An American man seeking a international bride can find different services in which a foreign bride will advertise for
husbands. There are two types of such services. In one type, the international marriage agency representatives of the industry
prefer the term international correspondence service, women's names, photos, and addresses are presented in hard
copy brochures or on the internet. In these international marriage, the agency provides the photos and descriptions of the
asian bride, who are not charged for this listing. Single men who wish to obtain the mailing address of any of the russian
bride they would like to contact are charged a fee. The other way to contact
latin bride is through email or penpal clubs. These dating agency services are generally free of charge. In them, foreign singles
provide biographical data, an email address, and an indication of what type of relationship they seek. In these clubs,
one can find
international women seeking marriage or long term relationships. Since these services require access to computers, the single women tend to be
older and better educated than those listed in the mail order bride sites, and to reside in more developed countries.
Latin marriage agencies provides a list both types of these agencies and clubs. The foreign women are obtained through advertisements in local
newspapers and popular women's magazines and, most commonly through word of mouth. Based on a scanning of the services
listed and information provided by the marriage agencies themselves, we may estimate that foreign women from a variety
of countries annually advertise themselves as available for latin marriage agencies. The great majority of these women are
from two major areas Asia and Russia and other countries of Latin America.
