IMBRA

[Doll729 52]

Good day everyone I am new here. My fiance is on the process of our papers, but we are confused about IMBRA. Is Filipino Cupid considered IMBRA?  

 

THANKS!! 

[Chris Duffy 1,256]

1 hour ago, Doll729 said:

Good day everyone I am new here. My fiance is on the process of our papers, but we are confused about IMBRA. Is Filipino Cupid considered IMBRA?  

 

THANKS!! 

As a rule no, and you can send a email to the owner and of the site and they used to provide people with a statement saying they are not a considered a IMBRA.

 

I remember couple years ago the CO were flagging people and giving the RFE for using a site like FC.  I  am not sure they are still doing that.  For year and years it was never an issue with USCIS.  I suspect them giving RFE for FC is no longer happening.  

 

 

[Doll729 52]

1 minute ago, Chris Duffy said:

As a rule no, and you can send a email to the owner and of the site and they used to provide people with a statement saying they are not a considered a IMBRA.

 

I remember couple years ago the CO were flagging people and giving the RFE for using a site like FC.  I  am not sure they are still doing that.  For year and years it was never an issue with USCIS.  I suspect them giving RFE for FC is no longer happening.  

 

 

Thanks for that info. 

I will tell my fiance about that. 

[Chris Duffy 1,256]

5 minutes ago, Doll729 said:

Thanks for that info. 

I will tell my fiance about that. 

Match Mating in the Philippines is illegal if based in Philippines, That is why all those site are based outside of Philippines.

 

Google:

 

Republic Act 6955 – Anti-Mail Order Bride Law of 1990

 

Republic Act 6955 of the Philippines, commonly known as the Anti Mail-Order-Bride Law, prohibits the business of organizing or facilitating marriages between Filipinas and foreign men, or Mail-Order Brides. The Philippine congress enacted in 1990 as a result of stories in the local media about Filipinas being abused by their foreign husbands. Because of this, Filipinas often use "reverse publications" – publications in which men advertise themselves – to contact foreign men for marriage to Filipina women.

In practice, the law is readily circumvented by basing matchmaking agencies outside the Philippines as no law prohibits their operation in destination countries such as Japan, the United States of America or South Korea.^[1] In 2009, the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) had just three active cases open against marriage brokers; there were no cases between 2003 and 2007.^[2] It has been used occasionally to combat forced marriage and human trafficking; while its penalties are weaker than those of Republic Act 9208 (the 2003 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act), cases under it may be easier to prove in the slow and inefficient Philippine judicial system.^[3]

In April 2009, Philippine ambassador to South Korea Luis Cruz estimated 6,000 Filipinas had met South Korean spouses through matchmaking agencies. Some of these brides have complained of domestic violence or false information regarding their partner’s background.^[4] Philippine embassies have issued warnings regarding interracial matchmaking agencies that violate local laws in their own country and use deceptive advertising.^[5]

In August 2013, a bill was introduced in the Philippine House of Representatives to extend the law to internet services.^[6] Rep. Cinchona Gonzales (CIBAC), who filed the bill, said "A new era of professional prostitution or high-end pornography through the web was born which downgrades the integrity not only of Filipino women, but of the country as a whole."^[6]

Edited January 21, 2018 by Chris Duffy