US Immigration from Ecuador

Hi everyone,

I have a question about how I filled out the employment section in my K-1 visa application, and I d really appreciate any insights.

I ve been working remotely for a U.S. company as a contractor for the past four years, but I live in Ecuador with my parents.

I met my fianc in 2023, and we ve been visiting each other since late 2023. On my last trip to the U.S. in December, CBP warned me that I was visiting too frequently on a tourist visa and shortened my "admit until" date.

Since I didn t want USCIS to mistakenly assume I was working in the U.S. while visiting my fianc (which was not the case), I decided not to include my employer s U.S. address in the I-129F form.

Instead, I listed my occupation as Freelancer with my home address in Ecuador and provided my job details as:

• Full Name of Employer: Freelancer
• Employer Address: My home address in Ecuador
• Occupation: Freelancer - Data & Reports
• Employment Dates: 2021 - Present

I ve heard that USCIS mainly focuses on the petitioner s financial ability rather than the beneficiary s employment details. Given how I filled out the form, could this cause any issues with my application?

I don t want to have any issues. I appreciate any advice. Thank you.

Hi everyone,

I am helping a family member and basically was successfully able to bring back to the light their family petition that had been lost in the darkness of the USCIS filing system. The i-130 is with NVC and am working on the CEAC website to submit documentation. What came also to light is that the Petitioner's grandchild has had children in the last 18 years since it had been filed and am looking for advise on if I can add those children to the ds-260? Granddaughter is not married and has 2 children under 18.

My wife local filed and received her CR-1 visa in March 2024 at the Riyadh embassy. In August we finally were told that her green card hasn t arrived because her Visa Packet was never received and it needs to be recreated.
We still live in Riyadh until June 2025 with the military but the Riyadh Embassy will not help us recreate her visa packet. They say that she has to do that in the states but she can t get to the states before her temporary I-551 expires.
I called USCIS and they said to recreate the packet at the embassy but the embassy refuses and are rude. I have called my congresswoman each week for three weeks to ask them to intervene but they also just keep saying that they will get back to me.

Now I am worried that her temp green card is going to expire before this problem gets resolved and I don t know how to renew it since she technically doesn t have an I-551. As overseas military we could have filed her N-400 by now.

Amidst the bustle and excitement of immigration, this is a very overlooked topic. At the very least, draft medical and financial powers of attorney. Remember that estate documents -- beyond their crucial necessity in life -- make superb evidence for removing conditions and other immigration steps.

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Your last will and testament is one of the most important legal documents that you will ever make. It allows you to direct where you want your property, guardianship and debts to go after you die, and allows you to appoint an executor to act out your wishes.

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Eido Walny, founder of Walny Legal Group, an estate planning and asset protection law firm based in Milwaukee, said the lack of a will is a common tragic mistake he sees clients make.

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https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/biggest-mistakes-people-wills-according-013103942.html

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Thailand's adorable pygmy hippo Moo Deng has the kind of face that launches a thousand memes

CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) Only a month after Thailand's adorable baby hippo Moo Deng was unveiled on Facebook, her fame became unstoppable.

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