However, when you bring the wife, you'll also be financially responsible for the k*d in the eyes of the U.S. government for five years or until they are both U.S. citizens (if I remember right). Here are the ways you can get out of the responsibility once you become an immigrant sponsor:
1. The immigrant becomes a US citizen
2. The immigrant legally works for 10 years (40 quarters)
3. The immigrant turns in their green card and leaves the US
4. The immigrant dies (naturally
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5. The immigrant gets deported
You forgot one
The Sponser dies
Maybe not...the sponsor's estate could be responsible in case of an untimely death.
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Well if you are still married there would be spousal rights to the estate by estate laws, but in the case of divorce the sponsor would only be obligated to those debts that already currently due to the recipient. The above mentioned are your release of obligation from the I-864 which you signed as a sponsor. Divorce "DOES NOT" release your responsibility, nor if your ex spouse get's married are you relieved of your obligations. Just for clarity obligations in this conversation is if the sponsored decides to become a burden of the state and go on Welfare or various other forms of public assistance. The U.S. Government has the right to recoup these expenses from the sponsor.
So if I were to die today, and my ex goes on public assistance tomorrow, my estate would NOT be obligated.
As I mentioned before if there were any Ch*ld support payments or alimony payments that were in arrears my estate would be responsible for those. My estate would be relieved of any additional Ch*ld support obligations from the date of my death,(my Ch*ld is the sole recipient of my living trust) but the 35+ years I've paid in to Social Security would be available for support of the Ch*ld per the Social Security Administration rules. Now granted I've went off on a bit of a tangent here, but be "WARNED" even the best of girls in their country with no concepts or intentions of ever becoming a (cunt, puta, pizda, or whatever the word of their language is) can and will learn the system and how it is stacked against you and how to use it against you even if you are Sir Alfred Nick Longfellow III riding a brilliant white noble steed or "Captain Save a Ho" if the feel they need to. They may not use it but they may slap that carrot in your face. So the moral of the story, no matter how good things may be, how good either of your intentions are, no matter how great of a person either or both of you may be, totally unforeseeable chit happens in life the can revive a long dead cold war. So thing long and hard before you sign that affidavit of support.
As to those that previously said, you want her here bring her illegally, or your guardian angle may have actually been looking out for you, might have seemed like shallow are off the cuff comments might have been spoken by ones that are much wiser than I.