Green; I am American as well; and I would like to say that even though it might look grim to try and get in; as others would say; it is never totally impossible...To be honest though; your best bet would be...for both you and your fiance...if you both could get taught or trained in something that would indeed get you a work visa much more easily...Though it was over 50 years ago; my father and mother did just that. They were originally from WWII Poland; but they eventually found themselves in first various refugee camps, but then both got scholarships to study at Universities in Great Britain; my dad eventually getting a degree from Edinburgh...Though it first took him a little bit to get up the ladder in his field; he eventually became an International Tax Manager here in the US. and worked for such companies as Allice-Chalmers, Textron, Sanders Associates and CalComp. I am not saying there won't be some difficulty because there will be; but impossibility is only as true as you and your fiance will allow it to be.

As to any information we can give you that will be helpful...I remember Bev giving this same VERY GOOD information to someone else, and that was to try and check out as many newspapers as possible that might be online... They will help you mostly with any available real estate companies in the area as well as give you an idea of what housing might be like cost wise in some areas. Also though; if you call the Chamber of Commerce for any city you might be interested in; most have a welcome package that will give you ideas of local businesses and personal needs: real estate companies; local medical and dental facilities; local stores for both groceries and sometimes clothing as well; hardware stores; etc...Also decent apartment rentals are not as easy to acquire in some places as they are in others...in smaller towns such things as apartment complexes might even be non-existent to all except adjusted income living needs; so when it comes to paying rent for a place to live; if there are no apartment complexes for normal rent where you might want to move to; then you can easily find out about people who might have rental properties available through either the local real estate agents or through a church you might be hoping to attend...I include the church idea only because in the case of some small towns; the people you end up renting from could very easily also be going to the same church you wish to...It is true right now for my husband and I...the couple we rent from own a local important construction company, and we are all Catholic going to the one Catholic Church in our town...

Three final notes so I don't inundate you;
1) try and check for local grocery stores in the area you might be moving to; at least in a LOT of areas; you will find most grocery stores though not always part of a large chain; will still have a web page...If you are trying to live on a budget; this will help you to know how to budget any money you plan on spending for food...I don't know about in Great Britain, but here many grocery stores also include gas/petrol stations and will list the price of gasoline/petrol on their website...which by the way here goes by the gallon; not the litre...If you want to either IM me here; I will be happy to help you with links to websites for the things I mentioned...Chambers of Commerce; grocery stores and the like...

2) Some of the more well known real estate agents that are over in Great Britain are also here in the US. One that comes to mind is Re-Max...they are pretty much all over the US...

3) One other thing you should know is about stores like Walmart vs. a normal grocery store and department store...There are quite a few advantages to shopping at a Walmart because even though they don't list everything they have within a single store; a Walmart Super Center does have just about everything under one roof; the closest thing I could say to compare it to over in Europe would be Italy's store called Standa...though I have not been to Italy for 20 years so they might not even exist any more...The point is that like Asda; Walmart is extremely good for low prices on every day items including deli, produce, tinned, dried, frozen and dairy products, as well as inexpensive clothing, toiletries, healthcare, electronics, household/kitchen, bathroom, hardware and automotive items....and on the food; their store brand items are just as good in taste and quality as name brand items...and you can save quite a bit buying their items vs. buying name brand...Normal grocery stores are not bad either; especially in some of the larger cities because they have their versions of Super Stores as well...though in their case it usually means they have a much larger variety of types of food... sometimes including much larger varieties of produce; larger amounts of ethnic foods; also little places to get both a quicky dinners as well as even small places to eat right there should your schedule be a little too hectic to cook...

I hope though this information might have inundated you; that it was at least a little helpful...

Good Luck
T. Vandal