Hi

I want my boyfriend to visit me here in the UK. However he keeps talking about me needing to send him some sort of documentation from the UK, to say I wish him to visit me.

Does anybody know what he's talking about???!!

Thanks

Yes, it's called a letter of invitation, I live in Spain and if my Turkish friend visits me during summer she will need one to get a visa from the Spanish consulate.
The details in UK law may be different, but your boyfriend probably will have to send you an authenticated photocopy of his passport, and then you bring that along with maybe photos, emails and some other "evidence" to the police to request a letter of invitation, which then you have to send him so he can apply for a visa, but as I said again, I'm talking about the procedure in Spain, but I'm pretty sure the UK demands a letter of invitation too.

hi, i think he is asking u for invitation paper. Those papers gives migration department, at least so it is in my country. he needs your invitation cos that makes easier to get visa.invitation papers has some form and u fill it and write how long he ll stay, where he ll live, for what he is comming.maybe UK asks more things. good luck.

-There is a big chance that in the letter you also have to state that you offer to be fully responsible, might he cause any financial damage (violence, burglary), or when something happens to him (hospital-treatment).
-They might ask you to attach your pay-slips of yur salary together with the letter, so that they can see that in case anything happens, you are ABLE to take responsibility. If you dont have a high enough paid job, this may have some negative effects, however, you could also let your mum or dad fill in the invitation-form so that they will be responsible
-He probably has to show too that he has enough to go back to in Turkey (payslips of a good job, registration at university, ownership of real-estate).

I dont know where you can get such a letter in the UK, in Thye Netherlands you can buy them at the civil council of the city. I know of British people who wrote the letter themselves too, included name of invitee, duration of stay, reason of stay, financial responsibility etc.

Just hang on for a while - if there are a few more riots in Istanbul (like yesterday) he may soon be able to seek political asylum....