<prompt> Human: My mum passed away a couple of weeks ago after an 11 month battle with brain cancer. Her pension has been paid out and split between myself and my sister, 20,000 each. Now the complicated part. I got married to an American in 2013 and got my Green Card a couple of months ago so I will be finally moving there Brooklyn on 14th September. My wife has her own business in New York and is doing fairly well, enough to have covered my rent and have a bit extra but I dont have much to my name other than the 20,000 any more after quitting my job and caring for my mother during her illness.The money is in my current account waiting for me to do something with it. I want to save the money and I want it to collect interest until my wife and I are ready to buy a home but I dont know whether its best in the UK and if so, where? or whether theres a way to transfer the money to the US and if so, how and to where?.Thanks in advance for any help. Im pretty clueless with all of this!  <response>: bring it with you. Remember the exchange rates will increase the amount of the cash. Brit in US. Been there with same issue. Had the money transferred direct to my bank account here. Allowed me to upgrade and fix stuff on my house. 