[peelle]

I wanted to address your marriage comments. First off I do not think people should get married unless they are in love. Marrying for citizenship is terrible in my opinion. Also, below is just my experience. It may not be the norm.

I'm American, born and raised with an immigrant wife(from Asia). When we went into DHS for our interview, we thought "Tons of pictures." == "evidence of love". We were wrong. The interviewer didn't want to see the pictures. She wanted to see our joint property, bank accounts, and utility bills.

The following are guesses on my part. I believe pictures are useless because you can produce a lot in several settings very quickly, and pictures can be doctored. Most importantly if pictures are trusted, they are only a testament to the past, not the present or future.