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2. Mail-order bride - Wikipedia

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   A mail-order bride is a woman who lists herself in catalogs and is selected by a man for marriage. In the twentieth century, the trend primarily involved women living in developing countries seeking men from more developed nations. Men who list themselves in such publications are referred to as "mail-order husbands", although this is much less ...

3. A Foreign Affair (company) - Wikipedia

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   A 2011 The Today Show segment featured AFA and one of its founders in light of the mail-order bride industry's growth following the 2008 recession. The segment explored some common negative perceptions about the mail-order bride industry, including concerns that relationships precipitated by websites like AFA might not be completely equal; for ...

4. Transnational marriage - Wikipedia

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   The Internet has contributed over the last decades to the increase of transnational marriages and registered partnerships of international couples. Internet based services, be they marriage agencies or mail-order bride sites specialized in international weddings and marriages can be regrouped in two main categories:

5. Anti Mail-Order Spouse Act - Wikipedia

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   The Anti Mail-Order Spouse Act, officially designated as Republic Act 10906, is a Philippine law that prohibits the business of organizing or facilitating marriages between Filipinas, colloquially called "mail-order brides", and foreign men.

6. Bride buying - Wikipedia

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   One of the most common forms of modern-day bride-buying is mail-order brides. It is estimated that there are 90 agencies that deal with the selling and purchasing of mail order brides. [ 6 ] These agencies have websites that list the addresses, pictures, names and biographies of up to 25,000 women that are seeking husbands, with American ...

7. AnastasiaDate - Wikipedia

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   With the growth of online services like AnastasiaDate, the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act was passed in 2005 to regulate the industry. [1] News outlets call AnastasiaDate the leading "premium international dating" website and have observed its efforts to seemingly rebrand the mail-order bride industry, within which it is grouped. [1]