Thanks for your messages. To answer your questions: nothing has been paid for yet, I had only just sent my documents and the application to him. I am retired, and he is 74, so he wouldn't be working when he came here. He has always been embarassed about not having any money but never shown signs that he didn't want to come. The third party was a lady I write to in the Philippines who my partner knows. My partner is not married, his wife died a few years ago. I know his daughter and English son in law who live here and have been over to the Philippines and met his family. I see no reason to doubt that he is telling me the truth. He probably thought I was worse off than I am, because I am on a low income, but I have savings. He knew this but didn't know the details until he got the visa application from me. I guess this tipped him over the edge.
