Thank you all for your very honest and sometimes scary answers to my question. My girlfriend's employers are aware of her status here in the UK, and therefore, they are putting their selves in danger of maybe prosecution if she was discovered. She has been in this country for 4 years, and honestly her visa was for 6 months but was a visitors visa. I met her 2 years ago, but, I dont want to lose her for 1 minuate. I would do any thing now to keep her here, but the advice you guys have given me is kind of scary, and makes me want to stay as far away from the border police as possible. Is there any chance i could marry her here, will it make a difference if she has a child to me as we are trying. And when i say she has given so much this counrty economically, she has worked with of the elderly who suffer alzheimers. I do know there is no easy way, but I wish there were. Thank you guys all the same, we're in a very dificul situation. Any more advice, ant threads of hope for me and my partner is invaluble. Thank you kindlyu. John