US Immigration from Ecuador

After reading this article, do you think that the reported finding is a good thing or a bad thing?

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Immigration Accounted for All U.S. Population Growth in 2023 for the First Time Since 1850

Immigration accounted for the entirety of the U.S. population growth between 2022 and 2023, according to the Migration Policy Institute (MPI).

Birth rates among American citizens dropped 2% from 2022 to 2023, but the number of immigrants climbed by 1.6 million, reaching a record high of 47.8 million. That's a population increase of 3.6%, the most since 2010. "The fertility rate fell to 54.5 births per 1,000 females of ages 15-44 in 2023, down from 56 in 2022," reports NBC News.

The percentage of foreign-born Americans stands at 14.3% which is slightly less than the record of 14.8% in 1890.

Nearly 75% of U.S. immigrants are here legally, and almost half are naturalized citizens. [...]

https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/03/13/immigration-accounted-for-all-us-population-growth-in-2023-for-the-first-time-since-1850-n4937870

Hi All,

I'd like to ask how long it typically takes to receive the NOA1. Our K-1 petition was delivered to the Texas lockbox on 3/4, and USCIS cashed the check on 3/7.

For those who have already completed the process or are currently going through it, how long should I expect the wait time to be for the NOA1?

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.