First of all, you have to figure out what you did wrong in immigration process that they denied your case.

1. Did you overstay on visa waiver program?
2. Did you overstay tourist visa?
3. Any criminal backgrounds?
4. Insufficient income on the sponsor's part... if it is in this case, you can have joint sponsor.

If you have 1-3, then you should consider having immigration attorney to handle your case. Normally it is much easier for US citizen to obtain British citizen, especially on family based. You don't even have to take the "Life in UK Test".

Get this done first, renunciation of US citizenship is not the key to your answer.

1. I have no clue what a visa waiver program is
2. After I had my tourist visa I got a 2 year spousal visa
3. Common Assault about 2 years ago

I'll summarise again in case you missed it.

Got married in September 2004
A few weeks later we came to England on a 6 month tourist visa
Near the end of the 6 months I flew from the UK to NY and got a 2 year spousal visa
At the end of my spousal visa I applied for Indefinite Leave to Remain(Residency)
Home Office received the application 5 days after my visa expired
The visa was refused and I was given a removal order and removed from the UK(Not deportation order)

Oh, BTW, and an immigration attorney is the reason all of this is happened. He screwed up when he filed an appeal and could have stopped the removal with a hundred different ways, but didn't.

The process to become UK citizen would be this
2 year spousal visa
5 year residency
Then citizenship

My point is what do I do IF I don't get granted another spousal visa.

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Originally Posted by tim and suzanne

The process to become UK citizen would be this
2 year spousal visa
5 year residency
Then citizenship

My point is what do I do IF I don't get granted another spousal visa.

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SPOUSAL VISA? *shock* *gasp* What do I do if all I want to do is LIVE in the UK and have dual citizenship? I don't want to marry someone for the wrong reasons... Geez! All I want is to have proper healthcare and a higher education (PhD) without it dragging me to the poor house. Why aren't these things free in America?

I want that two or three week paid vacation where I can actually feel recouperated, rather than feeling like I need a vacation from my vacation. In America, we only get one week paid vacation, and that's not enough time to feel destressed. Just as you're starting to destress, it's time to go back to work again! No wonder heart disease is the #1 killer in this country! We work ourselves to death just to BARELY make ends meet, and at the end of the day, what do we have to show for all that hard work? We're all one paycheck from being homeless. We can't spend quality time with our family and friends because we're either stuck at work, or exhausted when we get home. Great nation my .