Hi;

Last March, I tried to bring my girlfriend over from England to stay with me
here in Texas. She was stopped and questioned at the port of entry, and
refused entry, mainly because she could not demonstrate that she had no
intent to immigrate. She is/was a student, and she has always lived with
her parents. She has never been employed, and does not own much in
the way of possessions (she doesn't own a car).

We have made a Congressional Inquiry on this, but it didn't get us anywhere.

She has been removed from the Visa Waiver Program, so she will need a
visa to come here. We have contemplated getting a fiancee visa, but we
understand that it is expensive to get, and takes a long time to get it. Also,
once she is here, we have 90 days in which to get married, or she goes
back to England. That doesn't give us much time together.

We have contemplated getting a student visa, as she wants to continue
with her education, and it would give us a few years before we have to
decide if marriage is the right thing for us to do - and also for her to
decide if she can tolerate living in my life-situation. We also understand
that the student visa is a non-immigrant visa, and that we have the
problem of proving that she has no intent to immigrate.

Are there any other kinds of visas that we could use for her to come
over here on and spend (perhaps) a few years with me?

(We would like to have more than 90 days in which to come to a decision
on something as major as marriage.)

Could we possibly get a visitors visa, and apply for the fiancee visa
in the meantime?

Is there anyone with the State Department that I can contact on this matter?
(I never could find an email address on their website.)

... or an email address for someone at the U. S. Consulate in London?

If it should come to that, what is the quickest way to get a fiancee visa?

(I understand that it can take as long as 6 months to get.)


Thanks!