Quote Originally Posted by keithAngel View Post
My view on that Joe is that I might chat to 20 people on line for 20 years but that if I have met the person would not allow me to support say a fiance visa application and since having "met " the person is the test why would I wish to add a rule that doesn't exist We are not talking here about a Brit being the reason for the visit (as has been stated here many times there is a low success rate for this) but a family visit application
The problem is if there was a single Brit and it was more than a casual online relationship (shown by evidence sent to support a fiancee visa) prior to the family visit then the BIA will wonder about how truthful the application for the family visit was ie the real purpose, who paid for it, where you stayed, etc.

As a lot of the immigration process is based on the BIA believing that you are genuine you don't want them starting to wonder how genuine you are, as they can give you a hard time, or at worse refuse you.

In the case being mentioned here they actually state that the Brit visited the Philippines because the Filipina didn't get her family visit visa hence admitting that her application for the family visa was not totally genuine.