The "Mail-Order Bride" industry

[Bruno]

Very interesting research over the MOB business by the US Immigration and Naturalization Service... ( research started in 1998 )

Original text at :

http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/repsstudies/Mobappa.htm

Some quote :

Russian women seem to be the big part of the business...

[align=justify]Based on a scanning of the services listed and information provided by the agencies themselves, we may estimate that between 100,000 and 150,000 women from a variety of countries (including the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia) annually advertise themselves as available for marriage...[/align]
[align=justify]... In recent years, a large increase in listings has been due to the influx of services focused on women of Russia and the former Soviet Union. Nearly half (69) of the 153 services listed in one source feature such women. In addition to Russia itself, the Ukraine is the most common country of origin.[/align]
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[align=justify]Soviet women who seek foreign men are older that these from other world regio...[/align]

[align=justify]There is a large difference in ages between these Asian women and their counterparts from the former Soviet Union. For the 1,700 Soviet women listed currently by Cherry Blossoms, just 8 percent are under 20, 23 percent between 21 and 25, 25 percent between 26 and 30, 20 percent from 31 to 35, 14 percent from 36 to 40, 7 percent aged 41 to 45, and 3 percent over 45. That is, just 31 percent are under 25 compared to the 61 percent of Asian women.[/align]
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[align=justify]Seem that foreign women don't marry US men because of economical factor but because of good shape and faithfullness :[/align]

[align=justify]Why do foreign women want American husbands? Many sources suggest that these women are searching for a "better life" in terms of socio-economic factors--they do, for the most part, come from places in which jobs and educational opportunities for women are scarce and wages are low. However, when the women themselves are asked this question, the answer generally indicates an attraction to American men (they look like movie stars) and an aversion to native men. Americans, they say, make good husbands while Filipino (Thai/Indonesian/Russian/etc.) men do not. Americans are thought to be faithful to their wives, while the native men are cruel and run around with other women. True or not, this is the perception.[/align]
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[align=justify]Profile from the US men seeking foreign bride :[/align]

[align=justify]He found that the men were generally white (94 percent); highly educated (50 percent with two or more years of college, 6 percent with M.D.'s or Ph.D.'s, only five did not complete high school); politically and ideologically conservative; and generally economically and professionally successful (64 percent earned more than $20,000 a year; 42 were in professional or managerial positions). Their median age was 37. The men came from 44 states, with 22 percent from California, and 84 percent lived in metropolitan areas. Fifty-seven percent had been married at least once; most had been divorced after an average of seven years of marriage, 35 percent had at least one child, and 75 percent wished to father additional children. When asked about their religious affiliations, 48 percent of the men identified themselves as Protestant, 23 percent as Catholic, 15 percent as belonging to other religions, and 14 percent as having no religious affiliation.[/align]
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[align=justify]Why US men seek foreign women :[/align]

[align=justify]Why do American men want foreign wives? Most of the personal reports from American men who have married women through these agencies talk about "traditional values." That is, American women are thought not content to be wives and mothers but seek personal satisfaction through their own careers and interests, while the foreign woman is happy to be the homemaker and asks for nothing more than husband, home, and family. Again, true or not, this is the perception.[/align]
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[align=justify]Difference of age :[/align]

[align=justify]Of the 30 mail-order bride couples Mila Glodava (Glodava and Onizuka, 1994) encountered between 1986 and 1993, only two were close in age (4 -6 years difference). In the other 28 there was a 20 to 50 year difference in age. Older men, says Glodava, often want women "they can mold" and therefore do not want those who are too educated. "They would just become like any other American woman," they said. She concludes that, "It is apparent that power and control are critical for the men."[/align]
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[align=justify]Few agencies kept any records of engagements or marriages...[/align]
[align=justify]...The only agency that provided firm statistics was Encounters International. This agency has been in business since 1993 and presents 450 Russian women in its current listing. They report 102 marriages to date between Russian women and U.S. men and, in addition, keep records of births, divorces, and locations of the couples. If it is assumed that the agency's listings have remained relatively constant at about 500 women each of the five years of its existence, then 102 of the 2,500 women, or approximately 4 percent, have found and married American men.[/align]
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[align=justify]According to data supplied by the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 2,395,000 marriages in the U.S. in the 12 months ending June, 1997 (and 1,154,000 divorces in the same period). The 4,000 to 6,000 marriages involving international services represent, then, a tiny portion (.021 percent) of the women who marry U.S. men.[/align]
[align=justify]It is interesting to note that, based largely on data provided by the agencies themselves (along with the Commission on Filipinos Overseas report cited above), marriages arranged through these services would appear to have a lower divorce rate than the nation as a whole, fully 80 percent of these marriages having lasted over the years for which reports are available.[/align]
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[align=justify]In any case, the 4,000 to 6,000 women who immigrate through international correspondence agencies represent less than 6 percent of the new citizens. The majority of the women who gain permanent resident alien status through marriage do so through more traditional means, such as by meeting their spouse at work or in school or through marriage to U.S. servicemen stationed overseas.[/align]
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[align=justify]While no national figures exist on abuse of alien wives, there is every reason to believe that the incidence is higher in this population than for the nation as a whole. [/align]
[align=justify]Authorities agree that abuse in these marriages can be expected based on the men's desire for a submissive wife and the women's desire for a better life. At some point, after the alien bride has had time to adjust to the new environment, to make new friends, and to become comfortable with the language, her new independence and his domination are bound to conflict. The problem is largely due to the men's unrealistic expectations. While many state a desire for a submissive wife, they find that such dependence becomes a burden. To provide some relief, the husband seeks ways (friends, activities) that will get the wife "out of the house" on occasion. The resulting independence then angers the husband who manifests the anger on the wife, who may have only been guilty of trying to please her husband.[/align]
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[align=justify]This research abort several other topic on these forum... interesting reading but not sure it is accurate...[/align]
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[align=justify]"Heaven is having a Russian wife, a Japanese cook, a British country home and an American salary. Hell, on the other hand, is having a Russian salary, a British cook, a Japanese house and an American wife."[/align]

[dorogoyroberto]

Mr. Bruno,

Am presuming your last paragraph is not quoting the USCIS study.

Roberto
Kiev, Ukraine

[Bruce]

Your last paragraph concerning abuse is interesting and states itself that is primarily conjecture - yet still believes that American men who marry foreign women are abusers - which certainly seems to be the rare exception rather than the rule . 

[Goldtop]

I also found this......

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reports that "...marriages arranged through these services would appear to have a lower divorce rate than the nation as a whole, fully 80 percent of these marriages having lasted over the years for which reports are available."

 

[Bruno]

Your last paragraph concerning abuse is interesting and states itself that is primarily conjecture - yet still believes that American men who marry foreign women are abusers - which certainly seems to be the rare exception rather than the rule .

With statistic, it is possible that more abusers exist in marriage with foreign women... but maybe these high number is due to GCG... so women accuse men of DV for the green card... the victim ( men ) become a abuser on paper...

GCG don't exist with local women... only gold digger exist everywhere :?

[Cold Warrior]

He found that the men were generally white (94 percent); highly educated (50 percent with two or more years of college, 6 percent with M.D.'s or Ph.D.'s, only five did not complete high school); politically and ideologically conservative; and generally economically and professionally successful (64 percent earned more than $20,000 a year; 42 were in professional or managerial positions)

Well there goes the loser theory.

[Cold Warrior]

Your last paragraph concerning abuse is interesting and states itself that is primarily conjecture - yet still believes that American men who marry foreign women are abusers - which certainly seems to be the rare exception rather than the rule .

I am tempted to believe that the higher than average abuse rate in MOB may be due in part to scammers who claim abuse to get a quick divorce after obtaining their green cards.