<div dir="ltr"><div>Thank you, Mark, I will pass that along. However, from what I am told, she does not intend to become a US citizen and they intend to remain residents of the Philippines. I'm wondering if location of the legal marriage makes a difference as well. </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><font size="4">Kira M. Rubel, Esq.</font></span></i></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><font size="2">*Licensed in CA and WA</font></span></i></p>

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<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></p></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM Mark McClure <<a href="mailto:mark@mcclurelawgroup.com">mark@mcclurelawgroup.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg4278410225812813323"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_4278410225812813323WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">He will have to sign an affidavit of support and be on the hook for her until the sponsored immigrant becomes a U.S. citizen, accumulates 40 qualifying quarters of work (usually 10 years), permanently leaves the U.S., or either the sponsor or the sponsored individual dies.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The idea of protecting your assets from an immigrant wife (unless they are very, very substantial) is unlikely to be enforced, at least from the responsibilities related to sponsoring her.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(76,118,162)">Mark C. McClure</span></b><b><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(76,118,162)"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(76,118,162)">| </span></b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(76,118,162)">Managing Attorney <br></span></i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:navy">Law Office of Mark McClure, PS<b> <br></b><i>"Why Retire With Debt?"<br></i>1103 West Meeker Street, #101<br>Kent, WA 98032</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:navy">Office:  253.631.6484 (Leave Msg - Will be returned within 24 hours)<br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,51,153)">Email: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:purple"><a href="mailto:Mark@McClureLawGroup.com" title="mailto:Mark@McClureLawGroup.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">Mark@McClureLawGroup.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,51,153)"><br>Web: <a href="http://www.mcclurelawgroup.com/" title="http://www.mcclurelawgroup.com/" target="_blank">www.McClureLawGroup.com</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Notice of Unavailability:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:red"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:red">June 26, 2025 – June 30, 2025</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:red">November 27, 2026 – November 30, 2026</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:red">August 12, 2025 – August 25, 2025</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(192,80,77)">**NOTE** All visits must be scheduled in advance for access to the building.  Call </span></b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(192,80,77)">253-631-6484 <b> to schedule.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:navy">CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:navy"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background:rgb(242,243,245)">This email contains legal stuff. If you are not the intended recipient you could get into a lot of trouble if you read it, and even more trouble if you tell someone else about it. So, the best thing to do is ignore it and forget you ever saw it. Thank you.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:navy"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;bord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