# Why Telegram's Invitation Task Cannot be Verified

In Telegram tasks, you may encounter the problem that you have invited users to the group/channel but cannot verify the task on the giveaway page. 

**The reason of failed to verify task could be:** you send your friend the group link as shown below to invite him/her, this will not count as an invitation from you. 

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**✅ The correct way to invite users to a group or channel:**

In order to complete the invitation task, you must click the **+Add** button to invite user to join group.

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Now that you have returned to the giveaway page, you can verify and complete the invitation task.&#x20;