Basic Trope: A marriage was primarily conducted to allow one party to legally immigrate to their country of residence.
- Straight: American Laura marries Mexican Gabriel not because they love each other, but because Gabriel urgently needs to become a citizen of the US.
- Exaggerated: Laura is a Serial Spouse who has married several foreign friends so they can move to the US.
- Downplayed: Laura and Gabriel are already in a relationship, but decide to marry quickly when visa issues for Gabriel arise.
- Justified: ???
- Inverted: ???
- Subverted: Laura's parents, upon hearing of her sudden marriage to a foreigner, assumes he did it to get a green card. Upon meeting Gabriel, however, they are surprised to see that they truly love each other.
- Double Subverted: After meeting Laura's parents, Laura and Gabriel pat each other on the back for successfully fooling her family. He really did marry her to gain a green card.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: It is deliberately ambiguous whether Laura and Gabriel's marriage is genuine.
- Averted: ???
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: After hearing of Gabriel's visa troubles, Laura offers to platonically marry him. However, Gabriel refuses as he wants to marry someone he loves and come by his citizenship honestly.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
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