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| International
Marriage Brokers Regulation Act (IMBRA) |
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| MBRA,
the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act, is a
United States federal statute that requires background
checks for those using international
marriage agencies. The impetus for its introduction
was several high-profile cases in which women had been
abused or murdered by men who had initially met them
online. |
| IMBRA faced a court challenge and was upheld by a
federal judge in 2007. IMBRA has been the subject of
intense controversy since its passage because of
free-speech and identity theft concerns. Parts of IMBRA
are specifically aimed at the international online dating
industry. |
| The
International Marriage Brokers Regulation Act (IMBRA) is
abhorrent to the Constitution and an affront to American
men and Foreign Women. It violates freedom of
speech, privacy and association. It requires
American men to submit to revealing their private
information to strangers if they want to communicate to
foreign women. |
| What is worse, it creates a
legal presumption that American men are abusers and
that foreign women are stupid. This radical - and
sickening - idea has been invented by American
feminists who insist that American men submit to feminist
ideology. |
| IMBRA provides that a
petitioner for a K nonimmigrant visa for an alien
fiancé(e) (K-1) or alien spouse (K-3) must submit with
his or her Petition for Alien fiancé(e) (USCIS Form
I-129F) information on any criminal convictions for any of
the following "specified crimes": |
| Domestic
violence, sexual assault, child abuse and neglect,
dating violence, elder abuse, and stalking. |
| Homicide,
murder, manslaughter, rape, abusive sexual
contact, sexual exploitation, incest, torture,
trafficking, peonage, holding hostage, involuntary
servitude, slave trade, kidnapping, abduction,
unlawful criminal restraint, false imprisonment,
or an attempt to commit any of these crimes. |
| Crimes relating
to a controlled substance or alcohol where the
petitioner has been convicted on at least three
occasions and where such crimes did not arise from
a single act. |
|
| If the petitioner
indicates that he or she has been convicted by a court or
by a military tribunal for one of the specified crimes by
checking one or more of the boxes in Part C., question 2
of Form I-129F, or USCIS ascertains through relevant
background checks that the petitioner has been convicted,
the petitioner will be required to submit certified copies
of all court and police records showing the charges and
dispositions for every such conviction |
| This is required even if
the petitioner’s records were sealed or otherwise
cleared. Such information shall become part of the
petitioner’s Form I-129F. If the petition is approved,
the petitioner’s Form I-129F (including all criminal
background information submitted by the petitioner and any
related criminal conviction information that USCIS
discovers during the course of conducting its routine
background check) must be provided to the Department of
State. The Department of State will disclose this
information to the beneficiary (fiancé(e) during the
consular interview. |
| Learn
more about IMBRA |
