Help!

So, I decided not to further my education because my fiancé and I both thought I'd be living in the UK with him by now...but obviously it's taking longer than expected.
Now I feel like I'm just waiting around for my life to start and I'm wasting time when I could be in school working on a degree...
We hope to get this visa thing up and running and hopefully I'll be with him in the UK early next year...but a few short months doesn't give me any time to finish anything in college.
I thought about taking a short course that's a few weeks or months but im afraid it'll be a waste of time and I'll have to start over when I move...

Is there a waiting period of when I can start school in the UK? What info do I need to apply at a school in the Uk?
I'm interested in nursing and Spanish language, as I am already a certified nurses assistant and I took four years of Spanish in high school.
I'm feeling very down about it lately and regretting my decision very much not to further my education when I had the chance.

I feel like I'll never advance in my career now.

You don't have to wait at all if you're going over as a spouse, but you will be paying international fees for tuition, which is not cheap.

You don't have to wait at all if you're going over as a spouse, but you will be paying international fees for tuition, which is not cheap.

When will I have residency tuition costs?
My sister moved out of state and she had to wait a year to be considered a resident of that state so she wouldn't have to pay tons of money to go to a school out of state.

It's a minimum of three years, and in some cases more, before you are considered a resident.

I'm pretty sure a lot of the times you're not resident unless you have indefinite leave to remain, which under new spousal rules is 5 years -   but I think it depends on the individual school 

What about doing a degree by distance, either from the UK, rest of Europe or USA? Even with international student fees it is liable to be cheaper.

Or another option is to do your degree at a local college, as this route is usually also cheaper with international student fees.

Where are you going to be based in the UK and what state are you from / resident in?

Yeah, I really need to explore my options, because I really want to further my education.

I'm from Indiana, and I'll be living in the Guildford, surrey area when I move to England.

Distance Education in Indiana:

Ball State University
http://cms.bsu.edu/academics/collegesanddepartments/distance

Indiana State University
http://www.indstate.edu/distance/

University of Southern Indiana
http://www.usi.edu/distance/

Indiana University
http://iuonline.iu.edu/

Purdue University
https://www.distance.purdue.edu/

In / near Guildford:

Guildford College
http://www.guildford.ac.uk/HigherEducation/Courses/HECourses.aspx

University of Surrey:
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/

Or you could consider distance education from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, The Netherlands or Germany. Many courses are in English and tend to be cheaper than the UK.

Sweden:
http://www.studyinsweden.se/
Norway:
http://www.studyinnorway.no/
Finland:
http://www.studyinfinland.fi/
Denmark:
http://studyindenmark.dk/
The Netherlands:
http://www.studyinholland.nl/
Germany:
https://www.study-in.de/en/

HTH. 

I'm pretty sure a lot of the times you're not resident unless you have indefinite leave to remain, which under new spousal rules is 5 years -   but I think it depends on the individual school 

Sorry, that's wrong about tuition fees on both counts.  If you are the spouse of a UK national, you will pay the "home" fee for any course you start after you have lived in the UK (or the wider European Economic Area) for 3 years.

It does not depend on the institution:  tuition fee regulations are the law of the land.

Ok! Thanks so much guys!!

So, if I wait and attend a school in England, what information and documents do I need to have on hand?

And I would still be subject to the international school fees even if the course is covered by the NHS, correct?

Because I'm not a UK/eu citizen?

Sorry, that's wrong about tuition fees on both counts.  If you are the spouse of a UK national, you will pay the "home" fee for any course you start after you have lived in the UK (or the wider European Economic Area) for 3 years.

It does not depend on the institution:  tuition fee regulations are the law of the land.

All good. Happy to stand corrected.

Sorry, that's wrong about tuition fees on both counts.  If you are the spouse of a UK national, you will pay the "home" fee for any course you start after you have lived in the UK (or the wider European Economic Area) for 3 years.

It does not depend on the institution:  tuition fee regulations are the law of the land.

Interesting...  Do you have to have been a spouse the whole three years or just in the UK for three years?  I'm a former Tier 2 now married to a UKC, but have only been married a few months but been in the UK three years.

Sorry, that's wrong about tuition fees on both counts.  If you are the spouse of a UK national, you will pay the "home" fee for any course you start after you have lived in the UK (or the wider European Economic Area) for 3 years.

It does not depend on the institution:  tuition fee regulations are the law of the land.

This is interesting.

I've been looking into going back to school for a PhD, and have been told that to be eligible to pay home fees, I need to not only pass the three year residency requirement, but also be considered settled (free from immigration control).

 

For the OP obviously, settled status will not happen for 5 years though.

Yes, I needed to have my ILR to qualify for home fees for the OU and now it takes five years to get your ILR.