Hello! I am a USC, and my husband (a UKC) is currently in the process of getting a US visa. If everything goes to plan, he will have is visa and be living with me in the US by the end of June 2011.
My question is, how hard would it be to move back to the UK? We'd like to stay in the US for 5-8 years, and then maybe move back to the UK for a bit so that out future, hypothetical children can become close to both sides of the family, experience both nations, etc.
For people that have done this, how hard is it fro a non-Brit to get a spousal visa to move to the UK? We would plan on registering any kids we'd have in the US with the UK embassy so they wouldl have citizenship in the UK.
I know I am looking far to far into the future here, but I was just wondering how others dealt with this?

I am the UKC and my hubby is USC. We lived in the US for several years, then had our little boy and wanted to move back to the UK for the same reasons you state. My hubby got a spousal visa to live in the UK with no problems at all. It's similar to the I-184 requirements - you have to prove you are financially stable, have somewhere to live, and if not, have relatives that will sponsor. We also got my son both british and american citizenship right away, which is awesome!

Visa rules change, and in 5-8 years time things could be quite a bit different to now - they could also be pretty much the same. Not really a question anybody can answer usefully with the kind of timescale, as it would be based on experiences now rather than in 5-8 years time!

The other thing to bear in mind is the cost of visas - which has gone up considerably for the UK in the last 6 years (haven't a clue what they are in comparison to US visas). These may continue to increase sharply, they may not.

Looking at previous posts of yours, an alternative route for you could have been to apply for FLR(M) in the UK after you got married - then 2 years after that SET(M) to get permanent residency. Because you would have been living in the UK for at least 3 years at the time of permanent residency (ILR), and you are married to a UK citizen you would have been eligible to apply for citizenship on the same day as being granted ILR (under current rules).