Response to lookinover

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Aug 1, 2010 at 19:01

To answer your first question----It depends. Each state has their own specific laws regarding divorce, but yes, you could be responsible for him up to 10 years.

I'm going to use this site (New York State) as an example for this post

Let me first clarify that I think you are most definately getting in over your head. People who run scams like this get caught, charged and successfully prosecuted. My guess is that his "sister" is part of a larger ring of immigration scammers. Immigration fraud is nothing to sneeze, and you are looking fines and jail time for it.

If you do not keep with the responsibility you signed for in the affidavit, then the USCIS can sue you for the money owed.

Divorcing an immigrant spouse is a lot of work, and as the site puts, does not excuse you from financial liability.

The other thing you have to keep in mind is that with this new Arizona immigration law that's all the buzz, you can bet that there will be more crackdowns.

From your post, it seems like you really are in need of some money. There are better ways to get it and I think that the perceived value you have on this $10K will quickly go away once you get caught, and trust me, if you have to come on here and ask these kinds of questions, you will definately get caught.

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