REF for Circumstances of meeting and IMB (Bharatmatrimony.com)

[bhappy1511 1]

Hello I received a RFE for my fiance visa petition on 20th Apr 2017. Below are the details

 

RFE details below.

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Circumstances of meeting

Submit information regarding the circumstances under which you and beneficiary met to establish the relationship. This information should include details about how you and the beneficiary initially met as well as information regarding your last personal meeting

if you met the beneficiary though a website or any other business that charges fees for providing dating, matrimonial, matchmaking services, or social referrals between United States citizens and foreign nationals then you are considered to have met the beneficiary through the services of an international marriage broker, As such, you must submit a copy of the signed written consent form that the international marriage broker obtained from the beneficiary, authorizing the release of her personal contact information to you, or submit documentation to establish that the website is not an international Marriage broker.

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Dear forum members

I  checked the  no box (Did you meet your fiancé(e) or spouse through the services of an international marriage broker?) for  information  in the I-129F if i had used IMB to meet my fiance, but still received above RFE today. I was not aware that matrimonial website would fall under IMBRA.

 

I am USC of Indian Origin , I met my finance on website called www.bharatmatrimony.com, which provides platform to register and look for  a suitable partner to get date and/or to get married. Membership is free and is available to any one who wants to register and look for partner. However paid membership is required to contact other members. This service is targeted to mainly Indians in India and all over the world. How they do not specifically target US citizens.

 

Also I did not provide any provide any details on the circumstances of meeting my fiance in my I-129F application.

 

Has any one got this kind of RFE ? also any feedback on your case in such matter would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks

Sam

[geowrian 22,335]

I'm not familiar with that particular website, sorry. But assuming it is NOT an International Marriage Broker (IMB), then you need to provide evidence that they are not an IMB. I got the same thing for OK Cupid (which is not an IMB). From what you described, that website does not sound like an IMB because it's free and you contact each other on your own.

 

I suggest providing the Terms Of Service for the website in your RFE response. I also suggest reaching out to their support team and request proof that they are not an IMB as defined by the IMBRA, then print their response and include it. You can also include a screenshot (if you still have access to it) of the first messages between you and your fiance.

 

You should have provided details of how you first met in person (i.e. face to face) with your I-129F. You can provide a letter to describe how you first met, and optionally include a timeline of your relationship. Be sure to sign and date the letter. Did you provide proof of meeting face to face at least once within the past 2 years? If not, be sure to include this. See the guide for what evidence is good here (photos are only secondary): http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1guide

[Auds 223]

I met with my husband on shaadi.com, didnt have any issues, i did fromtload the application woth my profile and his as i had them.

 

shaadi.com is more popular and they know of it .  You may now need BM to give you a note that its not an IMB which its not.  Dont worry.

 

Also write a short note about BM and how it works and particularly higlight its very similair to the more popular shaadi.com and usually used by Indian subcontinent to find partners around the world including our own towns.

 

mention in keeping with pur society traditions and arranged marriages work, its a site modern couples us too, to meet partners get to kmow them and comfortably  be able to state that long term or marriage is the goal. 

 

[prish17 77]

On ‎21‎/‎04‎/‎2017 at 5:08 AM, bhappy1511 said:

Hello I received a RFE for my fiance visa petition on 20th Apr 2017. Below are the details

 

RFE details below.

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Circumstances of meeting

Submit information regarding the circumstances under which you and beneficiary met to establish the relationship. This information should include details about how you and the beneficiary initially met as well as information regarding your last personal meeting

if you met the beneficiary though a website or any other business that charges fees for providing dating, matrimonial, matchmaking services, or social referrals between United States citizens and foreign nationals then you are considered to have met the beneficiary through the services of an international marriage broker, As such, you must submit a copy of the signed written consent form that the international marriage broker obtained from the beneficiary, authorizing the release of her personal contact information to you, or submit documentation to establish that the website is not an international Marriage broker.

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Dear forum members

I  checked the  no box (Did you meet your fiancé(e) or spouse through the services of an international marriage broker?) for  information  in the I-129F if i had used IMB to meet my fiance, but still received above RFE today. I was not aware that matrimonial website would fall under IMBRA.

 

I am USC of Indian Origin , I met my finance on website called www.bharatmatrimony.com, which provides platform to register and look for  a suitable partner to get date and/or to get married. Membership is free and is available to any one who wants to register and look for partner. However paid membership is required to contact other members. This service is targeted to mainly Indians in India and all over the world. How they do not specifically target US citizens.

 

Also I did not provide any provide any details on the circumstances of meeting my fiance in my I-129F application.

 

Has any one got this kind of RFE ? also any feedback on your case in such matter would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks

Sam

Hi Sam

 

did you hear back from your RFE yet??

[bhappy1511 1]

Hello Prish17,

Yes i replied to my RFE and they received it on May 1st, I got a NOA2 approval by US post  with action date of May 12th.

but USCIS status website, still says that my application was received on May 1st and USC will take further action ...... May be once it is moved to NVC , status may change.

Regards

Sam

[AMIT J 2]

On 5/25/2017 at 7:33 PM, bhappy1511 said:

Hello Prish17,

Yes i replied to my RFE and they received it on May 1st, I got a NOA2 approval by US post  with action date of May 12th.

but USCIS status website, still says that my application was received on May 1st and USC will take further action ...... May be once it is moved to NVC , status may change.

Regards

Sam

Sam, could u please let me know how did u passed the IMB stage of RFE with them. I am under the same boat. 

[TBoneTX 43,079]

The OP hasn't logged onto this site since September 2017.

Perhaps you can try sending a personal message, in case it's forwarded to his private e-mail address.