I have a friend that I met on line who wants to come to D.C. where I live. However I cannot afford for him t?

I have a friend I met on line who wants to come to the U.S to visit. However, I cannot afford to host him. Therefore I am asking my mother to compose a letter of invitation to get him started. This is what he said he will need. He says that it is required to have an invitation letter from the person you are visiting. Is this true. And if so what constitutes an invitation letter? Should it be typed hand written ....

I have a friend that I met on line who wants to come to D.C. where I live. However I cannot afford for him t?
Have your friend do the legwork and get back to you. That he needs a letter of invitation is not all that's required.





Even if you couldn't afford to host him, you could still write the letter yourself. He doesn't have to stay with you.





Many details depend on the country he's coming from and his intentions during his visit. Again, this is his job, not yours or your mother's.





If for any reason he is denied access, you might seriously consider not visiting with him online anymore. While many people can't get into the U.S. because of health restrictions, others are denied access because of their criminal records, etc.





This concern applies to those who country-hop around the U.S. also. Anyone you meet online is not necessarily who they say they are and it would behoove you to run a background check on anyone who may be visiting you but that you've never met.





If you can't afford the background check, better safe than sorry.
Reply:You met this person on line. I wouldn't invite him. Sounds like something else is going on. Use your common sense. Keep safe.
Reply:Dear Habeba,


You have to be careful. Sound like you are a young lady and this friend want you to offer him the pass to the US.





First of you have to be financially prepared to host him, support him and be responsible for any problem he might face through his visit.





Second,


If anything goes wrong with this person – if he left your house and split- you have to face INS and justify his disappearing.





Third,


When you want to invite anyone to visit you here and send an invitation letter to the American embassy in his country; he must be a very good friend or relative or someone that you really trust.





Finally,


If you are under 18 and you don’t have a job or an income, then your mother should invite him and be responsible for any thing that could happen.


Do you want to cause your mother problem if this person turns to be a bad news??


I don’t think so.





Take care.
Reply:This is true i have friend from Ethiopia and Sudan. And they must have and invite to come. Or they will not make to America. This is going to be very expensive so you need to get your money together. There are a lot of papers that will need to be filled out and lots of phone calls to be made.Hosting him may not be the problem getting him to America is going to be your biggest down fall. But i would say send him a letter hand written and an extra type letter for is leader and etc.... Make sure on this letter you state your boundaries and how long he's going to stay. So that you not in some type of illegal immigration process. Because this could be some type of scam to get him here and say that he's going to marry you and become an America. Call around ask question and find out everything you need to do to protect yourself and you friend. A letter of invite is not all that he needs so do your research. I hope you get to see you friend it's not going to be easy. GOOD LUCK.....





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I Don't really care i was just trying to help you and give you some advice on what to do but i see that you are young and this needs to be disgusted with your mom. You should'nt have been taking jewrly form this guy and you should'nt have even been online chatting with him. You have to many mixed emotion and i think it's childish.





I will now be disabling my email for i don't want to continue with this topic.
Reply:Don't pay for him if you don't know him personally because he could f.u.c.k you over for your money.


If he really wants to see you then have him buy the ticket.
Reply:It is true that you will have to send a letter of invitation indicating that you're responsible for his visit.A copy of the invitation letter to him and another copy to the US embassy .You will also be required by the US embassy to submit statement of your accounts,Tax return form for the previous year.However,i'll advise you to stop doing anything you might regret.This friend of yours might not return back to his country and you could be held responsible.If he's your fiance then you can apply for a fiance visa which requires you two to marry on 60days on his arrival.Don't involve your family or people you love in someone you haven't met and don't know where he's real or not!Don't let him put you into financial "prison".Tell him you can't afford it because you don't earn much.
Reply:I never herd that before . Becare though i live in d.c. . And you should type it and sign it
Reply:hand written, make sure no money passes from your hans to his though..scams come in all forms these days
Reply:DO NOT INVITE HIM. This sounds like a scam to me. Sure you met him online, he sounds nice, etc. Have you sent him any money? Has he asked for money? How old are you and how old is he? Please do not do this.
Reply:i think its true as long as its a visit and he has a passport but dont if you ask me what hes doing is probably going to set you up in some way because he could have asked some one else he knew lived here

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