Hello Everyone

Thank you for your warm welcome.

I have reviewed the UKVI website and from what I understand I am considered to be "settled in the UK" (I live here for for 11 years and 9 months ago I applied for permanent residency card, having obtained permanent resident status before that) so I am not sure if I would be considered under UK or EU immigration. Any help clarifying this would be appreciated.

In an usual relationship when people are in love and from the same country, they live and work together until they decide to get married and have enough money to do it. We would like to find out what is the closest that we can get to this. Marriage is once in a lifetime so we want to find out if there is any way for us to live together in the UK for longer than 6 months and to save money for the weeding.
We know each other for 7 months now, in ideal world we would like to live together as boyfriend and girlfriend in the UK, work, but we understand there are rules and procedures that need to be followed.

Our first idea was to get Jaybee a tourist visa for 6 months or longer, to live together in the UK and for her to not work. Has anyone tried that? Would it be difficult to obtain 6 months or longer tourist visa? Would government officials be suspicious? Are there any special circumstances that can allow her to stay longer or remain in the UK after the visa tourist visa expires, e.g. if we decide to get married during her stay?
Secondly could someone please explain the differences and benefits of getting married in Philippines as opposed to UK?
I understand I am asking a lot of questions, I really new to this type of situation and just want to find out about all the options to choose the most suitable solution in our circumstance.

Regards,
Lukasz