Let’s start out with the $64 question - why do women seek to marry overseas and leave the Ukraine? One of the reasons (not well known in the West) is that Ukranian and Russian women outnumber men at home. That’s because the mean life expectancy of Ukranian men is considerably lower than Ukranian women. This is partly due to rampant alcoholism along with several other factors. Naturally the primary motivation is economics – these women are acutely aware that the standard of living in Western countries is much higher than it is in their home country. That doesn’t mean that they are only after your money and will make bad wives. That depends on individual character. So take all the time you need to choose a good one.
Perhaps the wisest way to begin your search is to select a reputable international matchmaking agency. You will need to travel to the Ukraine (preferably not in the winter!) to meet the candidates personally. Out there you will be introduced to dozens of eager, eligible and beautiful women. The way the process works, you will have a date of at most a couple of hours with each candidate. Don’t be concerned because you’ll have plenty of opportunity to get to know your favorites later. The international matchmaking services take precautions to protect these women from predatory men who pretend to be interested in marriage in order to take a sex tour of the Ukraine.
Once you have identified a favorite, be sure to take the time to get to know her, no matter how much of a hurry she may seem to be in. It would be foolhardy to bring one home after your first trip abroad. After all, some women are better than others – if these women want to eliminate men who come over only to sleep with them, you are quite entitled to eliminate the women who are more interested in a green card than they are in you.
Bob Miles
One of the biggest blessings in life is to find a woman of dreams and have a family with her. After collapse of USSR thousands of Western men became interested in Russian and Ukrainian women. Russian mail order brides catalogues were spread by agencies and many men were using those services. Of course the whole idea of ordering a bride is wrong, even in Babel Talmud we are finding a negative note concerning this kind of meeting women: “You can’t marry a woman, who you haven’t met in person, otherwise you will find out later that she doesn’t fit you, and she will become disgusting to you”
Anyways after several years men started to realize that it became too hard to find a wife using the list of addresses or picture catalogues sent by post. In the end of 90-ies, a new formation of Russian Women presenting organizations has arrived. A personalized agency is the one that has relatively small data base (it allows to remain personal towards both male and female clients), usually that kind of agency has a good web site, an office in prestigious area of the city, often has offices not only in Ukraine, but in EU and the US, and the services of such agencies are not cheap. You should always keep in mind your goal, and your goal is to meet a nice girl, who is sincerely looking for a nice guy like you. Only an agency with a serious advertisement campaign can attract young and attractive ladies to join, and only really reputable can actually chose among them to pick only those who are interested in getting married, that’s what actually makes the service rather expensive, but providing that you are meeting somebody who you will spend the rest of your life with, it’s not expensive at all.
After you found the Russian woman of your dreams and you both feel the chemistry, you start a very serious and long lasting process of applying for a Fiancée Visa. The process of bringing a lady in the country is different in all countries, but in the US it means applying for a K1 visa. The process of getting a visa takes from 6 to 9 months and requires lots of paperwork. But it's absolutely real to get a visa, be accurate with the documents and read carefully all the instructions. It seems like the US Government makes the period of getting a visa so long to make sure that both man and woman are still interested to be together even after such a long time being apart.
Mishael Mordinson
Every year, thousands of American men women from overseas and take them back to the United States. For over a decade the number of Russian women available on the Internet has greatly increased.
Naturally, there are risks for both parties. The Russian woman is isolated in a foreign country and she is often economically dependent on her husband, rendering her vulnerable to abuse. The man must face the risk that his new bride is keener on getting a green card than she is in being married to him. Despite the considerable risks, however, the U.S. Department of Citizenship and Immigration Services estimates that the divorce rate for marriages between American men and mail order brides is only about one in five.
Dozens of international matchmaking agencies on the Internet will introduce you to as many Russian women as you care to meet (for a price, of course - catalogs sell for at least USD100, and addresses go for as little as USD10 each). Some of the international matchmaking agencies even arrange tours of Russia that will allow you to meet scores of Russian women personally. International matchmaking tours of Russia usually run for three weeks or so, and can be purchased for as little as USD3,000 including airfare and hotel accommodation. Your contact with these women will be restricted in order to guard against men who pose as potential husbands in order to take a Russian sex tour.
Don’t propose too soon - before you marry her, make sure that she is someone with whom you would enjoy living with the rest of your life. Many of these women are extraordinarily beautiful – just try to remember that no woman stays beautiful forever (on the outside, at least!). English language ability is probably more important than beauty, at least at first (unless your Russian language skills are superb!). Be aware, too, that some of these women have children from a previous marriage. But if you make a wise choice, she might just prove to be a lifelong blessing.
Bob Miles