Hey Everybody,

So. I'm thinking about leaving the US. i mean, I'm going to start out leaving temporarily (looking at post-grad programs in scotland and england), but I plan on spending at least several years outside this country. The reasons are not really important, but needless to say, I want out.

So here is the question: How does one (or two, in this case) go about becoming a citizen of the UK and settling down there? Short of becoming a US ex-pat by traveling to cuba and seeking political asylum, I am totally unsure of the ways. I know how to immigrate to the US, but that's obviously not what I'm looking for.

I've checked the websites and such from the UK gov sites, but could never get a straight answer. I'm hoping for one of you uk'ers to be able to help me out.

I'm young, idealistic, intelligent, educated, and drug and disease free, take me? Haha!