Dora Calderon, a housekeeper for successful Los Angeles architect Peter Farrell, receives a letter from immigration threatening her with deportation. After exhausting all other possibilities (and after prodding from his two children), Peter marries Dora so she may remain in the country.

We don't have an overview translated in English. Help us expand our database by adding one.

We don't have an overview translated in English. Help us expand our database by adding one.

Taking a suggestion from his coworkers and boss, Peter decides to prepare a will. He runs into trouble when he decides to leave custody of his children to his flighty sister-in-law Janine instead of his ""wife"" Dora.

We don't have an overview translated in English. Help us expand our database by adding one.

Dora is treated to dinner for her first birthday as a ""legal"" American citizen. When they return home, she receives a call from the Department of Immigration with the news that she and Peter must be interviewed to prove their marriage is valid. After exchanging information about each other, Peter and Dora go to the immigration office, only to find that they will be interviewed separately.

Peter goes on his first ""date"" since his marriage to Dora with an attractive client. The date turns out to be a disaster, with Dora running interference throughout the dinner and then Peter finally realizing that he cannot cheat on the institute of marriage.