My girlfriend says she can’t visit unless she can prove she has 10k in her bank

Excited attractive man in a romantic long distance-relationship having a virtual date with his girlfriend on a video call

DEAR DEIDRE: MY girlfriend has been told she can’t visit me in the UK unless she can prove to the African authorities that she has £10,000 in her bank account.

I’m a man of 42 and she’s 35. We met through an online dating site that links up British people with mainly women from abroad.

I’m worried she might not be telling me the truth because...