Encounters International welcomes gentlemen who wish to meet and marry our bright and beautiful, traditional and intellectually stimulating Russian ladies. Our reputation for representing only the finest gentlemen is well known with the Russian and Ukrainian women! Most of our clients are American men. However, it is not necessary for you to be an American or to reside in America to become part of Encounters International family of clients. Just as love and respect do not know about borders, Encounters International is truly the company without borders.

First, look over our Success Guarantee. This is perhaps the most unique guarantee in the industry. If you are considering other agencies, be sure to ask about their guarantees and then compare it to Encounters International.

The Encounters International Success Guarantee..

• We GUARANTEE that you will be engaged to the woman of your dreams within one (1) year of the initial date of your membership contract. If you are not engaged within this period, Encounters International will refund your membership fee.

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Here is the process for joining Encounters International.

Take a very deep breath. As an Encounters International client, you are about to embark on a exciting and fulfilling quest. This is going to require a commitment of your time, mind, and heart.

1. Download, review and print the Membership Agreement, sign it, and return it to Encounters International either by fax 301-789-2508 or by mail. The address is: 14003 Cove Lane 303, Rockville, MD 20851
   
   
2. Your check or money order for membership in the amount of $1,850, (plus your petty cash account funds) payable to Encounters International. For your convenience and immediate access to the database you can use our secure credit card transaction service. It will allow you to create your own user ID and your password . Also you can pay by check on-line.
   
   
3. Complete Encounters International Member profile in the Members Only area. Enter basic information about yourself. Tell us about the lady of your dreams. Your password protected profile will become available for the Russian ladies-EI members to review.
   
   
4. Provide us with two or more recent photographs of yourself. You may first scan and e-mail them to us at natasha@encount.com. .Alternatively, you may mail us hard copies of your photographs. In addition to your online profile we'll create your portfolio of glossy pictures and your profile translated into Russian. We will display your portfolio in Moscow, Kiev and Yaroslavl offices for the incoming ladies to view. Russian ladies locally and overseas are going to form their first impression of you looking at your portfolio.

Usually between $50 and $100 is sufficient to establish your petty cash account. There is a minimal distribution fee for incoming response letters that you receive from the women represented by Encounters International. In order to allow for timely forwarding these letters to you, an account is established and debited as needed. It can be used also to order flowers and small presents (like a box of chocolate or a bottle of champagne) on special occasions. We provide complete online accountability of this account and notify you when your funds are low.

We look forward to providing our high quality services to those gentlemen who refuse to settle for second best.

That's all there is to it! You are now a client and member of Encounters International, the best marriage agency available. Now that you are a member, you are entitled to the following services and benefits.

Your "user id" and "password" will allow you full and immediate access to the Encounters International Members Only area. Among the features available to you as a member are:

• Database of over 450 screened and personally interviewed women clients between 18 and 40+ years old. The on-line database contains the following:
• Search capability that allows you to view those ladies that meet the criteria most important to you, including ladies who have recently joined Encounters International.
• Up to six (6) high quality photographs of each woman, including portrait and full body poses. There is no nudity in our database or albums!
• Concise biographical profile information on each lady, including the type and age range of the man she is interested in meeting.
• E-mail capability that allows you to instantly contact the ladies that you are interested in.
• Managing your petty cash account on-line that allows you to view the record of all your incoming correspondence from the ladies that you selected, from overseas EI office managers and from the ladies who chose you to write to
• View favorites area of the database allows you quick and easy access the profiles of the ladies that you selected as your "favorites" without having to search the entire database. You can select and delete a lady from your favorites list while viewing her detailed profile Gift shop allows you to purchase flowers, champagne, chocolates, perfumes and other gifts for your lady in Moscow or Kiev. EI Moscow and Kiev managers will personally deliver your order and message according to your instructions. Therefore we have the lowest flowers and gifts prices on the Internet.

Of course, this database is available around the clock to assist you in finding the Russian woman of you dreams. Our database is immediately updated as new women come to join at our international and local offices. On average we accept one lady per day and therefore we have to remove one lady per day also in order to keep the same manageable number of ladies in the entire database.

• You select any number of women that you believe meet your criteria. We recommend that you limit your initial efforts to ten (10) or twelve (12) ladies. This will ensure that you have enough time to continue meaningful correspondence with them. Next, you contact Encounters International to discuss the women you have selected. We offer our invaluable insights and information about each lady. As you know, we have interviewed and carefully screened each woman represented by Encounters International. We know if she is currently corresponding with other clients or not, how motivated she is and what history of relationships she has had. This information will help you finalize the list of ladies you want to contact and will save you time
• You can begin e-mailing your letters to the ladies directly from the database by pressing the E-MAIL button at the bottom of the lady's detailed profile. All your outgoing e-mail letters are free of charge. The ladies represented by Encounters International do not pay fees to be our clients nor do they pay for their letters to be scanned and transmitted to you. Therefore, all response letters from the ladies that you have contacted first are forwarded to you directly from Moscow or Kiev by e-mail at a distribution fee of $3.50 per letter received with $2.00 surcharge per every additional scanned page. Note, that many women in Russia and Ukraine do not own a computer and have to write their letters by hand. We scan the original hand written letters in GIF or JPG formats and send them as attachment files. Although that involves a larger work load for EI Moscow and Kiev offices, never the less, preserving the authentic look and spirit of the responses adds to the quality of the communication and eliminates any doubts of scams so common in international matchmaking.

• When you are ready to travel to Moscow or Kiev to meet your special ladies, Encounters International will arrange a low cost individual tour and travel, if desired. While you are in Moscow or Kiev, we will help you with a variety of on the ground services, unique to Encounters International. No two clients are the same. Therefore, our services are customized to your exact needs. You may meet as many or as few women as you desire while under the care of our Moscow and Kiev offices.
• Other services and special assistance are available as you need them. If you have a particular woman in mind and you purchased her address from any of the numerous catalogs but never received a response, Encounters International will help you find out her status and facilitate your communication. We will even arrange hers and your travel to meet each other in a convenient place such as Moscow or Kiev. Individual attention is what makes Encounters International stand out above the other agencies. If you have special needs, we can even conduct an individual search for women that meet these needs.

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Regardless of whether you are a member or not, if you wish to speak to a real person at Encounters International, just give us a call. Natasha Spivack is available to talk about your particular situation or to provide advice with American-Russian relationships and cross-cultural communications. Obviously, time and resources are limited to allow priority service to our existing clients. Natasha can be reached in Bethesda, Maryland at 301/530-7759

Still skeptical? Or unconvinced that Encounters International represents your best way to meet and marry the woman of your dreams? Read what our successful engaged and married clients have to say about Encounters International. No matter what your personal situation is among diverse family of EI couples you will find somebody who had experienced the same and will be happy to encourage you. And always research and compare to feel comfortable about the investment you will have to make. Learn from other EI clients and ask questions. If you are still skeptical become a "Get to Know Us" member or make a trip to EI Bethesda, MD office and talk to our couples and single men and women clients at our monthly Saturday Club socials.