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The Truth About Mail Order Brides

May 31st, 2010

Is it possible that after a few bad experiences with local women, you are now considering the possibility of taking an overseas bride? Maybe you have a taste for adventure or are intrigued by what is unfamiliar. Whatever the reason, below are some answers to questions you may have.

1. Are overseas brides only for losers who can’t find partners in their own countries?

Of course not. It is an unfortunate truth that overseas brides sometimes attract the sorts of men that nobody back home wants, but they represent only a fraction of the men who choose overseas brides. Don’t forget that a couple of decades ago people considered “computer dating” to be a way for nerds to find dates – but today it has become a popular and accepted way to find a partner.

2. Are mail order brides all money hungry green card hounds?

Mostly not. Be careful of course – it IS a jungle out there. Just as loser men seek “mail order brides”, so do scamstresses see Western men as walking green cards (with luck they’ll all end up married to the losers). You should at least consider the services on an international matchmaking agency rather than going it alone on the free Internet sites, because if they’re reputable, then part of their fees go towards weeding out the scammers.

3. What do these women want, anyway?

The good ones want the same thing local women want -home, family, children, and love. As for the bad ones – well, need I even go into it? The point is that there are good ones out there.

4. Why are these women looking abroad for men?

A lot of reasons:

(i) They may be facing a life of poverty at home.

(ii) Their culture may relegate women to a low social status – after all, in some cultures a wife is considered little more than a maid / nanny / baby factory.

(iii) “Western guys look like movie stars” – I’m serious. Asia is the only part of the world where I get told I look like Mel Gibson. Well, we’re both white, but I’m fairly certain that’s about where the resemblance ends. But thanks anyway, Hollywood! .

(iv) It’s cold at home! If you were a Russian woman, wouldn’t you have to seriously consider a proposal from a man who lived in Orlando?

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Russian Bride

May 18th, 2010

Russian brides are the most popular type of mail order bride. However, when going into this type of market, there are most scams than honest deals. Many people turn to the Internet to find love. There are millions of online dating consultants and plenty of mail orders. However, how do you know that you are being scammed? Look for the following signs. If you can recognize any of them to your situation than you are most likely being scammed!

Well first, you should be caution with anyone online dating or brides. When you put your profile on site, you should let yourself go and place a picture online. Most of the time people only search pictures so if you’re serious, add a pic. If someone responses to your profile and claims to be in love at first sight, stand back.

There is no such thing, even if they do have a legitimate feeling about you, it’s not love! No one can fall in love to a profile. Next, think about the Russian’s picture. Did it look professional? If so, then don’t keep an interest because most Russian’s who are there for love or marriage, don’t get professional pics done. You should look at their income and guess their personality. If the picture contradicts, your impression of the woman, than it’s not the person or it’s a scam. You do have a possibility of getting an honest profile and done by professionals, but it won’t be model quality.

Once you get to know someone (a couple of responses), you should ask her to take a picture of herself in front of a landmark like the Kremlin or in her garden or something that will look like the Russian environment. You can possible trap the person early one by asking for more pictures. If the person is using pictures of someone else, she/he may forget what they sent you to begin with and then you can call them out if there are discrepancies.

Look at the letters; do they look like they are mass-produced? Is your name only placed in a couple places all the time? Also, pay attention to content. If you are never asked about your life, family, the city you live in and so on, then they aren’t interested in meeting you. Also, make your letters personally like your dog died or you took the long way home today and if you get no response to that than the letters are mass produced and it’s a scam. There are so many more things that you can pick out of the conversations or letters that will tell you it’s a scam. You shouldn’t allow yourself to be blind and specially look for some of these tips.

When it comes to Russian Brides, you must be careful and try to find any signs of a scam. It can be hard to judge someone whom you’ve become accustomed to lean on, but it must be done to protect your privacy, feelings, and bank account.

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Mail Order Brides To Avoid

April 27th, 2010

1.The Queen of Diamonds

If you are romantic, then avoid this one if you can. A dead giveaway: if the word “generous” appears in her profile, then head for the hills (unless she’s talking about herself – in that case she may be a Green Card Mama). These women sell themselves to the highest bidder – and just in case think you’re in no danger just because you’re not rich, remember that if your mail order bride is from a poor country and you are at least class, you’re probably rich by her standards. The Queen of Diamonds type can be further subdivided into two varieties – the Good Queen and the Wicked Queen. The Good Queens are quite straightforward with honest intentions – it’s normal and accepted in many cultures for a woman to marry for financial reasons. The Wicked, on the other hand, wants to trick you into believing that she loves you. If your Wicked Queen is beautiful, there’s a good chance that once you get her home she’ll find someone richer than you are.

2. The Green Card Mama

This one wants to marry a place, not a person – and a husband will get them through immigration a lot easier than a rubber dinghy on the Rio Grande. Some of these will sneak past you before you even get out of the airport; others will wait for the right moment to hit the highway. Some are happy to live as illegal immigrants; others will wait for their green card to arrive before announcing “I’m sorry sweetie, it just won’t work!”

But hey, they’re not all bad. If you feel cynical after reading this, stay tuned for Part II, which offers a far more optimistic assessment of two other kinds of mail order brides – the Traditional Wife and the Hopeless Romantic.

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Why Do American Men Seek Mail Order Brides?

March 26th, 2010

Why are so many American men seeking brides from abroad when there are so many single women at home? There are several reasons:

(1) Nobody at home wants to marry them (in some cases)

Unfortunately, the popular image of the alcoholic, abusive loser who takes a foreign bride because no local woman will marry him is sometimes accurate. It would certainly be painting with too broad a brush to say that all American men who seek international brides are like this, the abusive personality does seem to be well represented among men seeking bride from overseas. It makes a lot of sense when you think about it – the foreign bride often knows very little about her husband when she comes over. By the time she discovers who he really is, she is far from home, economically dependent, unable to afford to go back home, and sometimes pregnant. Abusers sometimes take full advantage of this situation by forcing their brides to submit to treatment that few American women would put up with.

(2) Citizenship in a prosperous Western nation greatly increases their position in the marriage market. The hope of a new life in rich America (or some other Western country) is certainly the top reason why women from third world countries wish to marry Western men (if you don’t think so, ask yourself how many of these women pursue men from Peru or Indonesia). Since the number of women is far greater than the number of Western men looking for them, supply and demand favors the Western man. It thus becomes no problem at all for a man in his 50s to marry a 20-year-old Chinese model, for example.

(3) A lot of American men don’t like American women. One could say that opposite attract, but complaints abound among a certain segment of American men that feminism has gone too far, that it no longer has anything to do with equal rights or fairness, and that it has morphed US women into a third gender – neither masculine nor feminine, confused about their gender identity, and forever competing rather than cooperating to prove that “women can do anything men can do”. This silent war between the sexes creates a competitive atmosphere, some say, that destroys any chance for true intimacy between spouses. Because of this, American men turn to foreign countries to find a bride (and American women increasingly look overseas for husbands!).

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What is the truth about mail order brides?

March 20th, 2010

Overview: Mail order brides are women from foreign countries who advertise themselves for the purpose of getting married to a person who is a citizen of a developed country, like the United States of America. There are more than 200 different services through which a young mail order bride can find her foreign husband. If a foreign woman wants to find her groom in the U.S.A, she must register in a reliable agency, which in turn will list her in a catalog. Mail order brides should provide information like their names, photos, biographical sketches, and addresses via paper application or through internet. The agencies will provide photos and description of mail order brides for free of cost. But, if a man would like to have their mail address, he must pay a fee ranging from two to five dollars.

Another means of finding an offshore spouse is through emails. More than 10,000 foreign women have registered in authentic sites. When compared with mail order brides, email brides are well educated. They are usually PhD holders, professionals, or doctors, who want to live and work in the U.S.A. Finding an offshore spouse via email has gained immense popularity these days.

It has been estimated that every year 100,000 to 150,000 women from different countries advertise for marriages. Mail order brides or email brides are usually from countries like Russia, Brazil, China, Philippines, Thailand, Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, Honduras, and Cuba.

Why do U.S. citizens prefer mail order brides?

1. Broad range of options to select your life partner

2. Chances to meet well-educated foreign brides online

3. Exposure to diversified lifestyle in terms of culture, tradition, appearance, and much more

Approximately, 4,000 to 6,000 marriages between U.S. men and foreign brides have been reported. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) states that marriages arranged through emails have a higher success rate.

Although finding a young mail order bride has various advantages, you should also be careful about fraudulent websites. Some sites will take your money and will not provide you with information on email brides. In order to avoid alleged marriage fraud, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has made the naturalization process more secured. To reduce the abuse of mail order brides and to regulate for-profit dating websites and agencies, the U.S. Government has passed the “International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005″ (IMBRA). But, to avoid the emotional pain due to fraud marriages, you can get professional help from USAMarriageVisas.com. They sell an eBook that helps in various processes in finding the right mail order bride. This eBook will also show you how to search for a young mail order bride, how to communicate with them, how to introduce your spouse to your family members, and much more. This eBook from USAMarriageVisas.com is a real boon to you if you are in search of an offshore spouse.