How old are you? If you were born and grew up in oversea you can't find your lover in oversea that means somthing wrong with you, it doesn't matter you are guy or lady.
I went back to laos and got me a Beautiful wife. It was a pleasure of me to get a wife from my homeland Country. Some people got it and lose it, so it's really depends. If you take a good care of her and look and choose the right person who is really match with your type. So it doesn't really matter, whether she is a new comer or older stayed. Once you have her here, you must take a very good care of her and DON'T spoil on her too much. Chance to lose for another guy will be less.
Regarding to all the paper works, it really depends. If you met the greedy people "UNDERTABLE" is needed. Why? Nowaday everything is money talks. Notice: if you are an ugly man and try to married one of those hot and sexy SAO VIENTIANE, Come on? You will know What is up?? AMIGO! I met many of poo sao laos they are very sexy and young, away better than Poo sao Thai. Sao lao are some of them were Mixed up with Chinese or Vietnamese. They very modernized compare to before.
I got my beautiful wife ( 18 young ) from Laos without run any paper works over in Laos, I did different way from the others. I gave money to her for paying travel agent in Vientiane for her traveling to the States. After she got to the States then I applied for marry license at the court. After we married and got our marry certificate I start to apply for her S.S. numbers, her permanent resident. Try this way save money more than the other way.