The article is about a person born and raised in Finland, who lived in Berlin, went to NYC to study in Columbia University, and who can afford to pay $8000 in l

The article is about a person born and raised in Finland, who lived in Berlin, went to NYC to study in Columbia University, and who can afford to pay $8000 in legal fees and months of paperwork to get an O1 visa. With such a background such a person should be given at least the benefit of the doubt. "Deceiving" marriages, sham marriages or other 'mail-order' brides services are unfortunately a thing, but to say that it has become the rule for relationships between Americans and non-Americans is a naive shortcut and is certainly untrue.