International Marriage Brokers Regulation Act of 2005 kills foreign romance

The US Congress passed a poorly thought out law, the International Marriage Brokers Regulation Act, (IMBRA). This law is based on the FALSE but politically convenient feminist belief that any American Man who seeks foreign romance must have something wrong with him. He must be a criminal and abuser. This law then takes away the privacy rights of all American men by forcing them to jump through hoops before they can even say "Hi" to a foreign woman. Those that manage to get to the stage of betrothal and marriage face additional road blocks at USCIS before they can obtain permission to bring their foreign wifes or fiancees to America.
Honest Mom and Dad websites targeted, many have already closed down permanently
In addition to depriving American men of their rights to privacy and rights to associate with who ever they wish, IMBRA is targeted to destroy the primarily "Mom and Dad" websites where, husband and wife (usually the wife is originally from overseas) work long and hard to introduce lonely foreign women to lonely American men. IMBRA strikes these "Mom and Dads" the hardest, threatening to imprison them for 5 years for each foreign woman they help say "Hi" to American man.

The law singles out and punishes a small and widely disparate group of Americans. It attacks American Men who seek foreign romance, and small American "Mom and Dad" businesses that serve them. They are convenient and weak targets for the feminists to paint with a black brush.
How this Law Affects You.

A. If the rules of this unjust Law are not followed when you first contact a foreign lady, then if you are so lucky that romance develops and you make her your fiancee, immigration will REJECT your application to bring her to the USA.

If you use a non-Compliant service, your fiancee visa application will be denied.

The rules of this unjust law are so confusing that already USCIS is REJECTING visa applications even though the couple can prove they met BEFORE the law ever existed.

How this Law Affects Heart of Asia Romance Network.

Until the law changes or until the American Online Dating Association of which Heart of Asia is a member obtains a TRO, we must refuse US clients from using our service.

This unfair law took effect on March 6, 2006. It requires that before a foreign woman's address can be sold to an American Citizen or resident, the following must occur.

A. The American man must complete a questionaire on his criminal and marital background.
B. Heart of Asia must obtain his record from the National Sex Offenders database.
C. Both questionaire and record must be translated to the womans native language.
D. The translated questionaire and record must be provided to the woman.
E. The woman must then certifiy that she agrees to permit communication.
F. Only then is the American man allowed to say "Hi".
G. Foreign men will be banned entirely from receiving any service at all.

The above process though not impossible is too cumbersome to follow while selling individual addresses to clients. So our traditional service "Heart of Asia Classic" effective March 6 can no longer sell addresses to American Clients. Not until we have our own TRO, or this law is finally revoked.

What is Heart of Asia going to do?

A. Fight this unjust law. We have joined the American Online Dating Association's (AODA) lawsuit to challenge IMBRA. We have donated significantly in time and money to the AODA legal fund. We will work with AODA to fight this law through the courts until it is revoked.

B. Design an alternate service that American men may legally use. A new service Heart of Asia 2.0 is being developed and while the development took twice as long as was expected, it will be ready to launch in June. Clients will see online profiles, find matches, then contact each other using private mail boxes and instant messaging. There will be both free and paid memberships. But only men and women that routinely use the internet will be able to use the new service. US clients will be asked to answer the questions mandated by IMBRA which after translation will be available for foreign women to read before they consent in writing to allow email, or chat contact.

What should you do?

A. Contact your Congress Person Make your displeasure with this unfair law known.

B. Donate to the Legal fund to Fight This unjust Law

C. Sign the Petition requesting rescinding of this law.

D. Subscribe to the Foreign Brides Newsletter.
We will keep you informed on developments after March 5. And announce hopefully good news if/when the law is overturned.

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Useful Links.

Ongoing Blog discussion, with a clear description of the problems with this Law by Greg Bala, Immigration Attorney "The backdoor law that Sabotages International Romance"

Text of the International Marriage Brokers Regulation Act of 2005

Website with more info: International Marriage Brokers .com

Blog from Houston "Wandering Salsero": Our Fat Smucks and bra-burning feminists in Congress have done it again.

IMBRA deems American Men Abusers

How to Contact your Congressperson

Petition against this law

IMBRA.org

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