Dating Website - whats it considered?

[V-G-1 1]

Is a dating website, like Match, or Eharmony, etc, considered an "International Marriage Broker"?

[pushbrk 13,616]

Is a dating website, like Match, or Eharmony, etc, considered an "International Marriage Broker"?

None of those is an IMB.

[YuAndDan 153]

NOT an IMB.

An IMB is a company that actively matches people for a FEE and in some cases payable after they are married.

Dating sites are where people go to meet other people.

Edited March 12, 2009 by YuAndDan

[Paul & Evelyn 0]

Is a dating website, like Match, or Eharmony, etc, considered an "International Marriage Broker"?

From the I-129F Instructions, "The term "international marriage broker" does not include: B. Entities that provide dating services if their principal business is not to provide international dating services between United States citizens or United States residents and foreign nationals and charge comparable rates and offers comparable services to all individuals it serves regardless of the individual's gender or country of citizenship."

I added the bold emphasis. I asked myself the same question when I began this process, and I came up with the same answer. Match, eHarmony, etc., all "charge comparable rates and offers comparable services . . . . . ," so they are not considered a broker. Then I asked an immigration lawyer, and he agreed. I did see some websites that offer names of foreign women at a cost (1 name $xx, 10 names $xxx), so it seems they might fall into the broker category, but I can't say that with any certainty and haven't researched it.