US Immigration from Japan

Looking for some advice:

My fiance and I received our NOA2 for our i-129f K1 visa petition on 10/08/2021.

My question is in regards to the I-134 affidavit of support document required for the subsequent interview.

Currently my fiance and I are still living together in Japan. I work as an English teacher at a private educational institution.

I make above 125% of the US poverty line but all my income is foreign.

my taxes reflect this as well.

As far as i know none of my income can be used as proof of income for form I-134.

I don't have a job lined up in the US yet, but as an honors graduate of the University of Washington with 4-5 years of teaching experience directly out of college i imagine it wouldn't be too difficult to find one upon my return to the US.

question 1: Would it be beneficial for me to return to the states prior to my fiance to secure a job? Is my foreign income truly worthless for form I-134?

plan B: go the co-sponsor route and have my mother be the sponsor.

However, my mother retired last year to focus on making art. She is gaining a lot of traction in various art galleries but would still likely fall under the poverty line on paper.

If i had to estimate, she could provide proof of at least 10-12k annual income from her art sales.

She also has about $80,000 in an investment account that could be used as assets.

Question 2:

Would a co-sponsor using mostly assets be okay at the Japan consulate? Will it look bad relying completely on a co-sponsor?

There's simply too much conflicting information and most of what i can find is quite dated.

Any advice is greatly appreciated:

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I try to apply SSN, but SSA seems like close due to the COVID, so I could not apply in person service. I called to SSA but they do not answer, also searched how to apply SSN online, I could not find any information.

if someone applied SSN recently I would like to know how and link of the website.
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Did you guys have the photo sent digitally and you printed it out at a local shop or did you physically have it mailed? Is there any regulation about this?

Thank you!

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I the US citizen and 30 to clarify. Shes Japanese.

Also I'm just about ready to file the I129F.

Was also wondering if the wet ink signature wave for that still is in effect? I did hire a lawyer to help me fill out the forms. He told me it was okay due to covid but I wanted a second opinion on that.

Thank you guys!