Hi there and welcome.

Yes visitor visa can be a problem, they told us to get lost when we tried The excuse was they didn't believe I would let her leave afterwards and would marry her. Right - they thought I would chain mahal to the sink perhaps Idiots!

It's a strange thing, how so many countries, their nationals can come to the UK without a visa, and these could also have immigration intents. It seems they run visa and non visa country requirements on the same basis insurance companies underwrite things - if they think it's a country the national would be happy to return to, then no visa (hence Koreans and Australians don't need one)

From what I can gather, if you have a decent job, then it's not TOO hard to get a vacation visa, but as already said, there's been too many people abusing this system in the past, so the UK has had to take these measures.

Really hope they give you it