Overseas Safety from Australia to America

To meet anyone online can be a somewhat risky thing, but also at the same time so is meeting someone in a bar or anywhere really, mainly she believes its common sense that has to prevail ultimately.

I met my Master offline, which many of you may say, "yeah yeah been there done that." Yet I did it from Australia to the United States, where if you wish to do weekend visits, it's mightily costly.

Even if you could do weekend visits, you generally still are at their mercy, unless you actually know people in the area or have been there another time. For me it was my first overseas travel of any kind, and to a country as big and as daunting as the US.

Yes I was not completely sure 'til I landed foot in Denver, saw him waiting for me at the gate that I knew I had made the right decision, but I was lucky, unlike some others who could tell you their horror stories.

If it hadn't have worked out, then I had enough money in traveler's checks, and money stored away that I could have traveled and stayed where ever fairly comfortably. I had a contact people in the US who knew upon a phone call I may need their help.

Is the risk worth taking? Everything is a risk; it is the consequences of the outcome that needs to be weighed. One needs to ask, what you have as a back up plan, how you can protect yourself while still being in a vulnerable position, one needs to know basically as much about their partner before making any move of the internet, also try others who know them offline, and see if their story coincides, and if they can back the story up.

The other main thing to watch out for if travelling overseas, and if it is successful meet, are visas. Not all countries will give out visas, with the US, it is different per country, and with Australia there is an automatic three-month tourist visa, which can not be renewed. So if you are planning that you may stay over there, look into h1-b visas, or B1 or B2 visas which will extend your stay up to six months and can be renewed. There are a lot of good sites on the Internet to research this, and with visas the best thing is to prepare for the worst.

So if you do plan on going overseas to meet someone in any relationship type setting, then make sure you know all the fine details, get as much information that you can…copies of driver's license, passport, work id cards anything, a genuine person will not have a hassle in doing this, but this does not guarantee your safety. Unfortunately nothing will. Just use your common sense, and keep contact with other friends or family. Make sure you feel as if you know all there is to know about the partner you are seeking.