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  1. NigjeFs

    Real Estate Sales Financing a Place in Argentina

    Sometimes you can pay 50% and then some payments. This is a private deal usually.
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    Newcomer My wife (Argentinian) claims you can live "well" on $1500 a month in Argentina. True?

    After reading this post, I am starting to seriously question my own numbers. My background is middle - middle class ( own apartment, car, travel one month during the year, private insurance, private school ). My husband moved here about 15 years ago. We live on 2500 usd a month and we save and...
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    Banking Do not bank with Santander Río!

    Did you know that JP Morgan is closing up all accounts held by Argentine? Don't blame the player...
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    Banking Dollar Deposit In Argentine Bank Account

    The bank is going to hand you a form, because they are the ones that have to inform it.
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    Banking Dollar Deposit In Argentine Bank Account

    I'd rent a safety box at the bank. this is the best option. To deposit anything over 40000 pesos you need to inform AFIP. They might want to know where this money is coming from. If you are a permanent resident here you owe Bienes Personales tax on any money you keep in cash bills. So I think a...
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    Newcomer A True Story, Tenant Versus Landlord

    Sorry to hear. I must warn you that the pre signed eviction means jack s**t. She can get " sick " etc and you will end up screwed up anyways. You should have payed a couple thugs to go into the apt, dump her stuff outside and change the locks. That is the way to go.
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    Real Estate Sales Looking for advice to put my Condo solely in my name

    I am not able to give you all the details, but I am sure a good lawyer can get this done, maybe donating the apartment ( both you, wife and cousin ) and you might wanna get residency and pay substantially less taxes of course.
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    Education Recommendations for Kindergardens

    No kindergarden is going to have a 1 yo for 9 hours. You should start looking for a nanny instead.
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    Visas US Citizenship for Baby question - Help!

    Thanks for all the replies and help. As you grow old I guess it is difficult to keep some papers. A high school diploma is not enough proof either ( who goes around carrying school reports? ) We are trying to contact the school and nobody seems to answer. My MIL seems to only have Baptism...
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    Visas US Citizenship for Baby question - Help!

    Ok, we had our interview today and the outcome was not so good. We were there on time for our appointment, the place was packed full for both visas and citizen services. I had taken all the documentation. After 2 hours of wait, we were told that we needed to take more stuff to prove my husband...
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    Visas US Citizenship for Baby question - Help!

    Also is it true ( according to the US embassy site ) that we cannot even take a toy or diaper bag or keys or glasses or purse or anything at all but our own selves????
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    Visas US Citizenship for Baby question - Help!

    So we are going tomorrow to the embassy and I can´t find any information on where or how to pay for the passport, etc :p Anybody pretty pretty please knows how this is done? I am worried we will miss something
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    Visas US Citizenship for Baby question - Help!

    So we are planning to travel to the US in November and we did not get our baby a US passport or reported his birth to the US embassy yet ( due to several reasons and that included my own passport being expired ) If anybody has gone through this process, provided we have all the required...
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    Food & Drink Macaroni and cheese

    Check the Knorr pasta with sauces, they go under a diff name but have the same flavor. I have been making some very good mac and cheese using Lucchetti´s coditos and Finlandia Cheddar Light ( similarflavorand texture to Velveeta )
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    Legal International Child Custody

    Are you sure things won´t improve? Paternity does have a weird effect on some men, maybe things will settle? If the baby was born here and carries the father´s name you are in for some rough dispute :p Were things bad before and during pregnancy? Maybe you should talk to a counselor to get an...
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    Newcomer How to verify a reference in Buenos Aires

    Hi! My sister is a personal assistant, she worked for two american business men and she has references letters, you could check them by calling them or sending them an email. She actually posted and add in this website...
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    Banking Xoom Question?

    Are you sending the money to your Argentine bank account or somebody else´s?
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    Banking Bringing Dollars from USA

    The problem is not about bringing money in, moreover they are happy about it, the thing is to leave Arg with usd.
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    Economy Best way to pay for a car

    It will cause issues. For the transaction to be legal he will have to declare his US bank account to AFIP and he will be fine.
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