The USA law on dating agency(s)
IMBRA
On January 05, 2006, President Bush signed into law the "International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 (IMBRA)".
Based on a very few unfortunate cases around the country of a foreign lady spouse who was a victim of domestic abuse, Congress passed a law to, understandably, offer some protection for these immigrant women.
The law was passed as part of the passage of the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization of 2005.
The law requires all U.S. gentlemen who petition for a fiancee or spousal visa to provide more personal background information to Immigration Service and the State Department than ever before.
It creates more restrictions in the process such as the number of fiancee or spousal petitions one can file, and how quickly a gentleman can file some visa petitions.
The law also requires a U.S. gentleman who wishes to meet his future fiancee or spouse through an "International Marriage Broker" to first submit extensive personal background information to the broker agency. The broker must then share that information with a future lady fiancee or spouse who must consent before the couple can start a communication and relationship.
When this law applies
This law only applies when you meet the lady face to face in our offices. We strongly discourage any information to be supplied to anyone without the first meeting in Ukraine. We will allow the lady to look at the US members questionnaire of yours prior to the meeting. We will hold all information in complete confidentiality.
This information is for your worries or concerns, so you understand our position in regard to this USA law
1st, UaDreams WILL comply with this USA law in its entirety (no exceptions).
This is a valid law which has been voted by the majority of votes in Congress and signed by the President of the United States.
We comply with all applicable and relevant laws of all countries where we have members. We are a fully-licensed Introduction Agent in Ukraine, and we will NEVER intentionally violate any law of any country.
2nd, our compliance with the USA law will NOT affect our members from any other country.
The site will modify its operation (prior to meeting the lady's face to face) in regard to our USA members ONLY. Members from other countries than USA will not be affected.
3rd, UaDreams will make our compliance with the law as smooth as possible, both for our USA members and the ladies.
The most debated issue of this law was the personal disclosure of a man, which was supposed to be signed by the lady before any personal contact between a man and a woman could occur. Personal contact information is full name, address, telephone numbers, e mail addresses, etc. This does not require any compliance until you meet , FACE to FACE, in our local offices.
4th, If you as a USA member meet someone through an agency that doesn't comply with this law, it can make your visa application INVALID OR IMPOSSIBLE to obtain.
According to the law, EVERY foreign fiance/fiancee will have to answer during the visa interview the question whether or not he/she met their USA boyfriend/girlfriend via a dating agency, and if yes, then they will have to disclose what dating agency it was and whether the agency was complying with the law. The emigration inspectors may require copies of the signed forms.
Those questions will be MANDATORY for all fiancee visa and spouse visa interviews for an entry visa to the USA.
If the dating agency was not complying with the law, your visa petition may be considered invalid as the rights of the foreign fiance/fiancee were violated, This may lead to additional legal problems for the USA citizen.
If you meet a lady, through a dating agency that was not complying with the law, you may NOT be able to bring her to the USA.
You and UaDreams will need to complete the 4 (FOUR) following items, prior to meeting any of our lady's, It will be valid for use on one lady or many lady's for 30 days from when it is signed
1) UaDreams needs to run a "Sex offender" report on you , this must be forwarded to the lady. A Copy will be kept in our local office on file.
2) UaDreams will need a questionnaire filled out by you in regards to, previous marriages and disposition of them(if more than one),if you are currently married, Children under the age of 18, Criminal arrests or convictions, Drug or Alcohol arrests, Restraining orders, Prostitution or human smuggling arrests, the states you have lived in. This information must be supplied for the past 20 years. A copy of your scanned and signed form will be kept on file in our local office.
3) UaDreams will have the lady sign a form stating she wishes to share her contact information at the time of your meeting. An Original Copy will be kept in our local office on file.
4) UaDreams must must supply her a pamphlet explaining her rights under USA law. The form will be translated to the native language of the lady.
Other thoughts:
This is quite simple and doesn't take lots of time. We already have a mechanism in place that will allow those forms to be downloaded, signed and sent to UaDreams easily
As it can be unpleasant in answering those questions, at the end of the day, honesty in relationships is the best policy.
We feel that having answers to those questions can actually make ladies more comfortable and secure in Face to Face meetings.
To correspond, you will not be required to do any of this forms, its only when you meet.