This is for the best.

I hate the portrayal of the U.S. immigration process on television and in movies

I’m watching last week’s House and there are SO many inaccuracies. There’s no point in detailing them, but in my experience:

• DHS does not do house visits
• The interview only comes at the green card stage: there’s a legal permanent resident stage before that
• The process before you get to the interview part is about 4 years, if you’re lucky,
• They do more fingerprinting than investigating
• Even if you get divorced, you can still get legal permanent residency and a green card AND citizenship
• In the interview, they BARELY look at your records other than your marriage certificate,   your government papers, and any official documents (like house ownership or joint rental agreement)
• If you get caught committing fraud, they do not mess around with that shit. You go to detainment and then EVENTUALLY plead your case to a judge.

It’s not the romantic adventure TV makes it out to be. However, I have to admit, the actual citizenship ceremony was lovely and everything I’d imagined it would be. So there’s that.