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    Newcomer Anyone ever had anything posted from the UK?

    If it's anything important, use DHL or equivalent. Nothing of ours, sent by ordinary mail from the UK, ever gets here any more.
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    Visas Denied Digital Nomad Visa - My Experience

    The digital nomad visa is that a VISA. If you are in Argentina you need to apply for change of category. Just overstay and pay the fine. Overstaying once is not a big deal. Just don't make it a habit. After 3 times you might be denied entry. But once is fine.
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    Trip Reports 3.8 Earthquake hits Buenos Aires at 10:27 am.

    Earlier today, I sensed a disturbance and initially presumed it was the neighbors rearranging their furniture. It brought to mind a recent post discussing what people appreciate about Argentina. I had contemplated adding the absence of earthquakes to the list, but a quick Google search revealed...
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    Newcomer Recommendations on Moving Companies (LA -> BA)?

    Hello, I'm making the move from Los Angeles to Buenos Aires and seeking suggestions for a moving company. It's a relatively small move, involving just a one-bedroom apartment with no car or appliances. Thank you.
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    Newcomer getting US drivers license translated? and legalized

    Earlyretirement, thanks. My wife thought she had read that as a resident (we are in our second year of a residencia temporaria) you have to have an Argentine drivers license if you own a car. We have just bought a car. Also it just made sense to both of us that you would need one as a car owner...
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    Newcomer getting US drivers license translated? and legalized

    Before you tell me to go back to older posts, I have already done that. Steve put a link to Sol's blog in which she talks about getting a drivers license in Argentina, but she did not go the route of using her existing US license; she got a learners permit to avoid the problem. On ACA's...
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