!
Good luck!
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