If I visit a friends island to invite his villager to live with me, will the friend lose that villager

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To clarify, this is about Animal Crossing: New Horizon.

So I am looking for some specific villagers to inhabit my deserted island. So I thought I could just invite them from someone else who already has those villagers.
Now my friends are all afraid that if that villager moved in with me, they would lose him or her. But inviting someone to my campsite should not at the same time lead to them moving away from my friends' island.
Otherwise, the connection between our switches would have to be maintained for as long as my friend has not talked to the villagers about their plans to move out yet.

So my questions are:

Will the villagers move out of their homes at my friends island, if I invite them to live with me on my island?

Is it even possible to invite them by visiting a friend on their island?

When I remember correctly in New Leaf it was possible to invite villagers this way, but I couldn't find anything about how it is in New Horizon.
I kinda expect them to visit my camping ground the day after talking to them.

Best Answer

In New Horizons, the only way to swap villagers between islands works as follows.

Let's use Julian as an example, who lives on the island of Alfa. In order for Julian to move to Beta, the following must happen, in order.

Day 1

  1. The Alfa player encounters Julian with thought bubbles above his head. When talked to, he admits that he's thinking about moving out. Alfa's player can encourage him to stay, or to follow his dreams and move out.

Day 2

  1. If convinced to move out, Julian will be in "packing" mode the next day. (All furniture converted to cardboard boxes). This is colloquially known in the community as being "in boxes".
  2. The Beta player visits Alfa via Online or Local play, talks to Julian, and suggests Julian move to Beta. (This requires an empty plot)

Day 3

  1. Julian is no longer present on Alfa, and a Julian is moving in on Beta.

Conclusion

It is possible to get friends' villagers to move to your island, but only if your friend encourages them to leave first! But at the same time, it doesn't seem possible to "duplicate" villagers in this way -- they follow a strict "one-out, one-in" policy.

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