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WARNING to prospective members: Do not use dating and match making sites located outside of US and UK jurisdictions because they are not accountable to consumers for Internet fraud . Now immigration has become much stricter since President Bush signed a bill to protect immigrant women. You can read IMBRA (International Marriage Broker Regulation), 2005, addressing Information on Certain Convictions and Limitation on Petitions for K Nonimmigrant Petitioners. Now every petitioner for a K1 visa must provide the name of the marriage agency they are working through, and that agency must comply with the International Marriage Broker Regulation, or the immigration application will be automatically denied .

Our marriage agency is licensed in Hawaii and is legal under US law and under Russian Law. Please ask for proof of registration before you waste your money with these fraudulent agencies .
Many Russian agencies lie about registration in Russia and are operated by some Russian criminals in concert with scammers in America. This illegal business does not have a US registration but receives money to a third party through PayPal in California.

Throughout the Former Soviet Union (FSU), the collapsing economic times drives some people to extremes. In the case of some women, they may decide to try and form a relationship with a Western man in order to get money, presents, travel or commit extortion. We absolutely reject scammers and hate the damage they do for the large majority of sincere women who wait and hope to find the perfect man.

When you become a member of A Best Marriage you recognize that one of the great differences between us and other agencies is that we seek to eliminate those women before they are introduced to you. Also, we are vigilant in watching for signs that one of the women may not be serious about marriage and Immigration, but instead trying to improve her life at your expense. While this is a very small problem with our agency because of our hard work in this area, we need you to be aware of the warning signs that might mean trouble ahead!

We have been in the matchmaking business since 2007 and we have come to recognize certain "red flags" as danger signals for Russian-Western relationship. In the Russian culture, a women just meeting you and
forming a written relationship If the lady or ladies you are corresponding with match any of the warning flags below, you should email us immediately so that we can investigate (if you're a member). If you're not working through our agency you should proceed with extreme caution.

1) Asking for money before they have met you in Kursk or during your stay in Kursk. This might be for any sort of emergency, illness, dentist, business idea, or school. Whatever the reason, they should NEVER and would NEVER ask you for money before they have met you if they are serious about marrying you and coming to the USA. You will also find women who want expensive gifts or for you to leave money in Kursk with them for various expenses that they foresee before they immigrate. Again this is something a serious woman would never do. This is the biggest RED FLAG. Immediately email us and DO NOT SEND MONEY under any circumstances to any lady without speaking to us about it. Less of a red flag but equally important. If you are engaged to a lady and working on your K1 visa, during this period of time do NOT get into sending money regularly to the lady. It is easy for the her and the people around her to become dependent on you for this source of cash which will create pressure on the lady to stay longer in Russia, to keep the cash flowing. Overall sending cash to Russia is a bad idea, and if it's the lady's idea it is a red flag.

If you have enrolled your lady in a language class and she is not attending or only sporadically, we can tell you from experience that she is not serious about leaving Russia. Women who are preparing for a new life are excited and study diligently. No matter what their level of skill, they are devoted to the process and happy to have the opportunity to learn English. If you are hearing in email from the lady or us that the woman is not attending, or not doing the work, it is a Red Flag.

2) If when making your preparations for a first or second visit to Kursk Russia, the lady tries to separate you from the agency, to have you bypass us - by picking you up at the airport herself, by making arrangements for your stay, etc., you should see a Red Flag. The women who do this are not thinking of saving you money, but of isolating you from our staff. Our staff is your objective link in all of this. Our staff is incredibly valuable to our men clients in helping them understand their ongoing relationship and in helping the men meet other women if the process is not working out well. Our staff will tell you the truth about each woman as they learn it and that scares the women who are dishonest. They will say almost anything to separate the men from the agency at that point. Definitely do not go along with this - contact us. If you're in Kursk, contact the office and talk to the manager.

3) If the lady suggests that you stay at a hotel out from the center of the city, or an apartment far from where she lives we are equally concerned, another Red Flag. If she is nervous about being seen with you, you must ask why, and how serious is she about a relationship with you? The normal reaction of the honest women is to be very pleased and honored to be seen with you. You are the best thing ever for her and she will show you off and introduce you to her friends and love walking in public with you.

4) If the lady is young and doesn't bring you to meet her family when you visit - this would be another Red Flag. No serious woman will have committed to engagement and marriage without bringing her family into agreement. Russians work with family consensus. In our experience if the mother is not supporting this engagement, then it is unlikely that the lady is serious.

IF you have experienced any of these five scenarios and haven't told us about them please contact us via email. We are committed to serious women and serious men.

Later Note: This is less of a Red Flag and more of a caution.
After engagement men often desire to send money to allow their future wife to quit her job, maybe to take English lessons. These men often ask us how to transfer money to their ladies. After years of doing this we can only say DON'T. While she may love you more than life itself, if you begin pushing money into her world you will create problems for yourself and your relationship. She has survived her whole life without your money and she will certainly survive for a few more months without it now.
Every woman in Russia is networked to family and friends in order to get the things they need to survive. When you put money into that system through her, it will also create a need and desire for it in the rest of her network of friends and family. Don't start that cycle. Remember, these ladies had the support of their families and friends when they made the decision to join the agency. She needs their support now as she prepares to leave her life, essentially forever. You don't want to make everyone else dependent on your monthly cash, for why would they every want her to leave then?
She'll have many, many years to make money here, so you're not denying her. There is no woman client of ours who couldn't easily handle English lessons as well as work. OK?
If you have questions on this please feel free to write us about this.
                    Sincerely Angelika

Guarantee

We guarantee that we will represent you in a fair and honest way to every woman you write. We promise to provide you with the best information that is known about every woman you write. If a woman is unavailable we will tell you. If they have left town and we can't find them, we'll tell you. We can't guarantee love, but we can guarantee that you will always get honest answers to your questions and concerns.

We promise to treat you with respect, but also to tell you when your actions will cause you to be rejected by the women you are trying to connect with. As long as you are serious about marrying one of these beautiful Kursk ladies, we will work with you to remove the barriers to your success.

If you will listen to Angelika and her staff and you are really serious about marriage, we know you will be successful. Why? Because we have so many Kursk Ladies that wish to find love and marriage and family in the United States and abroad. If you apply yourself to this process as described below, and are still not successful at the end of one year, we will offer you a free extension to your membership for six additional months. To be eligible for this free 6 month extension, please read the following information carefully.

Why do I have to write more than one woman in the beginning?
We know from our personal and professional experience that men rarely fall in love with the first woman they write. Since we want you to be successful, we need you to broaden your horizons, at least in the beginning until you are sure of which woman is meant for you.

Why Five letters per month? We also know that it is very important for both parties to communicate often. In these letters, real personalities begin to be revealed and real connections begin forming. We don't believe that process can thrive on one or two letters per month. We need you to make a commitment to communicate. That is why we expect you to write at least 5 letters minimum per month.

What is Engaged?
If you have signed your K1 visa papers, both you and your intended bride, then we consider you engaged, even if you decide not to marry. We gauge success by engagement. An engagement ends your Full Membership status. If you later reject the woman, you must apply for membership again.

Other possible reasons not to be considered for extended membership. If you stop corresponding for over 30 days we will assume your life has taken a different direction and you will not be using us.

At the end of one year, if you are pleased with your experience but haven't found that perfect connection that you're ready to commit to, you will be welcome to sign on for your 6 month extension at no additional membership fee (email, gifts and miscellaneous charges still apply.)

Why do we offer this guarantee? Because we know the ladies in Kursk are serious about family and marriage. If we can eliminate the men who are not serious during the sign up and Trial Membership, we are sure you will find what you want in this Special Russian city. We will certainly consider ourselves successful if no client ever spends more than one year in this pursuit. Why? Because that means every one of you will have found your heart's desire and started on a new life. We wish you the best.

Our Secret to Success

We have a secret, it is called matchmaking and it requires enormous dedication from a personal staff both in the USA and in Kursk. Why are we so confident that we can find the love of your life? Because right now, in this very moment that you are reading this, Angelika is working with men just like you. The staff is translating letters, and translating phone calls, interviewing new women clients, and forging the connections that lead each day to successful marriages and engagements. Do you want that success only for the men on our engaged and married pages, or would you like that happiness for you too? Don't you deserve to be happy and to be loved and to give love? Put Angelika to work for you!

It is crucial for a REAL matchmaker to keep in close touch with both men and women. In order to do that Angelika writes e-mails, talks on the phone, meets men clients in person in the US and in Kursk. She makes annual trips to Kursk where she had a chance to meet some of her men clients who are in present there at that time. She attends their engagements and gives them advice on the immigration process for their fiancées. Also she acquaints herself with the ladies who have just joined the agency.
A Best marriage is a small and private matchmaking agency where everyone knows each other. Love happens here, facilitated by our hard work, and it is possible for you to finally find your happiness with one of the most beautiful and intelligent women in the world. In this picture you can see Inna with some of the newest ladies that have joined the agency outside of our office which

 Honesty  

Here are some honest opinions you are NOT going to find on other marriage websites who are just looking for your money, singing a sweet and silly song for you about Russian women. So forgive us up front, we're going to be frank and maybe start you on the best experience of your life; finding that woman of your dreams to share the rest of your life.

1. Be honest in all ways with these women. These magnificent women are beautiful because of the quality within. Their beauty is a reflection of who they are and they are very intelligent and understanding. They will be close friends for you, but they must trust you. Don't leave anything out for "later" when you know each other better. Trust is the pivotal thing for all these women. Look at the leap of faith they must make to come to you. Give them every reason to trust you. And don't play with feelings, or to mislead these women.

Do you fear that these women are insincere, gold diggers? They are absolutely NOT - they are real, just like your mother or sister and they do not want to come here and dig themselves into a hole that the family will never get out of. Some of these women came to the Kursk office every day to get any news from a man, crying with hope that she will find them a KIND, HONEST, CARING MAN who will take care of them and their future FAMILY. These are not empty words to these women, it is the core of who a Russian woman is. IT is exactly why she cannot stay in Russia, she is driven to love, and nurture and devote herself to a family. That is simply not possible for most women in Russia today. That is why they look to you. Simply be honest with yourself and think of what you really want in 10 years, or 20 years with this woman, your wife, your best friend, the mother to your children. This, my friend, is why she is coming.

2. If you are a single father and the children live with you, don't mislead the woman you may be writing to abestmarriage, thinking they won't want a man with children. These beautiful Kursk ladies have strong positive feelings about children and will adore you more for your children. On the other hand, you will probably be happiest with a lady old enough to be able to handle children. Perhaps you might want to look at women with children who are a bit more mature rather than an 18 - 20 year old.

3. Many Russian Bride websites say it doesn't matter what you have or what you own or how old you. They say that the women are so poor in Russia that they will think any income in the US is a fortune. THIS IS NOT TRUE!

Russian women are going to have to trust you when they make the largest single leap in their lives. They love their country, their city, and their families. They are coming for you, and they are coming for their children if they have them, or for the children they will have with you. They do not want to come to be destitute. If you are barely making it in the US, the truth is that you're not a better choice than the men they could choose in Russia. At least there they have the support of their families. I'm sorry, I know these are hard words to hear, but the problems you will get into if you believe all the sweet lies of these other bride sites are worse.

If you want the quality of family life you can achieve with them; quality that is simply not part of most American relationships in the US anymore, you must provide the equivalent on your side. You must be a man and take care of the family. This means a good moderate income, some assets, at least a future. A Russian wife is not a slave, she will be a friend like nothing you have ever seen and she will help you be successful. First do your part. We believe the failures of US marriages are largely mirrored in the man and the woman. Western cultures foster an attitude of light commitments.

This is one of the main complaints we hear from Russian women about American men, that they are all passion and commitment for a very short time, and then at the first difficulty we are gone, or threatening to send them back to Russia. Russian women simply don't have a model for that experience in their life or historical culture. Family and responsibility are not subject to the weather report of your current feelings of love for your woman. Family is separate and not under attack as it so often is here. They are in for the long haul. Marriage is serious business for them.

If you're not solvent, you will not do well. So there it is, the opposite of all the lies most sites would have you believe how happy any Russian woman would be just to get a green card. They are just telling you what they think you want to hear. It's part of the same lie that says they want to marry men 35 years older than them. What we offer is a chance at a REAL relationship not a pack of lies geared to sell fantasies that will never be more than that.

Finally, there is love and romance and wonder waiting for you in Kursk Russia and there is responsibility. Angelika has made promises to these women, that's why they have trusted her to be on these pages. Angelika has promised to be careful for them.

So are you ready to start your new life today?

While we are honest, and we want to continue to find good husbands for these women and good wives for you. We must make a profit in order to continue to do that. The ladies in Kursk can't pay anything, they have nothing. So who does that leave? You!

We are absolutely upfront about costs. Yes, I admit it, I do not sell flowers at a loss. We make money on them, each and every one. We try to create a small profit in each and everything we do. We are certainly the least expensive for delivered flowers in Russia on the internet. We do the least expensive simultaneous translation (for Full Members), and we have one of the cheapest email rates on the internet.

So I want to make it clear, we are in business to make money for the hard work and long hours that we put in, and to supply the Kursk office with money to keep them going - to keep attracting quality women and making the Kursk trip a peak experience for the men who travel there. So if you don't want to take an excursion, if you can make your own way from the airports to other flights, buy your own flowers, we have no problem with that. In return I hope you can forgive us, my friends, for making $1.50 on a rose that I have to have delivered 10,000 miles away.

This doesn't mean Angelika doesn’t care about you. It means that Angelika cares not ONLY about you, but all the women still in Kursk, women who are waiting for their future husband, their children's future father, to come for them. These women need us to continue. Why? Because they had not gotten a single letter.