How to Meet, and Perhaps Marry, Your Own Mail-Order Bride (Business Week)

[struggle4progress]

MAIL-ORDER BRIDES January 6, 2011, 5:00PM EST
Lonely, culturally adventurous, or too busy to date? Follow this primer to your heart's content

... STEP 2
Voluntarily disclose any criminal records through the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act. It's on the honor system, which is a perfectly sensible method for weeding out former criminals ...

STEP 7
If you have not connected with a woman on your own, sign up for a "romance tour" providing a few "socials" with hundreds of women in a nightclub atmosphere filled with booze ...

STEP 9
File Form I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiancé(e) ($340) with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office. After it's processed (the average wait: one to three months), your fiancée can file through her country's U.S. Embassy or consulate for a K-1 nonimmigrant visa ($350), which permits her to travel to the U.S. and marry you within 90 days, pending approval of a visa interview (waiting time: a few days to many months), supporting documents (possibly including form I-134, Affidavit of Support, attesting to financial sponsorship; $88 if reviewed in the U.S.), evidence of a relationship, and a medical exam. Revel in the whimsical spontaneity of love.

STEP 10
Bring your betrothed back to America. After spending thousands of dollars on meeting her and immigration fees, tell your friends you met at the supermarket.

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_03/b4211070982481.htm



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[hunter]

1. One of my ancestors was a mail order bride.

But she didn't like Salt Lake City much, or that she'd be sharing her husband with other wives, so she ran away.

[siligut]

2. GOOD FOR HER

Sorry to yell, but those morons are still at it. When I was in Utah, I met a young woman who came over from Russia, then her "husband" put her to work, along with the rest of his wives. She was beautiful and just too poor and young to have known. Hate those fuckers.

[hunter]

4. It's awful that it's still going on more than a hundred years later.

:(

[struggle4progress]

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