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Foreign Bride Questions:

Can you get a mail order bride if you have been accused of child molestation?

My son was accused of child molestation by his ex wife ,but it was never taken to court and he has been picked up for pot smoking and dwi in his younger days. He is nearly 40 now and has had his life in order for 20 years. Now he wants to marry a filipino woman,Will he be able to get her her ,with this record of his?

Let’s clarify that you do not buy a mail-order-bride. It is simply a term used for a woman who advertises her desire to find a foreign husband. Other than the money required to get visas, there is nothing to buy.

That said, the 2006 IMBRA laws state that if he meets a woman through a dating site or agency, he must complete an IMBRA disclosure statement and send it to her before he begins to communicate with her (in writing, or otherwise).

The IMBRA disclosure requires him to disclose any arrests, convictions, prior marriages, etc. This is to protect the woman, since she is not in a position to research the man’s background herself. This is required to be filed with the visa application when he tries to bring her to the US.

USCIS (immigration) will validate the answers he gives to his records in the US, to ensure he told the truth to the woman. If he did not, they will not allow her to come to the US. If he did, they figure she accepted him with his past, and they can marry and live in the US.

So the answer is, he can find a Filipino woman, and marry her, but he must tell her that he was accused of child molestation.