Is it safe to choose a foreign bride? How is it done? When you decide to choose one, which one should you choose? Russian, Chinese, Vietnamese or Indians? Here are some tips to help you!

GETTING STARTED

• Try to remain anonymous to other users until you feel ready to provide contact information to other users.

• Never include your personal contact information in your profile, especially telephone numbers, email, home address or your last name. Normally foreign and singles dating sites have a separate optional form to add this information to make it viewable to specified users. Only provide your contact info to another user when your instincts tell you this is someone you can trust.

• Set up an email account just for online dating usage. This makes it easy to quarantine any unwanted mail. Keep your passwords confidential and make sure they are not easy to guess.

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HOW TO AVOID PROBLEMS

• Ask a lot of questions when communicating and be alert for inconsistencies or requests for money. Make notes if you are suspicious of anything.

• If you are suspicious of a person or if someone asks you for money, use common sense and then report the situation to the foreign brides website. This is simply most websites do not validate the identity of a member or the information that they submit on a profile. Just imagine if you are on Myspace or Friendster, which has more than 10 million users, it will be very difficult to validate each updates on someone's profiles.

• Although they may take steps to eliminate any suspect members, it is not possible to be 100% sure that all members will be honest and truthful in their dealings with other members. Be alert and use common sense when communicating with other members. NEVER send money to anyone who you met online, but have not yet met in person.

BEFORE YOU MEET

• Find out as much as possible about the person you are communicating with before you meet them in person.

• Communicate extensively using email, instant messaging or chat prior to calling the other person. Do not disclose your phone number or personal contact information until you feel comfortable to do so.

• Try to request multiple photos of the person you are communicating with. Ask to see photos of the person in a variety of situations at at different times in their life. This helps to 'paint a picture' of the person and can be useful to understand more about that person. When you do decide to meet face to face, pick a public place and tell a friend where you're going. Let them know when you return from the date.

BEFORE YOU BECOME ENGAGED

• Before you get engaged, take the time to consider what could go wrong and know your rights. A pre-nup normally is necessary. Check their medical background if necessary.

• Getting married is one of the most important decisions in your life and not something that should be rushed.

• Make sure that you know as much as possible about your partner before getting engaged. Get to know your partner's friends and family, in some countries when you marry someone you also "marry" their family.

• If you are getting engaged to someone from another country then you should take additional steps to familiarize yourself with your rights regarding domestic violence, abuse and divorce in your partners country. Many countries including the USA, Australia etc have laws that protect the visa status of foreign women who are unfortunate to marry or become engaged to an abusive or violent partner.

• This means that you can usually seek help for problems related to domestic violence while maintaining your legal right to remain in the country. In the event of divorce courts in many countries such as the USA, UK, Australia etc will consider the equitable distribution of all marital assets based on a variety of factors. You should therefore consider how you may be affected in the event of divorce.