(WOMENSENEWS)–come july 1st, users of Congress are required to introduce legislation that will offer a international girl the possiblity to glance at a U.S. man’s criminal history before accepting a commercially brokered offer of marriage from him.
Washington State recently passed legislation that is similar.
The legislative push coincides aided by the case of Nataliya Fox, a alleged mail-order bride who sued Encounters Global, a well-known wedding agency situated in Bethesda, Md., that specializes in matching Russian and Ukrainian ladies with U.S. husbands. Fox sued Encounters Global within the U.S. District Court of Maryland for neglecting to give her details about domestic physical physical violence as well as fraudulently informing her that she will be deported if she left her abusive husband, James M. Continue reading The proposed legislation would mandate disclosure of past restraining requests against the guy and would need immigration solutions to tell the lady about domestic physical violence defenses open to her.