Q. 1     I cannot login with my username and password. What am I doing wrong?

Q. 2     How do I add / delete photos?

Q. 3     I have forgotten my password. Can you send it to me?

Q. 4     How do I edit my profile?

Q. 5     Could you please explain the Account Settings feature?

Q. 6     What do I do if I suspect someone is a con-artist or scammer?

Q. 7     How do I deactivate / delete my profile?

Q. 8     My account is inactive. I would like to Reactivate it now. How do I do that?

Q. 9     What is the Favorites area for?

Q. 10   I never got My Activation Email after I finished Registration. What's the deal?

Q. 11   When I click on My Matches how are you determining these matches for me?

Q. 12   I entered my date of birth incorrectly by accident when registering, how can I change it?

Q. 13   I have moved to a different country, how can I update my new location?

Q. 14   I am applying for a visa, I-129F Petition for Alien Fianc�(e), and I need to prove BDFF is not a marriage broker site.

Frequently Asked Questions:

If you cannot login with your username and password, please first recheck your username and password for Black Dating For Free. Many times we have so many usernames and passwords around the internet that we sometimes confuse one sites username/password with another.

If you are certain this is your username and password, make sure that you have typed in the right case for each letter. If you used a capital A in your username and you accidentally type in a lowercase a, you wont be able to login.

Finally, if everything is correct, Click HERE to go to a page that will allow you to enter your email address and we will resend your username and password to you.

If nothing checks out even after all this, your account may have been deleted by Black Dating For Free. The reasons for being deleted are:

• You must be 18 or over to use Black Dating For Free
  
  


• You have used inappropriate language in your profile or communications with others
  
  


• You have uploaded inappropriate images in your profile or in messages to others
  
  


• You have been identified as someone who is trying to take advantage of the BDFF Community
  
  


• You have tried to sell things to members or tried to promote your website/product
  
  


• We have received multiple complaints/negative reports about you and your behavior
  
  


• You have been identified as a spammer, con-artist or escort

If you have been erroneously identified as any of the above by our screening process we sincerely apologize and welcome you to re-register. We just want to err on the side of caution and protect our Black Dating Community the best we can. There are a lot of troublemakers out there on the internet.

You can upload up to 8 photos to your profile. They each need to be larger than 400 x 400px and are in a JPG, BMP or GIF format.

To add or delete photos on your profile click on the �My Photos� button. To add click on the �Browse� button and select your photo.

You have the option for your photo to �Show on Profile� or �Private Image�. �Show on Profile� will allow everyone that sees your profile to see this image. �Private Image� keeps your photo hidden from your profile but you will have the option to add it to a Private Message, making it only visible to those that you choose to send it to.

Choose which photo you would like to be your �Main Image�. This is the image that everyone will see when they do a search and find your profile. When they click on the profile they will see the other images you put on there.

To delete your photo click on "Delete Image" that is next to the photo you would like to remove.�

Sure no problem. With all those passwords, usernames and combinations we have these days its easy to forget sometimes. Just click HERE and you will be taken to a page that will ask you for your email address. Enter it and press submit and your username/password will be instantly emailed to you.

In order to edit your profile, first you need to be logged in. Login using your username and password then you will see a button at the top, around the middle of the page. It reads Edit Profile. Click on that button. On this Edit Profile page you will find all of the things you filled in when you first registered. If you want to change anything, change it here then go to the bottom of the page and click on the Submit Button.

�Account Settings� lets you filter who can contact you and manage your email notifications.

You can customize your settings so that ONLY certain people can contact you. For example, if you don't want someone that smokes to contact you, click on the �Smoke� box which will block anyone that smokes from contacting you. If you only want Men between the ages of 45 to 55 to be able to contact you simply choose the numbers �45� and �55� in the �Age Between� boxes.

What you choose here will combine with the information on your Profile in order to find out what people are the right matches for you and create your "My Matches".

In your "Account Settings" you will also find the options to choose if you would like to be notified when someone has sent you a Private Message, Wink or has added you to their Favorites list.

There are plenty of lousy people out there that try to exploit the generosity and kindness of others. We think this is the lowest kind of betrayal and guard our Black Dating For Free registered members as best we can. However, we cannot keep all of these nuisances out all of the time.

If you suspect that someone is trying to con you or someone else, if someone has asked you to send money, if someone is trying to sell you something or promote a product or a website, we encourage you to CONTACT US and let us know. We want to minimize this kind of intrusion to our Community and appreciate any tips we get from our members.

Let us know their Username and what their words/actions were that you feel were a violation of our terms and conditions when you submit your comments.

If you just want to DEACTIVATE your account- perhaps you met someone special and want to see how it works out or maybe you're just not in the right place to be dating right now, please CLICK HERE to go to the account deactivation page. You will be able to re-activate your profile at any time.



If you want to delete your account, we sincerely hope that you enjoyed your experience here on Black Dating For Free. If you do not wish to remain part of the Community please click HERE to go to the account termination page.

Welcome back to BDFF! In order to reactivate your account, please CLICK HERE and enter your member information. Your account will be reactivated immediately.

When you are spending time on Black Dating For Free you will see quite a few personal profiles. As you look at these personal profiles you may find some that interest you more than others.

If you would like to make a record of these Favorite profiles and keep them in a list to see later, go to a profile and look a the top right of the profile page. At the top right of each personal profile you will see a button that says Add to Favorites.

Click on this button and the members profile will automatically be added to your Favorites.

You went through the registration process and now you can�t login because you were never sent your activation email. We really appreciate you signing up and love that you are excited and ready to get started.

Here are some possible scenarios why you have not received your activation email: -You did not get entirely through the registration process- In order to get the activation email sent to you, you must get to the final page that notifies you that you are successfully registered and that you should check your email. -The email address you registered with is not the same one you are checking. -The email address is a yahoo or other free email address- sometimes these email servers take up to an hour or two to receive mail depending on the server load. Your activation email should be in your inbox instantly or within a few minutes but these hour or two long delays have been known to happen. -You have actually received your activation email but it has been delivered to your spam folder. Please check your spam folder to see if it went there. Sometimes this folder is called the �Junk Folder� or �Bulk Folder�. PLEASE BE SURE TO ADD THIS EMAIL ADDRESS TO YOUR ADDRESS BOOK SO THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE FUTURE DELIVERY PROBLEMS: [email protected] -You have not received your email because it never got through to you (for one reason or another- Yahoo, MSN, AOL and others can make it difficult sometimes but they are just trying to make it harder for spammers to get through to you, we can appreciate that). If this is the case, Please CLICK HERE and enter your email address in order to have a very basic version of the activation email sent to you.

Well, we are consistently working on this feature and trying to make it better all the time. When you click on My Matches you will see some profiles that we think would be good for you based on a few things: your desired age range AND the other person's desired age range, your location and other factors.

If you have set your preferred age range as 28 and 42 then you will see profiles of people in this age range- but ONLY those who desire YOUR age.

In other words, we determine your matches based on what you have told us in your Account Settings. To change that age range go to "Account Settings".

Also keep in mind that, if you have a saved search in "Advanced Search", we use the criteria that you saved to help us determine your matches as well!

If you have entered your date of birth incorrectly while registering please email us at [email protected] with the correct date of birth for a onetime update.

If you moved to a different country please email us at [email protected] with your new country, city, state/province and postal code (if it applies) and we will be happy to update your account for you.

When answering question 35 on the Petition for Alien Fianc�(e): Did you meet your fianc�(e) or spouse through the services of an international marriage broker? You will answer No.

BlackDatingForFree.com is NOT an international marriage broker site. We are a free dating site that does not ask for payment information to be a member or use our general sites features.

The I-129F instructions, page 2, Requirements and Documents states:

The term �international marriage broker� means a corporation, partnership, business, individual, or other legal entity, whether or not organized under any law of the United States, that charges fees for providing dating, matrimonial, matchmaking services, or social referrals between United States citizens or nationals or aliens lawfully admitted to the United States as lawful permanent residents and foreign national clients.

http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-129finstr.pdf

If you still need additional documentation we can email a statement to you. Please send a request to [email protected]. Subject line: Statement Request For Visa Application. In the body of the email you will need to provide you and your fianc� first and last names and both of your BDFF usernames.