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Mail Order Bride Success Rates

January 29th, 2010

In recent years, there have been hundreds of foreign women marrying American men. The Internet has been one of the major sources behind this idea and is playing a big role in how men and women meet. There are hundreds of websites dedicated to providing online dating features and making it possible to contact a woman outside the man’s country.

According to a survey conducted by the American bride agencies, there are more than 150,000 women married to American men each year. Their marriage success ratios are very high; only 4 percent of these women get divorced.

There are a large number of women from the Philippines who marry. However, mail order bride marriages have been banned since 1986. In recent years the numbers have increased due to the involvement of foreign agencies. The second most preferable foreign women are Russian (Former Soviet Union) and Ukrainian bride. According to a marriage agency’s report, close to 1,000 men are registered each month searching for a foreign bride.

According to a recent survey, there were 607 American men who applied for a mail order bride. In total, there were 206 responses, all from different countries. Each man’s profile showed that they are typically white, highly educated and well established. Another survey that was recently done showed that when 100 letters were sent to the marriage agencies to observe the responses of mail ordered brides, the results illustrated that 10 to 40 percent of those responses came from Russian women.

Most Russian brides want to marry foreign men not just the American men The major mail ordered bride agency have a list of more than 500 Russian women at any one time. The mail order bride agencies lay claim that they can marry over 100 American men and Russian women every year.

Mail Order Brides: How it Works

Thousands of men enjoy their mail order bride marriages and are living a happy and peaceful life. You can be the next one if you follow the guidelines given from a reputable mail order bride agency.

To meet your foreign girl, you need to first visit their home country. After you get there, you will be invited to a large social meeting to find a woman who is right for you. These social functions are completely private and entry is done by invitations only. Before you attend, you will get the entire list of women available. These meetings are well organized and are intended to make you feel comfortable when you meet with the woman you chose.

You are served refreshments and food and there is music to enjoy at the function. You can attend all the functions you wish to find the right woman for you. The women who attend are not shy are willing to share much about their lives. For this reason, your selection to finding a life partner should be easier. Since they have no experience regarding past marriages, these women are seeking a good life with a sincere husband.

Since you have the opportunity to talk with many women, you can find the one that is suitable for you. Once this is done, the agency will then arrange a separate meeting for you where so you both can share your cell phone numbers and other personal information.

Social events can be a bit overwhelming since there are many women there for you to meet. The best way to deal with this is to know first what you are looking for in your bride. It will narrow down your search and keep you from feeling obligated to choose a bride.

One of the most important discussions you should have with your foreign “prospective” bride is future children. The reason for this to lay to rest any misunderstandings that could occur. Do you want children or does she? This is pretty important to ask about. Remember to set priorities and meet only those girl who meet them.

Communication between you and the women will not be an issue since many speak English fluently. If there is a problem, the agency will provide you an interpreter.

What is your duty? Your duty is to find several suitable women for you to choose from; the organization will do the rest. The organization will arrange your private date with the woman you choose, provide a city tour and even arrange your marriage. Whatever your choice, these mail order organizations will help you to find a suitable partner, so that you can enjoy your marriage life with pleasure and peace of mind.

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Beware of Scams When Looking for Mail Order Brides

February 1st, 2009

There are basically two types of scams when it comes to mail order brides. The first one involves the internet-dating site itself, or the marriage agency, or whatever term they use to describe themselves. Some of these sites are out to get as many men to pay for memberships as possible and then disappear into cyberspace with all the money.

Agency/Website Scams

Many of the women who are listed with these sites will have no idea what the site owner is really up to and are completely innocent of any wrongdoing. On the other hand, these sites often use women who don’t even exist, or who aren’t foreign at all, or who have no idea their picture is on a dating site.

The way to protect yourself against sites like this is to do some research before you decide to sign up with a particular site. Look for reviews, visit forums, and see if you discover other people who have encountered problems with the site in the past.

Other steps you can take include:

• Looking for sites that require a photograph. Without a photo, you have no idea who you might be dealing with. And be leery of pictures in suggestive poses or those wearing provocative clothing. Those are the ones most likely to be trying to get your attention for the wrong reasons.

• Staying away from huge sites with tens of thousands of women, as well as tiny sites with less than 500. You’ll almost always be better off at a mid-size site with 2,000-4,000 hopeful women.

• Find out what ‘extra’ services the agency is charging you for. Your best bet is with a site that charges a flat monthly fee.

• Be sure the profile pictures look like ‘real’ women and be suspicious of a site where all the women are drop-dead gorgeous ‘model’ types.

• Do some research to see if the site has had complaints from previous members.

Individual Scams

The other type of scam you could run into is from the supposed mail order bride herself. Unfortunately, you’re probably more likely to experience this type of scam than the first one. It tends to happen more often on large dating sites, because they’re able to blend in better, and because a large site gives them even more men to target.

The way to protect yourself against this type of scam is to know what to look for so you can recognize when it happens. Now, you should know that the majority of women who are on these international dating sites, or mail order bride sites, are genuinely seeking a marriage minded man and have no intention of scamming them or taking advantage of them in any way.

It’s the few who do that you must guard against.

Once you learn what to look for, it makes it much easier to spot these women who want nothing more from you than the money you’re willing to part with. Generally, they show their hand early in the relationship, but some scammers can be very patient, sometimes waiting several months before they play their hand. They’ve heard the rumors that all Americans are rich, and they just want to find some unsuspecting man who’s willing to share his ‘wealth’.

They know that while $50, $75, or $100 may not be a huge amount to you, for her it may be the equivalent to a week’s pay or more.With the average monthly salary in Russia roughly $640, she only has to find about 10 men willing to give her money to make that much, or even more.

The best advice: Don’t send any money for any reason.

Here are just a few of the ways she may try to make you sympathetic enough to send her money.

1. She tell you she wants to meet you but needs money for airline tickets, a travel visa and/or travel expenses. This is a classic scam that many men have been taken in by.

2. She’ll send you an email saying she can’t pay for translation and ask you to pay for it.

3. You’ll try to buy airline tickets, either for yourself or for her, from a travel agency she recommends and you don’t realize it’s a fake agency.

4. She’s had an accident and needs money – to pay for car repairs, hospital bills, expenses while she’s out of work, etc.

5. She’s lost her job, had to quit school, mother needs an operation…the list and the creativity goes on and on.

The bottom line is, to protect yourself from being scammed, do proper research on a site before you choose one, and don’t send money to a prospective bride for any reason.