Hi everyone!
My fiance and I just got engaged on New Year's Eve and are planning a wedding next January. Ok, we're both in uni right now, I'm in the States and he's in Scotland. I will graduate in December, but he still will have 1.5 years left of school after we would get married. Basically, I'm really concerned about whether they'll grant me a fiance visa or not. I'm planning on moving there permanently and will be qualified to work, graduating with honors and a university degree. My degree is in elementary education, and I have to go through a whole paperwork torture to get to teach there (but am willing to other jobs until I get placed in a school).
To get to the point...both of us are students, so we're essentially broke. We are self-sufficient in that we have enough money to live on, but not really anything in savings. Steven works and goes to school, and I work part-time here while I go to school. His dad would let us stay in his house (it's huge and just the two of them live in it) if we honestly couldn't afford our own place.
I'm worried they'll turn us down because I don't have a job lined up there and I don't have a lot in savings. His family is more than willing to support us if we hit a rough spot, and are willing to write letters stating that, but I honestly don't think we'd really need their help. I have no intention of taking money from the government, but how can I prove that to them?
Is there anyway I can apply for jobs ahead of time? Will the fact that I have a degree help me at all or will they only look at my savings account balance? Does anyone know what are chances of getting a visa are? Any suggestions? Please help. We're just two young people starting out, so we don't have a lot of extra cash but are skilled, hard workers. Thanks everyone.
