Fiance Visa Information: What is the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act?

17. June 2009 by admin.

If you have ever been convicted of any of the following crimes, submit certified copies of all court and police records showing the charges and dispositions for every such conviction. This is required even if your records were sealed or otherwise cleared or if anyone, including a judge, law enforcement officer, or attorney, told you that you no longer have a record.  

1. Domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and neglect, dating violence, elder abuse, and stalking.  “Domestic violence” includes felony or misdemeanor crimes of violence committed by a current or former spouse of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse, by a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction receiving grant monies, or by any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected from that person’s acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction.  2. Homicide, murder, manslaughter, rape, abusive sexual contact, sexual exploitation, incest, torture, trafficking, peonage, holding hostage, involuntary servitude, slave trade, kidnapping, abduction, unlawful criminal restraint, false imprisonment, or an attempt to commit any of these crimes.  3. Crimes relating to a controlled substance or alcohol on three or more occasions, and such crimes did not arise from a single act.  If you have committed any of these acts, it’s important to contact an experienced immigration attorney so we may determine how this would affect your application. Call us at 626-771-1078.

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