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Avi K
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I heard that some poskim allow inviting non-Jews for Yom Tov if one does not cook at all on Yom Tov.

Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach says that the custom of old was to invite non-Jewish dignitaries to the Pesach Seder. This was apparently important to promote good relations between the Jews and their non-Jewish neighbors or hosts (see Shulchan Shlomo, Yom Tov Vol. 1, p. 207, note 8). The Minchat Yitzchak (3:8) is lenient regarding people are in the process of becoming Jewish.