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Im new to this forum, and looking around for some help. Actually i met a girl from the US in July 2011 on shaadi.com and it happened so that we guys started talking to each other on daily basis over the phone on the internet and sometime we do video conferencing as well, hence came close to each other with the passage of time.Now we r gonna meet in person in the 3rd week of next month as she is coming to India. We guys were searching for available options so that i can go to the US with her n there we end up marrying each other. We found out the Fiance Visa .i.e K1 visa is the nicest option at our disposal.She was going through all the forms/documents/requirement to file a petition for myself.When she zipped through Form-i-129f she got stuck at the box no.19 which says (Did u meet ur Fiance through the services of an International marriage broker).
As a matter of fact i was a paid member on shaadi.com whereas she wasn't and i was the one who contacted her 1st. But the US law of International Marriage Broker Act of 2005 (IMBRA) says that matrimony or dating sites r not considered as a legal way to meet someone for marriage or engagement purposes. and this is what IMBRA says
It labels as an International Marriage Broker, any for-profit entity whose principal business is to charge fees for providing dating, matrimonial, *********** services, or social referrals between U.S. and foreign national clients by providing personal contact information or otherwise facilitating communication between U.S. and foreign national clients. Yes we know that these online dating sites are not real "brokers". No hand was extended asking for a fee in case a marriage resulted from a couple meeting each other. The term "broker" was coined by the drafters of IMBRA specifically because it brings to mind the picture of buying and selling people, even though that is NOT what really happened. This is a good example of propaganda. And of course it causes confusion for any American man completing his I-129F, because he does not remember ever using a broker.
IMBRA requires any for profit, dating service, which primarily facilitates international contacts between Americans and non-Americans, any so called "International Marriage Broker" to perform the following :
A. To conduct a background check at the National Sex Offenders Database, NSOPR.GOV on each American it serves.
B. To ask a list of mandated questions of each American about his marital and criminal background.
C. To request the American to provide court records, police reports, etc for any conviction or arrest, specified in the mandated questions list.
D. To translate (B and C) above to the primary language spoken by the foreign person the American wants to contact.
E. To present to the foreign person, items (B and C) above translated to her primary language
F. To present to the foreign person, a pamphlet about Domestic Abuse written in her primary language.
G. To ask her to sign a statement, also in her primary language, stating that she consents to allow the American contact her.
If you are using a dating site, and it looks like most of its business is to put Americans in touch with Non-Americans, and even if you now by no stretch of imagination that it is a broker for marriage or anything else, still, despite logic, the dating site you used is defined by IMBRA as an International Marriage Broker. This definition does not care if no "brokerage" actually occurs. This definition applies to any company, anywhere in the world. If you use such a service, then only if the above steps are followed by the service, will your situation be compliant with IMBRA. Only then will you be able to answer #19 on the I-129F honestly, without fear of IMBRA causing your petition to be denied.
Now she is totally confused what to write in box no.19 of i-129f form should it be yes or no, if she says no then what should be said as to how did we guys meet each other and if she says yes its quite clear that the petition would be rejected in the US itself given the fact that sites like shaadi.com r not complaint with laws like IMBRA.
On the other hand so many people from India meet so many guys/girl from the US on shaadi.com and successfully obtain Fiance visa before obtaining this visa they talk to each other through all different means of communication.
I would really appreciate any help or suggestion from anyone on this forum.
regards
seeking.help
Im new to this forum, and looking around for some help. Actually i met a girl from the US in July 2011 on shaadi.com and it happened so that we guys started talking to each other on daily basis over the phone on the internet and sometime we do video conferencing as well, hence came close to each other with the passage of time.Now we r gonna meet in person in the 3rd week of next month as she is coming to India. We guys were searching for available options so that i can go to the US with her n there we end up marrying each other. We found out the Fiance Visa .i.e K1 visa is the nicest option at our disposal.She was going through all the forms/documents/requirement to file a petition for myself.When she zipped through Form-i-129f she got stuck at the box no.19 which says (Did u meet ur Fiance through the services of an International marriage broker).
As a matter of fact i was a paid member on shaadi.com whereas she wasn't and i was the one who contacted her 1st. But the US law of International Marriage Broker Act of 2005 (IMBRA) says that matrimony or dating sites r not considered as a legal way to meet someone for marriage or engagement purposes. and this is what IMBRA says
It labels as an International Marriage Broker, any for-profit entity whose principal business is to charge fees for providing dating, matrimonial, *********** services, or social referrals between U.S. and foreign national clients by providing personal contact information or otherwise facilitating communication between U.S. and foreign national clients. Yes we know that these online dating sites are not real "brokers". No hand was extended asking for a fee in case a marriage resulted from a couple meeting each other. The term "broker" was coined by the drafters of IMBRA specifically because it brings to mind the picture of buying and selling people, even though that is NOT what really happened. This is a good example of propaganda. And of course it causes confusion for any American man completing his I-129F, because he does not remember ever using a broker.
IMBRA requires any for profit, dating service, which primarily facilitates international contacts between Americans and non-Americans, any so called "International Marriage Broker" to perform the following :
A. To conduct a background check at the National Sex Offenders Database, NSOPR.GOV on each American it serves.
B. To ask a list of mandated questions of each American about his marital and criminal background.
C. To request the American to provide court records, police reports, etc for any conviction or arrest, specified in the mandated questions list.
D. To translate (B and C) above to the primary language spoken by the foreign person the American wants to contact.
E. To present to the foreign person, items (B and C) above translated to her primary language
F. To present to the foreign person, a pamphlet about Domestic Abuse written in her primary language.
G. To ask her to sign a statement, also in her primary language, stating that she consents to allow the American contact her.
If you are using a dating site, and it looks like most of its business is to put Americans in touch with Non-Americans, and even if you now by no stretch of imagination that it is a broker for marriage or anything else, still, despite logic, the dating site you used is defined by IMBRA as an International Marriage Broker. This definition does not care if no "brokerage" actually occurs. This definition applies to any company, anywhere in the world. If you use such a service, then only if the above steps are followed by the service, will your situation be compliant with IMBRA. Only then will you be able to answer #19 on the I-129F honestly, without fear of IMBRA causing your petition to be denied.
Now she is totally confused what to write in box no.19 of i-129f form should it be yes or no, if she says no then what should be said as to how did we guys meet each other and if she says yes its quite clear that the petition would be rejected in the US itself given the fact that sites like shaadi.com r not complaint with laws like IMBRA.
On the other hand so many people from India meet so many guys/girl from the US on shaadi.com and successfully obtain Fiance visa before obtaining this visa they talk to each other through all different means of communication.
I would really appreciate any help or suggestion from anyone on this forum.
regards
seeking.help
