All Beautiful Compliance with IMBRA Law (for US-citizens)

The International Marriage Broker Regulation Act (H.R. 3402 Title VIII - Subtitle D) goes into effect on March 6, 2006. The law protects the rights and safety of foreign women, who emigrate into the U.S. as fiancées or wives of gentlemen living in the U.S. There are several key features to the legislation:

REGULATION OF INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE BROKERS (IMBs): Before releasing a lady's Personal Contact Information to a U.S. client, an IMB must:

  • Search the National Sex Offender Public Registry and State Sex Offender Public Registry in any state the U.S. client has lived for the past twenty (20) years http://www.nsopr.gov/
  • Require the U.S. client to provide background information (and supporting documents where necessary) regarding his past criminal and/or domestic violence history including arrests, his marital and divorce history, ages of any children under 18 years of age, and all states and countries where the client has lived since age 18 (the background check form is attached below)
  • Provide the gathered information to the lady in her native language and secure her written consent to release her Personal Contact Information to that specific U.S. client.

NEW FIANCEE VISA FORMS: 1-129f Fiancée and K- Spousal visa petitions will now require that the petitioner provide information regarding any criminal history for specified crimes, including violent offenses, domestic abuse or sexual assault. The foreign ladies are already required to provide similar criminal background information during visa application process.

CONSULAR INTERVIEW: During the consular interview, the officer of the Embassy will provide the visa applicant with information and documents in lady’s native language regarding the male petitioner’s marital and divorce history, as well as any criminal and/or domestic violence history. The office will also review the Federal Pamphlet (which has been developed by the Department of Homeland Security on domestic violence and abuse rights etc), and answer the questions the lady may have. The consular officer will also ask the visa applicant if the relationship was facilitated by an International Marriage Broker and, if so, ask if the broker provided her with the required information and documents regarding the male petitioner’s background.

The first priority of All Beautiful agency is the protection and wellbeing of its members. And All Beautiful is already fully compliant with the International Marriage Brokers Regulation Act (IMBRA), a US federal law which regulates U.S. based International Marriage Brokers (IMBs).

The Federal statute forbids direct dissemination or facilitation by an IMB of personal information using any of its services based on speech or other forms of communication. This includes All Beautiful correspondence service, Live Chat, Video or Phone introductions, or other services where the assistance of an interpreter is used. Under the rules of the agency’s exchange of direct contacts is not allowed between members of the agency and their personal data and contact information is kept strictly confidential by All Beautiful.

IMBRA also requires background checks on all members traveling to Ukraine with All Beautiful’s assistance. Those clients who are signing up for Individual Tour to Kharkov with the service of All Beautiful will be required to fill out Background Information Form no later than 30 days prior to departure.

AllBeautiful will translate the Background Form and Sex Offender Registry Search into Russian language and it will be available to every lady in the office of the agency.

AllBeautiful will also give the ladies a copy of Federal Pamphlet developed by the Department of Homeland Security, which outlines legal rights and resources for immigrant victims of domestic violence.

In order to safeguard All Beautiful agency members and help abide by IMBRA, we request that all members using All Beautiful services refrain from the exchange of personal contact details when communicating with ladies other than directly.