i have a british friend i am writing for five years, he visited me here in the philippines only last august 2009,we still have our emails since 2005,and i want to visit him and his family . we are much more like great friends than lovers, and we are not yet on the stage of planning any relationship,because we have to spend more time to know if we are compatible enough for a relationship .his sister also visited me last nov 2009.he will not sponsor my application considering that he doesn't have a proper job for the meantimne because of his phd,and of course, we've been together for only 10 days so it's not appropriate that he must have financial obligations over me. i m an entrepreneur/sales person(different sources of income)but i cannot declare any specific stable business that i have as proof that i have intention to return home,though i really do not have any plan to overstay in the UK,and the annual income shown on my bank stament is only half million pesos. and my shopw money would only be good enough for two weeks because i plan to stay for two weeks only unless my friend and i will get along very well. i'd like to ask if it will affect my application if my male friend will send me an invitation to tour me around uk,because the immigration officer might think i'm quite young to travel alone.my british friend is nine years older than me.age gap might also be considered
