Hello Everybody
I just need some feedback and advice on a question here . I am currently in contact with a Lady from Belarus for approx 2/3 months now and would soon like to meet up with her .I have suggested paying for her to visit me in the UK ,but she questioned this stating that it might incur problems with her passport. The lady explained that she had a Visa for mainly Baltic states and other areas . She told me that this particular Visa was in the last few pages of her passport and that if she where to obtain a new passport to get a Visa to travel to England , that she would not be able to easily transfer her old useful Visa for the Baltic states. As a comprimise so that i would not have to spend time applying for a Visa for Belarus , she suggested that we meet up for a long weekend in Vilnius in Lithuania . The logic for this was that there was a direct rail link from Minsk to Vilnius , I would be booking into a hotel that i have arranged myself . Then once she knows about the details of this, she would arrange for herself to stay in accomdation near to where i am staying.Does this sound like a genuine suggestion , or possibly a risky situation. ?
Traveling abroad is even more difficult for Belarussians, than for Russians and Ukrainians.
I don't see any risk for you, other than the possibility that she could fail to show -- in which case, you'd have a few days to explore an historic old city.
It would also be possible for you to meet in Riga (Latvia), or Kyiv (Ukraine, where she can go without a visa), but Vilnius is much nearer to Minsk -- the other cities would be 12 hours (or perhaps longer) for her to reach by train.
Also you have never met if I read this correctly. It would be way more comfortable for her to find out you are not someone she wishes to continue with (if that's what happens) in her own home town.