The Proposal is a 2009 American romantic comedy film. The plot centers on a Canadian executive who learns that she may face deportation from the U.S. because her visa renewal application was denied. Determined to retain her position as editor-in-chief of a publishing house, she convinces her long-suffering personal assistant to temporarily act as her fiancé. It transpires 'Margaret Tate's' parents died when she was 16, and she is portrayed as unable to have romantic relationships.