Originally Posted by sarah_webinc

Wrong...i could have stayed here for 3 months with a normal tourist visa..6 on the student work visa. Not even being married to a British citizen qualified me to stay here on its own..I had to apply and prove my marriage was one of love. The right to work in a country other than the USA is not one you get easily.

Then there is the rights to a state pension, the right to vote, the right to a British passport..now I have the right to live and work anywhere in the EU that I should ever desire in my life not to mention more easy of moving about within the British Commonwealth. Most importantly, I can live where I have lived my entire adult life without having "half-rights" or the fear of someone pushing paper to decide that now my husband is dead it is time for me to go 'home'.

Do you know that I haven't been able to get a checking account in this country for nine years? That is because as soon as you are seen not to be British - or atleast EU - they say no. Now, they can't use that as a reason by law.

This country has been very good to me...I wanted to say thanks.