conversation: User (lolrko): "Hello personal finance saviors \n\nMy story is:\n\nMe and my fiancée decided to move to the United States[Kansas] (she's a US citizen while I am from Egypt) the system of finance in my country is totally different I have been always relying on debit cards and saving account hence spending only what I have and managing to save as much as I can. \n\nThe situation is that I managed to save around 5k USD (not that much but that's around 50k of my national currency). \nMy fiancée in contrary is spending a lot on lots of unnecessary stuff for example buys new clothes every month or so and she is in big debt (university loans and whatnot) but since we are marrying soon after I come to the US (next month) I am totally in the dark side of the financial stuff like what do I do with my savings? Just open a normal savings account? Which bank do I use[Kansas state]? and what are the investment opportunities? Is joint account going to be risky for me giving the inputs above ? Taking into consideration that I won't have work until I get my permission. I am not asking for specific tailored responses I am willing to put as much research as I need I just need some guidance on where I can search for options to choose from. Some responses that could familiarize me with the financial sector would be great. \n(I apologize if there are any mistakes in my post) \n\nTL:dr : moving to the US with my future wife having small savings of 5k USD but know absolutely nothing about financial life in the US \n\nEdit: correcting two words\n* I didn't expect so many comments and recommendations thank you everyone *"
  Self: "aren't you already married?\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/4sqlwu/what_is_your_current_relationship_with_the_person/d5bwbkd\n\nYou can go to jail/get deported for marriage fraud."
  User (lolrko): "If you meant another person than my fiancee that's also ridiculous but thanks again for passing by"
  Self: "https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/4wgohf/me_25_m_with_my_fiancee_30_f_3_years_thinking_of/d66v8de\n\nthere was that post in the relationship forum about you thinking of "jumping ship." And you don't seem to be a fan of your homecountry. And you're talking about lot about "I" instead of "we," as in "I think I'll stay in Kansas awhile." Also, you could be asking your wife/fiancee some of these pretty basic questions if she's a US citizen. \nThere are a lot of people who want to immigrate to the US by fair means or foul. "
  User (lolrko): "Thank you one more time for your deep analysis but you are missing a lot.\n\nI shortly posted that after I received tons of red flags in the current thread to see what more people think collectively on the issue from social side.\n\nAbandoning the ship hence not coming to the US at all is against the concept of going to the US by fair means or foul. but in my case I am testing how it will be if I go which means that I am not after it with all I got since it was the suggestion of my fiancee and I said yes. \n\nNot being fan about my country doesn't mean that I hate the country itself if you read about my country you will understand my metaphors mentioned (I am a teacher assistant in the university teaching macroeconomics). \n\nLast but not least I advise you to find anything useful to do with your life rather than imitating Sherlock Holmes without a purpose. "
  