HOW CAN I BECOME A CITIZEN OF THE UK?

You cannot just turn up and start a new life in the UK. You must have a work visa.

You need a minimum of a degree level qualification and considerable work experience as a job could only be offered to you if no suitably qualified EEA national applied. It is impossible to get a work visa for anything other than highly skilled work.

You can travel to the UK for a maximum of six months in any 12 month period without a visa, provided you have enough funds to support yourself and a return ticket. Any mention of intending to find work in the UK will get you bounced straight home on the next available flight. You cannot look for work, you cannot even do unpaid work. Entry clearance as a visitor means exactly that.

You might consider studying in the UK for a degree. That would allow you time in the UK, you can even work albeit restricted hours during term time. A student visa carries no residency rights towards settlement though.

The only other alternative is to marry a UK citizen and apply for a spouse visa.

EDIT Citizenship take six years. You must be resident legally in the UK for five years, apply for indefinite leave to remain, hold ILR for a full year and then you can apply.

The rules are changing next year. Citizenship will no longer depend on residency alone but on your social and economic contribution to the country.

Your associate degree will not help you to get a work visa. At 19, you cannot have the sort of work experience that would qualify you above other EEA candidates.

All developed countries are difficult to migrate to, expecially given the current economic climate. Immigration has been tightened up everywhere to protect the resident workforce.

First of all the economic climate isn't great here either. Therefor the UK are only looking for skilled workers that are in short supply. Doctors, Dentists etc. can get a visa very easily. Some questions the UK will ask are: Do you have family in the UK? Are you here to cause trouble? (I know it's a stupid question for the obvious reason!), How much money do you have? Do have a job secured?

Sadly I think it will be very unlikely as with no job the government will not want to risk having you on benefits. Also you are a security risk (immigration control suspect everyone).

I recommend getting at least a college qualification, and coming on a short term work visa. Then if you like it, apply for citizenship.

Here is the official citizenship test: http://www.ukcitizenshiptest.co.uk/

Good luck!

I doubt you can.

At your age you probably don't fall into the highly skilled worker category.

Anything else you need an employer sponsoring you for a work visa, which is something they can only do if they don't find an EU-citizen instead. Which is very unlikely to happen. Not unless you DO have a specialty degree.

Your friends from the UK would find it just as difficult to get a visa in the US to get any job which doesn't require a degree. Most countries do have more than enough unskilled workers, they are not interested to import more of them.

Read through here:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/

The barriers are coming down, mainly because of the sheer volume of immigrants the UK has had in the past 10 years. Think of having Mexico with no restrictions.

You are much better off getting a specialist degree. Having said that, as far as I am aware you can get a 6 Months visitors Visa, although what the restrictions are on working I'm not sure.