Hello Nadejda:

I am sure you have seen this already but I thought I would send it to you just in case. The United States passed a law in December to require Marriage brokers to give prospective ladies background information on gentlemen prior to introduction. I do not think that they can enforce this on a foreign agency but it appears that in the consular interview for the lady to receive a visa she must acknowledge that she has received this information. There is more information on this at : http://usaimmigrationattorney.com/nucleus/index.php?itemid=2#more

I think question number 5 in the faq talks most about this.

At this point I believe this law goes into effect in early March. This does not look to be a favorable law because of the extra legwork an agency will have to do and it does not seem to be very romantic to present a lady with a fact sheet on the gentleman prior to her approval to receive his first letter.

This law is designed to protect immigrant spouses from men with a history of abuse or sex trafficking which nobody will argue is very important. The timing and the methods may very well be a problem for everyone. Perhaps as a foreign agency you will have the advantage of not being under jurisdiction of this law and that the gentleman may disclose the required information in his own timing so the lady will have received all of it prior to consular interview. Another positive point of this law is that INS is to make a website offender list available so clients can be screened for dangerous criminal history.

I hope things are going well for you and your holiday s went well. And I wish all of the best for you Nadejda.

Everything is going well between Natalia and I. I visited her in Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine the end of September. It was wonder full. Now I am waiting for the mail to bring me some signed documents and the letter of intent from her so I can apply for the fiance visa.

Best Regards
Chalmer