The International Marriage Broker Act of 2005 goes into effect March 5. It focuses on abuse protection for immigrant women entering the U.S. on K Visas.
The act passed on a voice vote as it was attached to the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005. The vote occurred after hours before Christmas weekend.
The fine print leads me to believe that the act was rushed, biased and questionable in intent. Mandatory background checks are part of the act, to be mediated by marriage brokers. While this is a good thing, editorials against the act clearly state that such checks will bog down the system, hurting paying customers’ chances due to the potential scarlet letters these background checks will unearth. I’m all for disclosure, but there is a big difference for getting popped for a DUI than going crazy with an axe.
I think this act was not the most effective way to go about addressing the protection of foreigners visiting potential spouses in the US. That said, my take is that many “foreign bride” companies are scams or downright illegal. Such is the unsavory reputation of that sector of the industry.
Attaching the act to the Violence Against Women act was a sharp tactical move. How come True.com didn’t latch onto the bill?
More details on the Act at the International Marriage Broker Law Blog.
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True.com and Herb Vest has been very busy with the law suits against him and the company. I doubt he had the fund either.
Vest is about to have more headaches in the very near future.
I believe Vest is shopping for a buyer. Of course he will have to clear up some of his mess first.
Any offers?
True.com and Herb Vest has been very busy with the law suits against him and the company. I doubt he had the fund either.
Vest is about to have more headaches in the very near future.
I believe Vest is shopping for a buyer. Of course he will have to clear up some of his mess first.
Any offers?
True.com is owned by Herb Vest or HDVE LLP
Question is who are the limited partners? Dan became a partner last year 2005. His son Matt has not agreed to become a parnter.
Could Vest be angery at his son because Vest wants the tax benefits and protect from law suits that a FLP would offer?
Did Vest file taxes as a LLP when there wasn’t any partnership? What other tax isuues could Vest be hiding? As an LLP the chances of an IRS audit is greatly reduced.
On another issue. Under True.com Affiliate Program
True’s agreement states that no one can have banners or links to adult content websites. Yet True.com has a contract with http://www.askmen.com that is sexual charged and asks who is the hottest true girl in a beauty pagent and in that contest with True states it the AP can not include profiles of True customs. Now, I am no lawyer, but I believe this is FRAUD.
Would anyone like to share their opinion, comments, or proof surrounding this issues?
I take offense to your statement “That said, my take is that many “foreign bride” companies are scams or downright illegalâ€Â?
The reasoning is outdated and perhaps influenced by the negative media many of the same groups pushing the new laws have generated.
I have read all the reports and testimony offered by the persons supporting the new law. Unequivocally they all attempt to equate these agencies with Human Trafficking. I even asked members affiliated with the groups them selves, “Has there ever been a recorded incident of an American International Marriage Broker complicit in Human Trafficking� Irregardless of all the speculative testimony offered, the answer is “NO�.
Of the statistical evidence available nothing indicates an increased occurrence of abuse. Actually the evidence offered demonstrates an increased success rate of these marriages when compared to domestic marriages.
It is more liken to “Junk Science� and now to add insult to injury the proponents of the new law are attempting to equate marriages of this nature as prostitution. I sent money to my sister in law when she suffered a stroke. They don’t have socialized medicine world over and people literally die in the waiting room of hospitals for lack of funds.
What is clear of the new law and the statements of the proponents of the new law is Racial and Gender intolerance is running rampant in this country.
Now is not present “foreign bride” companies are scams or downright illegal.
The companies борÑ?Ñ‚Ñ?Ñ? against scam by all means, as are their business.
The new law allows to struggle against cam of the men. Which search for entertainments, instead of marriage