Never sponsor a Green Card without one.
Minimize risk. Sponsor with confidence.
What is the Immigration Prenup™?
Codias Law pioneered the Immigration Prenup™ to minimize risk to Sponsors and strengthen applications by serving as substantive evidence of a _bona fid_e marriage.
THE PROBLEM
Sponsors face substantial risks and indefinite liability.
RISK #1
Financial Liability
Sponsors are legally obligated to financially support an immigrant, even after a divorce. In some cases, this liability can last forever, reaching hundreds of thousands of dollars.
RISK #2
False Accusations
Immigrants can falsely accuse Sponsors of physical or mental abuse to qualify for immigration benefits, particularly if the marriage sours. These accusations can destroy lives and careers.
RISK #3
Biased Representation
Traditional immigration attorneys may prioritize the interests of immigrants over sponsors in violation of their ethical duties. Sponsors should always seek independent legal advice before filing.
RISK #4
Secret agendas
Sponsors often cannot access information that is relevant to their sponsorship, including representations made by immigrants before USCIS. Traditional immigration attorneys may even help block access.
EXAMPLE
Sponsors can be liable for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Let’s assume you sponsored an immigrant and the marriage dissolves. Rather than get a job, the immigrant sues you in state or federal court to enforce I-864 obligations.
Over 15 years, you’d pay the immigrant $293,437. If the immigrant had two children, you’d be liable for $499,687. Keep in mind, this is your federal liability and may not account for any state-based obligations.
Note: These are modest projections that rely on 2025 poverty guidelines, without accounting for annual increases.
THE SOLUTION
Protect yourself with an Immigration Prenup™
BENEFIT #1
Clear Expectations
The Immigration Prenup™ clarifies expectations of both the Sponsor and intending immigrant. These expectations are in writing and are submitted in the form of representations made to USCIS.
BENEFIT #2
Manage Risks
The Immigration Prenup™ helps Sponsors manage unknown risks in the face of an immigration system that favors foreign nationals and offers little protection against fraud and false accusations.
BENEFIT #3
Strengthen Evidence
The Immigration Prenup™ can strengthen spousal-based Green Card applications by including representations that serve as substantive evidence of a bona fide marriage before immigration officials.
BENEFIT #4
Equal Access
The Immigration Prenup™ helps ensure that Sponsors and Beneficiaries have equal access to information and can verify representations made by either party to immigration officials.
BENEFIT #5
Conflict Avoidance
The Immigration Prenup™ identifies contingency plans in advance of any martial dissolution which helps reduce conflict and costly disputes in the future as it pertains to I-864 obligations.
BENEFIT #6
Fraud Prevention
The Immigration Prenup™ provides U.S. immigration officials with greater assurance that an intending immigrant is not attempting to defraud a fellow citizen or the U.S. Government.
ORIGINS
How the Immigration Prenup™ came to be.
Codias Law began as a law firm exclusively focused on representing victims of immigration fraud. In this role, we helped, and continue to help, U.S. citizens respond to incidents of immigration fraud, including marriage fraud.
Through years of experience, our firm has identified common schemes and techniques used by foreign nationals and their immigration attorneys for perpetrating marriage fraud, and other forms of benefit fraud, in violation of federal law.
Based on our experience, we developed and refined concepts for not only responding to fraud, but also helping clients to deter and prevent fraud from occurring in the first place.
The Immigration Prenup™ is the culmination of some of our work and is built to give U.S. citizens robust protection as they simultaneously protect their interests in the Green Card process and strengthen evidence of a bona fide marriage before U.S. immigration officials.
