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SERVICES

Services that marriage agencies offer typically include:
  • introductions

  • translating correspondence between clients who do not speak a common language

  • excursions in which a man is introduced to several women interested in marriage



FRAUD

Many clients of marriage agencies have complained of fraud. Some firms have responded by offering money-back guarantees and other assurances. Some websites maintain a fraud "black list" {Link without Title} .


LEGAL ISSUES


Marriage agencies are legal in almost all countries. Certain notable legal issues are:
  • The Philippines prohibits organizing or facilitating marriages between Filipinas and foreign men. The Philippine congress enacted Republic Act 6955 or the Anti-Mail-Order Bride Law in 1990 as a result of stories that appeared in the local press and media about Filipinas being abused by their foreign husbands.

  • On Jan 5, 2006, the United States Congress enacted {Link without Title} . This law requires certain actions prior to selling a foreign woman's address to a US citizen or resident, including: