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Important IMBRA Information for United States members of the Latin Love Search - Latin dating site.
Latin Love Search is NOT an International Marriage Broker by its definition and is excluded because it does not charge fees for international matchmaking services. Therefore, Latin Love Search DOES NOT require its United States members to provide their criminal background information.
International Marriage Broker Regulation Act 2005
In January 2006, the United States passed a new law to regulate the matchmaking and dating industry called the International Marriage Brokers Regulation Act 2005. This new law went into effect on March 06, 2006.
Q: Why does Latin Love Search have this information on its website?
A: Although Latin Love Search is a dating site similar to other popular sites such as match.com and yahoo personals, Latin Love Search is 100% free and is therefore not subject to the regulations imposed by the International Marriage Broker Act.
We wanted to provide some important information to make your experience all the better and to clarify the implications and effects of this new law as it relates to the Latin Love Search dating site.
If you are a United States citizen, permanent resident, or territorial resident and are considering to apply for a United States fiance visa for someone you have met through any dating or matchmaking service, including Latin Love Search, you will be asked on the K-1 visa petition form I-129F (Fiance Visa) if you met your fiance through an International Marriage Broker.
If the service is an International Marriage Broker (charges fees), the Immigration officer will want to verify that the service properly complied with the new regulations such as providing that service with your criminal background information.
Q: What is an International Marriage Broker?
A: Below is an excerpt from the IMBRA law as taken from the United States Federal Registry defining an International Marriage Broker and its exceptions:
(4) INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE BROKER.
(A) IN GENERAL. The term "international marriage
broker" means a corporation, partnership, business, individual,
or other legal entity, whether or not organized
under any law of the United States, that charges fees
for providing dating, matrimonial, matchmaking services,
or social referrals between United States citizens or
nationals or aliens lawfully admitted to the United States
as permanent residents and foreign national clients by
providing personal contact information or otherwise facilitating
communication between individuals.
(B) EXCEPTIONS. Such term does not include:
(i) a traditional matchmaking organization of a
cultural or religious nature that operates on a nonprofit
basis and otherwise operates in compliance with the
laws of the countries in which it operates, including
the laws of the United States; or
(ii) an entity that provides dating services if its
principal business is not to provide international dating
services between United States citizens or United
States residents and foreign nationals and it charges
comparable rates and offers comparable services to
all individuals it serves regardless of the individual's
gender or country of citizenship.
Q: How is Latin Love Search exempt from being an International Marriage Broker?
A: The law states ONLY international dating services that charge its members money for dating services are considered International Marriage Brokers.
Latin Love Search is 100% free!
Important Information about sites and services that are considered to be International Marriage Brokers (Sites that charge money for international dating or matchmaking.
Q: How will this law effect International Marriage Brokers?
A: Matrimonial services that are defined as an International Marriage Broker will be required to obtain criminal and other background information from all U.S. citizens, nationals or legal aliens that are members of the service.
The background and personal disclosures must be translated into the native languages of all the foreign clients and made available for the non-U.S. clients to review.
The foreign client must acknowledge they have received this information and give the matrimonial service permission to allow the United States client and foreign client to contact each other.
There are very serious monetary and criminal penalties for an International Marriage Broker for failure to comply with the new regulations.
Q: What could happen if I met someone through an International Marriage Broker?
A: If the International Marriage Broker complies with the new regulations, there should not be any problems. However, if the International Marriage Broker fails to comply with the new regulations, you or your future spouse may be denied a U.S. fiance or K-1 visa.
Q: Where can I obtain more information about this new law?
A: We recommend you visit the website of Gary Bala,
a United States immigration attorney whose website is an excellent resource with current information about the International Marriage Brokers Regulation Act 2005.
We also highly recommend you visit Online Dating Rights, an organization founded to voice your opinion about the IMBRA law and expose it for what it really is.
Please contact us
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