@Erik ******

everyone has 14k sitting in their bank?

Are you going to work for yourself, not a platform? Where will your payments go?

Mine go to my home country and I travel as a tourist and I do my own thing- using a good VPN, and not through a platform. Yours is a bit more complicated as you may face more scrutiny because you’re a foreign resident, but possibly covered somewhat due to marriage? 🤔

It’s a curious position.

I work in international schools sometimes and this shows income (legally, obviously) either in country or from a recent country, so I’ve never had a problem showing that I can support myself. Or have savings.

Having been there so long- do you maintain any banking in your home country?

I lived in Vietnam and I know that banking is extremely monitored in some countries… conundrum.