Can anyone advise? I am uk man with filipina GF. I have just visited her in Cebu for a week and we want her to visit UK on a visitors visa next year some time. She will be coming for 9 days to visit my family and friends. Reason for her visit is so we can demonstrate that she has visited UK and met my family so we can then apply for a Fiancee Visa and get married in UK. We met on line in May and have been in daily contact via phone/skype/viber etc since then

My queries are in relation to her applying for a Visitors Visa:-

1) She has never travelled outside Ph because of financial constraints. will they use this against her?

2) I will be sponsoring her for the airfare and putting her up and supporting her when she is in UK. Do we state that we are in a relationship? on the one hand this may count against us as they may think she will not want to return to Ph and stay in the UK with her boyfriend. On the other hand if we state we are not in a relationship then what reason do we give for her visiting? and why would I be sponsoring her? particularly if we met on a dating site! I do not wnat to give misleading information as they will obviously know we are in a relationship

3) The fiance visa requires that she has visited the uk and met my family. Surely they have to recognise that for this to happen, they have to grant her a visitors visa?