US Visa/Citizenship - Howto + Advice please?

I am going through this process myself for various reasons so I know a bit about it.

Citizenship != Visa. You can get a Visa to go to the States. You can get a Green Card to work in the States. You are not a citizen though. That requires taking a test on a variety of subjects. Don't confuse the two.

You can get a student visa although the steps involved in that are a bit muddy in my mind. Ultimately, you get acceptance into a college in the States, get an invitation letter, and then let a consulate or whatnot process stuff. They will probably want to interview you to check your English and make sure things check out.

There are other Visas(in your particular case, the fiancee Visa), but I seriously could not see you getting them at this stage in your relationship. The time frame is anywhere from 6 months to 2 years at least. It depends on the type of the relationship and Visa you are going for. Of course, making mistakes in the paperwork slows things down (or stops them altogether).

As someone said, you didn't pick the greatst of times because things are bogged down and more expensive. I am still setting up the initial forms myself and the costs jumped up since the end of July. Of course, you also need to get your own passport.

With that said, I echo the setiments of the other posters. I am positive there are good colleges in Canada. Coming to the States to go to college but with the primary reason being to find a suitable mate is ill-advised, time-consuming, frustrating, and costly. Maybe you should ask this other person to apply/transfer to a university in Canada instead?

Jam it back in, in the dark.