Women From Eastern Europe the jpoc guide to marriage with women from russia and other eastern european nations.

Women from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

If you are here, you probably know that I recently married a woman from the Russian city of St.Petersburg.

I do not intend to tell my story here or to post details of other women from Russia who wish to contact men from the West.

Rather, I am posting a few pages of advice and information on the practicalities that are involved in such a relationship.

As a result of some of my postings on the RWL, I have been asked to write about some of my experiences in the matter of visas etc and that is what I intend to use these pages for. While the first batch of information was specific to Germany, I am now adding information of a more general nature.

The information here should help you to bring your fiancee into Germany and then to marry her.

These pages will be a continuous work in progress so check back every so often. I've done the promised page on jobs to be done after the marriage and also, if you are looking here, you might be interested in my pages about living and working in Germany. See the link below for that!

The next addition here will be some material on the subject of learning English.

If you have any comments or questions, just email me.

John

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Red Tape in Europe

German Tourist Visa	How to get a German Tourist Visa for a Russian woman.
German Fiancee Visas	Is there such a thing as a German Fiancee Visa?
German Marriage Rules	How to marry in Germany
German Fiancee Invitation	How to bring your fiancee into Germany
After Marriage	Jobs to be done after the big day
Schengen	All about Schengen visas
Freedom	Freedom of movement in Western Europe
Toender	Fast marriages in Europe
Right of Residence	Your wife's right of permanent residence in the EU
Right of Return	The EU protects your rights when you return home with your new dependants.
Poland	Does a Ukraine national need a visa for Poland?

Letter writing

Your first letter	How to write a good first letter.
Addressing Letters	Cyrillic or Latin Script?
IRCs	All about International Reply Coupons
Cash in the post	It's illegal!
Time for Post	How long does it take the post to arrive?
Gifts in the post	Some notes about sending gifts in the post.
What to send?	Now that you know how to send things, what should you choose to send to your sweetie?
Response rates	What proportion of the women to whom you write will reply?
Writing style	Advice on writing to non-native English speakers

Other topics

Agencies	Something about the agencies in the process.
Sex	What should you Expect on your first visit?
Sending Money	All of the different ways to send money to Russia and similar countries
Schiphol	Flight transfers in mainland Europe's biggest hub
Danger!	Is Russia a dangerous place to visit?
Must you go?	Is it necessary to visit Russia?
Is it real?	Is the whole Russian Women thing a myth or reality?
Are they different?	Are Russian Women somehow not like Western women?

Tricks and scams

Agency Tricks	Some notes on the tricks and scams run by some agencies.
Women's Tricks	Some notes on the tricks and scams tried by some women.

When there are children as well

Taking a child	What if your fiancee has a child who will come too?
Fathers	The child's natural father has rights too.

My other links

Home	Back to my home page
Reviews	See what I read, listen to etc
Germany	All about living and working in Germany
Mixed Matches by Joel Crohn	A review of a book on the subject of cross cultural relationships

John O'Connor
jpoc@jpoc.org
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Policies and adding links

The information here is all copyright (c) John O'Connor 1999 & 2000. You can link to it but you may not copy it onto your own site.

If you would like me to add a link to your site, please email me and we can discuss. I will not link directly the personal pages of women. I am happy to link to sites that maintain a list of agencies though. Just ask!