AnastasiaRomance
Without a doubt, AnastasiaDate and its sister sites (AfricaBeauties, AsianBeauties, AmoLatina) profile the absolute, most stunning women around the world who are looking for husbands in the West. With the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the entire focus of international matchmaking shifted overnight from the Philippines and the Far East to Russia and the Ukraine.
Many Americans have held onto an outdated, primitive notion of “mail order brides”. Thirty years ago, it was even possible with Cherry Blossoms pioneering a printed catalog of would be brides, mostly from the Philippines. In those days, a personal meeting with the woman was not a requirement for a Fiancee Visa. Cherry Blossoms was and is a fine organization with a good reputation among Consular Officers who conduct immigrant visa interviews, but some Caucasian men are still uncomfortable with mixed race marriages.
Opening the former Soviet Union to dating and matchmaking has changed the world of marriage forever. The Internet is teeming with hundreds of thousands of photo/video personals from exotic women that look like Western men.
AnastasiaDate was founded in 1993 by a Russian-American couple to bring marriage-minded men and women from different cultures together in a safe, secure manner. From email to chat to video to virtual dates, you can get to know your choice of beautiful women before hopping a plane for Moscow, Kiev, or Odessa.
Many men who first visit the site – you fill out a short form to join free – are blown away by the choice. The biggest problem is narrowing down your search to a manageable list you save in a favorites file called, “My Contacts List”.
What online dating has done is to shorten the filtering process and remove any potential spouse considerations for women you do not believe are perfect for you. If the profiled woman is not of the right age, beauty, height, weight, or does not have the educational background you want for the future mother of your children, hundreds of other women do. The same factors work for her. These women are gorgeous, and do not lack suitors. What they are looking for is what they think are perfect husbands. We don’t all succeed, but getting past the preliminaries saves time and improves the odds.
Caveat: Don’t keep good profiles in your contact list. Only keep drop dead gorgeous profiles of women you would be thrilled to wake up with every morning. Good enough is not good enough.
On AnastasiaDate, you will post your own profile, and women who are interested in you will make an initial contact. Very flattering, but not so fast.
How IMBs Work
For profit online dating agencies have been tagged with the label international marriage brokers under the “International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005″. IMBRA changed all the rules, demonized American men, and made it difficult and expensive for these agencies to help you communicate with desirable women abroad. I will go into IMBRA in a future post, but it’s safe to say the cost of meeting women abroad – purchasing a postal address for a couple of bucks – no longer is legal in most cases. Even the term “broker” is offensive, implying buying and selling of foreign women instead of introductions for love and marriage.
Large American based agencies don’t work alone. AnastasiaDate has 200+ employees working with over 1,000 small, local marriage agencies around the world. The local agencies recruit and qualify women in their towns and villages, and help with translation, communication, and eventually, face-to-face meetings. If you see a profile for a woman on multiple agency websites, this is one reason why. The local agency may not be restricted to working with one large IMB.
Caveat: If you receive a letter from an interested woman, it was sent by the agency and not by the woman herself. All future correspondence will be from her, once IMBRA requirements have been met.
Again, I will address IMBRA in detail in another post, but it makes the whole process more expensive and cumbersome for American men without “protecting” poor foreign women who are in a powerless position in comparison to the men who are paying for everything. This is truly offensive and almost evil legislation.
AnastasiaDate provides a basic level of access for free:
Once you have narrowed down your search to maybe a page or two of contacts, you will want to consider some of AnastasiaDate’s updated services:
This is where the IMBs make their money. AnastasiaDate works on a credit system where you purchase credits and use them for all premium services. This is where I believe all international marriage agencies fall short. It’s not a cheap process, and I think many men have unrealistic expectations as to the costs. Expect to spend several hundred dollars on initial emails and even a virtual date or two to find a woman you have some chemistry with.
You goal should be to find a few women to meet in person in Russia or the Ukraine with a minimal of letter exchanges. Online dating eliminates obvious unqualified potential spouses. It does not close the deal. You cannot file a fiancee visa petition without a personal meeting, and why would you? Don’t even consider marriage until you know you have chemistry, you have met her friends and family, and you are sure she is the perfect woman for you.
Now, you will hear horror stories about scammers and disappointed men who scream fraud at the agencies. You will also see glowing testimonials from men who married an ideal wife and mother of their children 25 or 30 years younger – someone they could never attract at home on their middle-class salaries.
AnastasiaDate has over 1 million members worldwide, and not every individual is pure of heart, but AnastasiaDate does more than any other American IMB to be sure the women are legitimate. Most fraud can be prevented by NEVER sending a woman money when you have never met. Use your common sense, and you will be okay.
Our Recommendation:
You have to include AnastasiaDate in your strategy if you are looking for a Russian wife. The women are just too beautiful to ignore. AnastasiaDate can take care of the initial contact. The final decisions will be up to you and your desired bride.
Take your time to create a list of 20 – 30 women any of whom would elevate your heart – if the personal chemistry is right. You are looking for a wife, not a weekend in St. Petersburg. No need to rush. No need to settle for less than a woman perfect in your eyes.
Once you are ready emotionally and financially to take your first trip, set up a personal visit or a romance tour, and get started on the best, rest of your life.