That is great to hear so many are coming to Argentina to have anchor babies! Maybe you can give me some tips or advice. I am planning on moving down with my husband and we have a 3-year-old toddler already. We have been advised by a well-respected law firm that we won't have issues having an anchor baby in Argentina. I see that some Russian mothers were turned back a few months ago. Does anyone have any updates about that?
Which law firm are you using? Can't they tell you about the Russian mothers and if they are being blocked more? Not sure you need to hire a law firm if you have a kid here. It is very easy from what I hear after you have a child born here to get permanent residency here after that.
We are using Celano. They told us that there would be no issues after having the baby born here. I asked their associate about all these Russian mothers coming pregnant that I saw stopped and he said they were stopping some of those groups. Apparently, there was a company selling some package to Buenos Aires and all of them were coming on the same flight. That doesn't seem smart. Generally they don't seem to care about pregnant women coming here to have kids as long as they can afford it. They told me that hospitals are going to start charging foreigners for medical services and to have kids here. So maybe the government won't care so much after that law passes.
It seems incredible to me people talk so opening about having anchor babies here. But I guess Argentina truly doesn't care.
I always read about this law firm online in searches. I am assuming they are expensive? How much do they charge to handle an anchor baby case? I thought once you had a kid here it was cut and dry so not sure what a lawyer would need to do but if you don't speak Spanish probably a necessity.
My wife and I both went through the process of getting permanent residency here many years ago. But then after going through all that hassle, we had 2 kids born here. After that it is very easy to get permanent residency or even citizenship here. Argentina is one of the easiest countries in the world to get permanent residency once you have kids. It's amazing to see just how many people are having kids here.
Lol how are the child support laws here
I never understand how the child support laws can be so bad in Latin America. We have had several maids with kids fathered here and when we ask if the father is helping out financially they always say no. Same thing in Mexico.
What child support laws? All my maids or their daughters have kids and sometimes by multiple different men. None of them are helping. I don't believe the court system here works for anything let alone this matter.
That is good that the courts are garnishing wages like the States and other first world countries. I assumed the judicial system here was so bogged down and didn't work at all. Your example @GlasgowJohn is the first time I heard anyone say they got wages taken by court. That is a positive.
I agree @Sunny! Here we walk all over all day. Very easy and safe. Traffic in DF is a nightmare!! Here it isn't bad at all. I agree about the air quality and odor being much better here. We already are careful with our phones. We witnessed in Palermo Soho 3 people getting their phones stolen already. Most locals already told us to be careful. Cellphone theft seems to be rampant here.
Yes be careful with phones. More locals get their cellphones stolen vs. tourists. Look at this article that says as many as 10k phones per day are stolen here.
www.batimes.com.ar
We were sitting across the street eating on Armenia Street and we saw 2 men and they grabbed the phone off the table and then 2 motorcycles picked them up and they road off. Another time we were walking on Guatemala near Don Julio and some tourists were walking down the street laughing and a motorcycle had someone on the back and they grabbed the phone out of her hand! Soho seems to be a hotspot. In the restaurants the waiters have all warned us about being careful when they saw we had iPhones.
Glad you arrived safely and enjoying the city. I've been all over the world. Literally almost 600 cities around the world in 85 countries or so and Buenos Aires is still one of my favorites! It's a special city. It has it's fair share of problems but nothing matches the energy and life of this city.
I still think that most tourists aren't going to have issues at all. I was one of the ones that helped develop Soho and Hollywood after the corralito. I purchased up much of the real estate there. I always saw that potential of what it was going to become. It is a very trendy area and it's the most requested area for tourists to want to stay because of its proximity to so many places. I personally wouldn't choose to live there long time but for tourists coming for a week or so, they mostly want to be in that area. I own a property in Palermo Hollywood and tourists absolutely love it.
Yes really anywhere you have to be careful these days but Soho is an easy place for tourists that aren't paying attention to get their phones stolen. Avoid flashy watches. Last year an Uruguayan tourist was wearing a Rolex and 2 guys robbed him crossing the street. It was during the day and caught on camera. Most of them are NOT violent. Most are like this below:
