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  1. QuiloBa

    Newcomer Citizenship

    1. Yes, but as someone applying via a similar degree relationship (I'm married to a natural born Argentine citizen) my naturalization process has taken almost 2 years to get towards the judge actually reviewing it, and I have no guarantee it will wrap up before the end of 2023. There are...
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    Apartment Rental How do I pay my rent in USD when I don't have USD cash?

    It depends how the owner wants it. The most common ways are: - Paying them in dollars with the dollars you have in cash physically - Paying them in dollars via a transfer to their account abroad (most rich people here have this, aka most people wealthy enough to have a home to rent out, meaning...
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    Taxes Expat AFIP taxes

    Nobody can confirm this as that's not how it works. The following is the quick and dirty of what is legally required, but NOT what happens in reality. If you want further, in depth details please reach out to an Argentine accountant and/or lawyer. You'd be breaking several laws by not...
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    Real Estate News BAExpat Member Featured In the La Nación

    Some more info: In exchange for 15 thousand dollars: The lawyer [bajo_cero] of one of the pregnant Russian women detained in Ezeiza pointed against "trafficking networks They come to give birth to Argentina. They reveal that last night more than 30 Russian pregnant women arrived at Ezeiza on a...
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    Real Estate News BAExpat Member Featured In the La Nación

    As usual, I read the news throughout the day when I stumbled across the following article in La Nación: They want to deport three Russian women who arrived pregnant at Ezeiza for being "false tourists" It piqued my interest as I had arrived at Ezeiza earlier this week myself, having returning...
  6. QuiloBa

    Banking I just opened a peso bank account with my passport (no DNI or precaria), here's how

    I did this previously at Banco Provincia and can confirm it works, albeit a longggg time ago.
  7. QuiloBa

    Banking Bank accounts reported to AFIP

    It you're a retiree living here you have nothing to worry about as your justification for income is simple, it's your pension or passive income. If, as is the case for 99.99% of Argentines who post about this happening and similar screenshots in Spanish every week I see online, it's the...
  8. QuiloBa

    Food & Drink How much do you tip at cafes and restaurants?

    Interesting, I think there are too distinct approaches -- (a) generous expat -- I can be generous and so I am; and (b) live like a local and follow their customs. Both make sense under their own terms.
  9. QuiloBa

    Food & Drink How much do you tip at cafes and restaurants?

    I do 10%, I know in theory Argentina isn't a tipping country, but considering how shitty people are paid, especially in the service industry I say it's part of the cost of eating out. (My husband thinks I tip too much and he's from here, but I remind him not everyone is as fortunate as we are)
  10. QuiloBa

    Medical Local health insurance that accepts pre-existing conditions

    So, as NigjeFs said, they ALL have to enroll you, si o si, but they will do anything they can to prevent it. That being said, at least in CABA, the courts have ruled that omitting information on your intake form, i.e. "forgetting" (or more realistically, choosing not to identify as someone with...
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