I have thought about making the kind of joke you are making but I am female in a 98% male forum and I think it would be put me at risk of being taken seriously and getting unwanted emails. Besides, my post-divorce relationship history has been dominated by foreigners so I would hate for such a joke to come back to bite me should I, in fact, happen to marry a foreigner. I would hate for such a joke to get turned up by immigration and used as evidence that it was merely a green card marriage.
In all seriousness, I always find these discussions about immigration baffling in part because my dad was career military and so was my ex husband, so I have known a great many people who immigrated to the US by marrying a soldier (mostly foreign women marrying American men). In some cases, there was a lot of paperwork and all that, so it wasn't always smooth and easy. But I have spent most of my life surrounded by immigrants who never dealt with the types of immigration issues that routinely get discussed on HN. I know someone who wants to immigrate and I find myself frustrated with not knowing how to help them because this type of immigration is so alien to my life experience and I just don't know where to begin. Some part of my brain cannot comprehend why on earth this should be so hard. It so doesn't jibe with my personal experiences.
In all seriousness, I always find these discussions about immigration baffling in part because my dad was career military and so was my ex husband, so I have known a great many people who immigrated to the US by marrying a soldier (mostly foreign women marrying American men). In some cases, there was a lot of paperwork and all that, so it wasn't always smooth and easy. But I have spent most of my life surrounded by immigrants who never dealt with the types of immigration issues that routinely get discussed on HN. I know someone who wants to immigrate and I find myself frustrated with not knowing how to help them because this type of immigration is so alien to my life experience and I just don't know where to begin. Some part of my brain cannot comprehend why on earth this should be so hard. It so doesn't jibe with my personal experiences.