Good day, Barbaros. I'm glad I could help. And I support you completely. My future husband and I also had the first meeting after online dating. I didn't ask for money, and I didn't ask to meet. He himself offered the meeting, and he himself offered to pay all the expenses. He offered to meet on his territory. I agreed. I had a passport and a visa to the Schengen countries. I want to once again draw attention to the difficulty of obtaining a visa at the present time. But a couple of years ago, it was not easy for Russians to get a visa either. If a woman does not live in a regional city, not in Moscow, not in St. Petersburg, in order to obtain a visa, which includes scanning her fingers, she needs to go to these cities, to visa centers. Russia is big, and the distances in it are rather big. The Schengen visa itself cost 35 euros, plus 35 euros for the services of the visa center. The package of documents for applying for a visa includes: a salary certificate, and the presence of a certain amount on the account (approximately 1000 euros if a visa is requested for a trip for 1 week). After applying for a visa, she must return home and wait about 2 weeks. Then she need to either go back to the visa center, or pay for the delivery of she passport to she home. The cost of delivery may be equal to the cost of the trip. If a woman had a visa of years ago, and has already passed her fingerprints of years ago, then she can use the services of intermediaries who can issue a visa without the participation of the woman herself. The cost of their services may be equal to the cost of all expenses for a woman's travel to obtain a visa. But I repeat, this case is only suitable when a woman received a visa and fingerprinted a couple of years ago. Based on what has been written, I would advise you to choose a visa-free country for the first meeting if the woman is from Russia. Ukrainian citizens and some others can enter the EU without a visa.

I described the procedure for getting Russian citizens to the Schengen countries. but for the UK the process is more complicated. In both cases, consulates may refuse to issue a visa, and all expenses are not refundable.

If the meeting takes place on neutral territory, and possibly more one meeting, then both of you will be insured against refusals during the subsequent visa application. you will have evidence of your relationship (photos, plane tickets, hotel payments). I would advise you to keep it all.