The new USA law on dating agency(s)

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This new law is interesting.... This is from the WifeConnections Web site...

What does everybody think about the new law? Any feedback? Any difficulties with the agencies as a result of this? I guess this is the reason the ConfidentialConnections / WifeConnections agencies are now charging American men an additional $100 for paperwork, sex offender database search, etc... Is anyone aware if other agencies are charging more fees because of the new law on dating agencies?

www.wifeconnections.com/engl/trips_new_law.html

Effective 3-6-2006 Important

This law only apply's when you meet the lady's face to face in our offices. At this meeting YOU and the LADY can exchange information, if you do not wish to continue your relationship, we will request the return of your information and the lady(s) return your information on you. WE WILL HOLD ALL INFROMATION IN COMPLETE CONFIDENTIALITY. Before meeting a lady(s) you do not need to give out your personal information. It is INSANE to think any man would want to give out his personal information before meeting ANY lady. This disclosure of your personal information is a basis for identity theft or worse. We strongly discourage any information to supplied to anyone with out first meeting them. We will allow the lady to look at your information prior the meeting. If you wish to continue the relationship, you then can exchange paperwork.

There are many questions regarding the recently passed USA law about international dating agencies (International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005), which was signed passed by Congress on 5th January 2006.

Both USA clients and non-USA clients are asking questions about how it will affect the way we conduct business at our company.

This information is for your your worries or concerns, so you understand our position in regard to this new USA law.

 class=red1st Wife Connections 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 clients. We are a fully-licensed Introduction Agent in Ukraine, and we will NEVER intentionally violate any law of any country.

 class=red2nd, our compliance with the USA law will NOT affect our clients from any other country.

The site will modify its operation (prior to meeting the lady's face to face) in regard to our USA clients ONLY. Clients from other countries than USA will not be affected.

 class=red3rd, Wife Connections will make our compliance with the law as smooth as possible, both for our USA clients 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.

 class=red4th, If you as a USA client meet someone through an agency that doesn't comply with this new law, it can make your visa application INVALID OR IMPOSSIBLE to obtain.

I have discussed this law with an immigration lawyer John Roth, and he furnished us with facts on its provisions to comply.

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 new law. The imigration inspectors may require copys 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 new 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 new law, you may NOT be able to bring her to the USA.

You and Wife Connections 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 Wife Connections need 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 Wife Connections will need a questionnaire filled out by you in regards to, previous marriages and deposition 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 Wife Connections 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 Wife Connections must supply her a pamphlet to her 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 Wife Connections 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.

Wife Connections have discussed this law with an immigration lawyer John Roth, and he supplied its provisions on being in compliance. Mr Roth is also our retained lawyer in legal questions in regards to our company compliance.

If you have any additional questions about the new law, please read John Roth's web site at:

http://fiancee-visas.com and visit John Roth's page on our sites