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DATING LAWS AND REGULATORY ACTS
The International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005, also known as IMBRA
(Subtitle D of Title VIII (Sec.831-834) of United States Public Law 109-162), is a United States federal law that governs the way international matchmaking agencies function when the clientele are American citizens. (Follow this link to read the law). SlavLady.com WILL comply with ALL the requirements of this law! Among its many provisions, IMBRA requires background checks for all fiancee and marriage visa sponsors (men that apply for visaa for foreign women) and limits the number of visa applications an individual can process. IMBRA also requires that background checks of American citizens be performed before speech or other forms of communication are permitted between American citizens and foreign nationals. The motivation for its introduction was two high-profile cases (the Susanna Blackwell case in 1995 and the Anastasia King case in 2000) in which foreign women had been abused and eventually murdered by men who had used a K-1 fiancee visa issued by the US State Department to bring the foreign women to the United States. Several international introduction services challenged its constitutionality but the statute was upheld by a federal court in 2007.
IMBRA has been the subject of controversy ever since its passage. Couples who meet through international introduction agencies without complying with IMBRA will theoretically not be able to obtain a visa.
The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) is a United States federal law. It was passed as Title IV, sec. 40001-40703 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 HR 3355 and signed as Public Law 103-322 by President Bill Clinton on September 13, 1994. It provided $1.6 billion to enhance investigation and prosecution of violent crimes perpetrated against women, increased pre-trial detention of the accused, imposed automatic and mandatory restitution on those convicted, and allowed civil redress in cases prosecutors chose to leave unprosecuted. (IMBRA became law as part of VAWA in January 2006.)
VAWA was reauthorized by Congress in 2000, and again in December 2005. The bill was signed into law by President George W. Bush on January 5, 2006.
According to IMBRA, during the visa interview EVERY foreign fiancee will have to answer the question of whether or not he/she met using a dating agency, and if yes, they will have to disclose what dating agency it was and prove the agency was complying with IMBRA.
The immigration inspectors may require copies of signed forms and other support information during the visa interview process to comply with IMBRA.
Those questions will be obligatory for all fiancee visa and spouse visa interviews for any foreigner to be allowed an entry visa to the USA. If the dating agency was not complying with the new law, your visa petition may be rejected as the rights of the foreign fiancee, according to IMBRA, 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 IMBRA, you may NOT be able to bring her to the USA.
You and slavlady.com will need to complete the following items, prior to meeting any of our ladies.
1) Slavlady.com needs to run a "Sex offender" background check on you. The results of this background check must be forwarded to the lady. A Confidential Copy will be kept at our office.
2) Slavlady.com will need you to fill out a questionnaire to meet the requirements of IMBRA, addressing questions regarding 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, support of prostitution activities, and all the states you have lived in. This information must be supplied for the past 20 years. A confidential copy of your scanned and signed form will be kept at our office. Slavlady.com WILL share this information with any lady you ask to meet, translated into her own primary/native language. The lady must sign a form in accordance with IMBRA requirements stating she has received this information.
3) Slavlady.com 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 at our office.
4) Slavlady.com must supply each lady with a pamphlet explaining her rights in compliance with IMBRA. The pamphlet must be translated into her primary/native language.
Please note that you don’t need to fill out or sign all these forms in order to correspond with your lady. You MUST comply with these requirements before any face-to-face meeting occurs with any of our ladies.
IMBRA has been the subject of controversy ever since its passage. Couples who meet through international introduction agencies without complying with IMBRA will theoretically not be able to obtain a visa.
The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) is a United States federal law. It was passed as Title IV, sec. 40001-40703 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 HR 3355 and signed as Public Law 103-322 by President Bill Clinton on September 13, 1994. It provided $1.6 billion to enhance investigation and prosecution of violent crimes perpetrated against women, increased pre-trial detention of the accused, imposed automatic and mandatory restitution on those convicted, and allowed civil redress in cases prosecutors chose to leave unprosecuted. (IMBRA became law as part of VAWA in January 2006.)
VAWA was reauthorized by Congress in 2000, and again in December 2005. The bill was signed into law by President George W. Bush on January 5, 2006.
According to IMBRA, during the visa interview EVERY foreign fiancee will have to answer the question of whether or not he/she met using a dating agency, and if yes, they will have to disclose what dating agency it was and prove the agency was complying with IMBRA.
The immigration inspectors may require copies of signed forms and other support information during the visa interview process to comply with IMBRA.
Those questions will be obligatory for all fiancee visa and spouse visa interviews for any foreigner to be allowed an entry visa to the USA. If the dating agency was not complying with the new law, your visa petition may be rejected as the rights of the foreign fiancee, according to IMBRA, 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 IMBRA, you may NOT be able to bring her to the USA.
KEY PROVISIONS
Definition of an International Marriage Broker.
An “International Marriage Broker” (IMB) is defined as an entity (whether or not U.S.-based) that charges fees for providing matchmaking services or social referrals between U.S. citizens/permanent residents and foreign nationals. The definition exempts nonprofit religious or cultural matchmaking services, and dating services that do not match U.S. citizens/residents with foreign nationals as their principal business.
Responsibilities of the IMB. The IMB must investigate the background of the US citizen by facilitating a search of the US National Sex Offender Public Registry or State sex offender public registries where ever the US citizen has lived for at least the last 20 years. The IMB must also shall collect a certification signed (in written, electronic, or other form) by the United States client accompanied by documentation or an attestation of the following background information about the United States client: (i) Any temporary or permanent civil protection order or restraining order issued against the United States client. (ii) Any Federal, State, or local arrest or conviction of the United States client for homicide, murder, manslaughter, assault, battery, domestic violence, rape, sexual assault, abusive sexual contact, sexual exploitation, incest, child abuse or neglect, torture, trafficking, peonage, holding hostage, involuntary servitude, slave trade, kidnapping, abduction, unlawful criminal restraint, false imprisonment, or stalking. (iii) Any Federal, State, or local arrest or conviction of the United States client for— (I) solely, principally, or incidentally engaging in prostitution; (II) a direct or indirect attempt to procure prostitutes or persons for the purpose of prostitution; or (III) receiving, in whole or in part, of the proceeds of prostitution. (iv) Any Federal, State, or local arrest or conviction of the United States client for offenses related to controlled substances or alcohol. (v) Marital history of the United States client, including whether the client is currently married, whether the client has previously been married and how many times, how previous marriages of the client were terminated and the date of termination, and whether the client has previously sponsored an alien to whom the client was engaged or married. (vi) The ages of any of the United States client’s children who are under the age of 18. (vii) All States and countries in which the United States client has resided since the client was 18 years of age.
Limits Placed on How Many and How Often fiancee Visa Petitions May be Filed; Petitioners with Violent Criminal Records Barred from Serial Sponsorship. IMBRA limits a US petitioner’s sponsorship of K1 (fiancee) visas to 2 total, with no less than 2 years between petition filings. A petitioner may seek a discretionary waiver of these limits from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). However DHS cannot ordinarily waive the limits if the U.S. petitioner has a record of violent criminal offenses. (Section 832(a)(1))
Responsibilities of the IMB. The IMB must investigate the background of the US citizen by facilitating a search of the US National Sex Offender Public Registry or State sex offender public registries where ever the US citizen has lived for at least the last 20 years. The IMB must also shall collect a certification signed (in written, electronic, or other form) by the United States client accompanied by documentation or an attestation of the following background information about the United States client: (i) Any temporary or permanent civil protection order or restraining order issued against the United States client. (ii) Any Federal, State, or local arrest or conviction of the United States client for homicide, murder, manslaughter, assault, battery, domestic violence, rape, sexual assault, abusive sexual contact, sexual exploitation, incest, child abuse or neglect, torture, trafficking, peonage, holding hostage, involuntary servitude, slave trade, kidnapping, abduction, unlawful criminal restraint, false imprisonment, or stalking. (iii) Any Federal, State, or local arrest or conviction of the United States client for— (I) solely, principally, or incidentally engaging in prostitution; (II) a direct or indirect attempt to procure prostitutes or persons for the purpose of prostitution; or (III) receiving, in whole or in part, of the proceeds of prostitution. (iv) Any Federal, State, or local arrest or conviction of the United States client for offenses related to controlled substances or alcohol. (v) Marital history of the United States client, including whether the client is currently married, whether the client has previously been married and how many times, how previous marriages of the client were terminated and the date of termination, and whether the client has previously sponsored an alien to whom the client was engaged or married. (vi) The ages of any of the United States client’s children who are under the age of 18. (vii) All States and countries in which the United States client has resided since the client was 18 years of age.
Limits Placed on How Many and How Often fiancee Visa Petitions May be Filed; Petitioners with Violent Criminal Records Barred from Serial Sponsorship. IMBRA limits a US petitioner’s sponsorship of K1 (fiancee) visas to 2 total, with no less than 2 years between petition filings. A petitioner may seek a discretionary waiver of these limits from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). However DHS cannot ordinarily waive the limits if the U.S. petitioner has a record of violent criminal offenses. (Section 832(a)(1))
Penalty for Misuse of Information.
Any person who knowingly misuses any information obtained by an IMB under IMBRA (i.e., uses that information for any unauthorized purpose other than IMBRA’s required disclosures) is subject to a fine or imprisonment of not more than 1 year, or both, in addition to other possible penalties that may be imposed under US federal or state law. (Sections 833(d)(3)(C))
Penalties for Other Violations/Non-preemption. An IMB is subject to a civil penalty of $5,000 - $25,000 per violation or attempted violation of its obligations under IMBRA, and criminal penalties for not more than five years in prison. This is in addition to other possible penalties and remedies that may be provided for under US federal or state law. (Sections 833(d)(5) and (6))
Informational Pamphlet about Legal Rights and Resources. IMBRA requires the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Departments of State (DOS) and Justice (DOJ) and nongovernmental organizations with specialized expertise, to develop a pamphlet for foreign fiancees and spouses about the “K” visa immigration process, the legal rights and resources available to immigrant victims of domestic violence and other crimes, the illegality of marriage fraud (i.e., knowingly entering a marriage solely to obtain an immigration benefit) and U.S. legal obligations regarding child support. The pamphlet must also include a warning concerning the potential use of “K” visas by U.S. citizens with a history of violence, whose acts may not have resulted in a criminal record; as well as a notification regarding IMB’s obligations to disclose U.S. client’s violent criminal records. It is the responsibility of the IMB to provide a copy of this pamphlet to the lady translated into her own primary/native language.
Criminal Background Information Disclosed to Foreign fiancee or Spouse. IMBRA requires U.S. citizens petitioning to sponsor “K” visas to disclose convictions for a list of violent crimes on the “I-129F” petition form that they file with DHS, including convictions for domestic violence and assault & battery, as well as convictions for elder abuse, child abuse or neglect, and stalking; and multiple (three or more) convictions for offenses related to alcohol/controlled substances. DHS must provide to DOS a copy of the petitioner’s I-129F petition form, together with any criminal background information (including information on protection orders) that DHS has gathered on the petitioner under existing authority. DOS must provide these materials to the foreign fiancee or spouse. The U.S. consular officer conducting the “K” visa interview overseas must inform the foreign fiancee or spouse that this information may not be complete, and ask her (1) whether an IMB facilitated her relationship with the petitioner and if so, which one and (2) whether the IMB complied with IMBRA by providing her with the required disclosures and information. (Sections 832(a), 833(a)(5), and 833(b)(1))
Penalties for Other Violations/Non-preemption. An IMB is subject to a civil penalty of $5,000 - $25,000 per violation or attempted violation of its obligations under IMBRA, and criminal penalties for not more than five years in prison. This is in addition to other possible penalties and remedies that may be provided for under US federal or state law. (Sections 833(d)(5) and (6))
Informational Pamphlet about Legal Rights and Resources. IMBRA requires the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Departments of State (DOS) and Justice (DOJ) and nongovernmental organizations with specialized expertise, to develop a pamphlet for foreign fiancees and spouses about the “K” visa immigration process, the legal rights and resources available to immigrant victims of domestic violence and other crimes, the illegality of marriage fraud (i.e., knowingly entering a marriage solely to obtain an immigration benefit) and U.S. legal obligations regarding child support. The pamphlet must also include a warning concerning the potential use of “K” visas by U.S. citizens with a history of violence, whose acts may not have resulted in a criminal record; as well as a notification regarding IMB’s obligations to disclose U.S. client’s violent criminal records. It is the responsibility of the IMB to provide a copy of this pamphlet to the lady translated into her own primary/native language.
Criminal Background Information Disclosed to Foreign fiancee or Spouse. IMBRA requires U.S. citizens petitioning to sponsor “K” visas to disclose convictions for a list of violent crimes on the “I-129F” petition form that they file with DHS, including convictions for domestic violence and assault & battery, as well as convictions for elder abuse, child abuse or neglect, and stalking; and multiple (three or more) convictions for offenses related to alcohol/controlled substances. DHS must provide to DOS a copy of the petitioner’s I-129F petition form, together with any criminal background information (including information on protection orders) that DHS has gathered on the petitioner under existing authority. DOS must provide these materials to the foreign fiancee or spouse. The U.S. consular officer conducting the “K” visa interview overseas must inform the foreign fiancee or spouse that this information may not be complete, and ask her (1) whether an IMB facilitated her relationship with the petitioner and if so, which one and (2) whether the IMB complied with IMBRA by providing her with the required disclosures and information. (Sections 832(a), 833(a)(5), and 833(b)(1))
MEETING YOUR LADY…
You and slavlady.com will need to complete the following items, prior to meeting any of our ladies.
1) Slavlady.com needs to run a "Sex offender" background check on you. The results of this background check must be forwarded to the lady. A Confidential Copy will be kept at our office.
2) Slavlady.com will need you to fill out a questionnaire to meet the requirements of IMBRA, addressing questions regarding 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, support of prostitution activities, and all the states you have lived in. This information must be supplied for the past 20 years. A confidential copy of your scanned and signed form will be kept at our office. Slavlady.com WILL share this information with any lady you ask to meet, translated into her own primary/native language. The lady must sign a form in accordance with IMBRA requirements stating she has received this information.
3) Slavlady.com 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 at our office.
4) Slavlady.com must supply each lady with a pamphlet explaining her rights in compliance with IMBRA. The pamphlet must be translated into her primary/native language.
Please note that you don’t need to fill out or sign all these forms in order to correspond with your lady. You MUST comply with these requirements before any face-to-face meeting occurs with any of our ladies.
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