Timeline for I want to travel to the UK to meet my boyfriend for the first time. Do I mention him on the application?
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| Jun 16, 2021 at 16:57 | comment | added | Valorum | @DJClayworth - I didn't say that she was being sex-trafficked, I was saying that the immigration officer will think it if she tells them what she's told us. | |
| Jun 16, 2021 at 16:20 | comment | added | DJClayworth | By "employer" I mean host family. | |
| Jun 16, 2021 at 16:19 | comment | added | anotherdave | When you say "Your host family is sponsoring the trip. Why are they doing that? It's not a normal thing for an employer to do." — what do you mean by employer? Is that a typo? | |
| Jun 16, 2021 at 13:19 | comment | added | DJClayworth | There are deleted posts, which you may not be able to see, which indicate that this is unlikely to be a romance scam or trafficking. | |
| Jun 15, 2021 at 21:20 | comment | added | Valorum | @Arno - That was precisely my thought. Her description of the visit (never met him, overseas national, staying with his 'family', etc) raises about nine different sex-trafficking flags. | |
| Jun 15, 2021 at 20:33 | comment | added | Arno | @mjt "(Young) woman travelling to a foreign country to meet her internet boyfriend for the first time" could be the beginning of an "exploitation of a vulnerable person"-story. So its not necessarily the idea that the applicant herself tries to mislead the visa official about the nature of the relationship, she might be the duped one, too. | |
| Jun 15, 2021 at 17:24 | comment | added | Traveller | @mjt The applicant needs to satisfy Immigration rule V4.2(e) (e) must have sufficient funds to cover all reasonable costs in relation to their visit without working or accessing public funds. Having a credible financial sponsor is allowed but it does not alleviate the applicant's burden of meeting the rules and so tends to weaken the case for approval. travel.stackexchange.com/questions/92121/… With no/little personal resources to fall back on, a breakup during the visit could be financially problematic | |
| Jun 15, 2021 at 16:03 | history | edited | DJClayworth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 15, 2021 at 15:59 | comment | added | DJClayworth | Some people fake relationships to get into a country. | |
| Jun 15, 2021 at 15:58 | comment | added | mjt | Why would they care if the relationship is genuine, if you're not applying for a family visa? After all, a breakup would be yet another reason for you not to overstay. | |
| Jun 15, 2021 at 15:49 | comment | added | Traveller | The other (possibly very strong) negative is that the OP says that their ‘host family’ is sponsoring the whole trip. Not being able to demonstrate that the OP can afford the trip from their own means is going to be a red flag, IMHO | |
| Jun 15, 2021 at 15:35 | history | edited | DJClayworth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 15, 2021 at 14:23 | history | answered | DJClayworth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |