Posted on June 04th, 2003 06:34 PM by admin

provided by Gregory Temkin Intour Visa Consulting

How to identify a legitimate agency.

In a situation of high demand and offer, many of the introduction agencies are real professionals who have to perfect their services in view of the competition. Many, however, are hardly more than mere scams selling stale or bogus addresses to the army of bachelors.

It is hard to instruct you how to tell a serious agency from a fictitious one. Use your own common sense and judgement. Good indices of a sound introduction agency would be:

Existence of actual offices in the USA and Russia (do not trust the P.O.B. kind of addresses);

Ability to furnish a Russian entry visa, as well as to have it registered in Russia (which would mean they are full-fledged in Russia too);

Price range of travel services in line with the current rates offered by travel agents;

A telephone number where you can talk with a live person rather than the voice mail;

Reasonably good English and adequate translation services;

Better not trust companies that hint at a possibility to have a "sex tour" (unless you are looking for one). Please, take the introduction to a lady across the ocean seriously: after a while, even by correspondence, you and she get emotionally involved, expectations arise - that is called "falling in love"! An abrupt, rude termination of correspondence is very painful, it may hurt the counterpart real bad and result in loosing any wish and hope to continue seeking love and happiness.

Finally, there are some things that normally a Russian woman would not tolerate: she would not consider a candidate with an alcohol or drug problem, they do not accept bisexuality, they would hardly marry a man with a criminal record. Among the features that the Russian culture traditionally despises are avarice, frugality and meanness. If you are used to a secluded way of life, better stay single. If you are prepared to expand your life and start a real family, do marry a Russian woman.

In return, your Russian wife will be prepared to fully dedicate herself to her husband, back you up under any circumstances and be happy of making you happy.