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- numberoneson0
first off, if your fiancé is not of EU origin, and you are not married yet, then you need them to enter on Fiancé Visa status which will last for 6 months during which they cannot work, they are allow entry only for marriage. You can apply for extra time after your 6 months are up but it's not easy. The Fiancé visa is applied for at your fiancé's british embassy in their own country.
Then once you are both in the UK, get married (this can take about 3 weeks max as you need 15 days announcement time - don't ask me why) and then you apply for a permit to stay which is for 2 years and in the last month of the second year, you apply (AGAIN!!!) for a permanent residence permit which is forever. This long-winded process is to weed out the marriage for convenience things - Para take note.
Oh, one more thing, each time you send in an application, it costs money. I can't remember how much the fiancé visa is, it differs from country to country, but the permit to stay here after marriage is about £155 by post and £200-something in person which is then issued there and then on the day, but it also means a trip to Croyden and waiting for ages.
Any further questions, email me.