US Immigration from Singapore

Hey everyone,

I'm currently preparing the i-864 form for AOS (Spouse Visa). A little background: My husband is the sponsor (US Citizen), he is currently unemployed. I am the Intending Immigrant (Singapore Citizen), so we will be using my foreign income and assets for the AOS.

I have a couple of questions:

1. I am a self-employed online content creator. My work is internet-based, and my income is from advertisement revenue from Google and Facebook. After I moved to the US, I will be continuing my work online, so my income will continue from the same source. My income also meets the income requirement (approx 2x $21,550). Can I use my income in this case?

2. I have savings in my Singapore bank account, which is comfortably over 5x the requirement for assets (5x $21,550 for 2 people). Does my savings need to be transferred to a US bank account or can it remain in my Singapore bank account for the AOS? I would prefer my savings to remain in my bank account for now as the interest rate is pretty good. Of course, when I move to the US, I will be transferring some of my money over to my US bank account for living expenses, which can be easily done through internet banking.

Thank you!

The latest Jan 2021 US Visa Bulletin and Feb 2021 predictions are now posted:

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/visa-bulletin-predictions-family-sponsored.php

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/visa-bulletin-predictions-work-sponsored.php

I thought I would parse USCIS processing data this evening to see how Covid affected processing time(s) this year. In short, it's pretty dramatic as expected. We are only up to about 50% of where we were in January after a long drop during the summer. I didn't include the y-axis because this is a relative comparison of the thousands of cases I looked at.

VJ has tons of features that help you track your immigration case and keep you up to date on the latest consulate information for your home country. Here are a few features you may not be aware of...

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