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  1. Aussieland

    Love Advice - Fell in love with an escort in Buenos Aires - Is it real love?

    Wow. Sorry about your spouse. Tough situation all around but in the end I think love can happen this way. What do you have to lose? Try it and see.
  2. Aussieland

    Is the Expat party in Buenos Aires coming to an end?

    I totally agree this issue doesn't get enough love. So, check it: anything rolled out with the whole DNU vibe can be easily rolled back, like, poof! And the whole money scene? We went from "cepo" under CFK to "No Cepo" with Macri, then did a 180 to "SUPER Cepo" with Alberto, and now we're...
  3. Aussieland

    Is the Expat party in Buenos Aires coming to an end?

    Okay, so here's the deal – Massa and Milei, they're like two different speeds, you know? I think Massa would've made some changes, like Milei, but just not as fast. Like, he wouldn't be dropping a 40% bomb on health insurance in one month. That's just not his style. Now, about Milei, I don't...
  4. Aussieland

    How much should I be tipping at restaurants? What is the tipping etiquette in Buenos Aires or Argentina?

    But let's get real. That 100 peso propina is just 10 US cents! I don't think that being generous a few times will create unreasonable expectations for locals! I think all servers expect locals to be very cheap and not tip well and they will be extra appreciative when they get a generous...
  5. Aussieland

    Argentina Rentista Visa for 2024? What is the minimum income now for retirement visa for Argentina?

    Since you have a DNI you must have a bank account here in Argentina. Just make a SWIFT bankwire transfer into it. It is very easy. Now with the devaluation it's not as painful as it was prior to it.
  6. Aussieland

    Politics Thread: President Javier Milei - Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU) in real-time

    But no one is forcing any tenants to sign any contracts that they aren't comfortable with. There will still be a contract that is enforceable by law with all the terms and conditions spelled out. It must be honored so I'm not sure what the fuss is about. S/he can do whatever contract they are...
  7. Aussieland

    Argentina Rentista Visa for 2024? What is the minimum income now for retirement visa for Argentina?

    Migraciones left hand doesn't know what migraciones right hand is doing. @Handy Andy did everything right except the goof up with the FBI report. I have friends where months turns into years. It's like a black hole until they hire a lawyer. The saving grace is that the official white...
  8. Aussieland

    Argentina Rentista Visa for 2024? What is the minimum income now for retirement visa for Argentina?

    Don't feel like dead Leo! You're very much still in the game. Fear not! We are all so proud of you. So, you're at this point lots of us hit before. You checked out the rules, got all your docs together, did everything just right, and bam, your application sailed through the first step without...
  9. Aussieland

    Argentina Rentista Visa for 2024? What is the minimum income now for retirement visa for Argentina?

    Yeppers. This sounds par for the course based others that went through this process before the update this June. Migraciones and just about every governmental agency in Argentina has no clue what the other is doing. One person might see the new disposition as meaning that people applying for...
  10. Aussieland

    Argentina Rentista Visa for 2024? What is the minimum income now for retirement visa for Argentina?

    Yikes! Well that was a drastic turn of events! They're seriously not handling the new rules well at all. Legally, I believe you can open a bank account with a Precaria (but keep in mind I know a few people that also tried and the banks would NOT do it without a DNI) so it's not a walk in the...
  11. Aussieland

    Economy Milei Sets Up Argentina Privatizations for Airline, YPF - Bloomberg News

    It's starting. Let the sales begin! May the highest bidder win! Milei will give new meaning to the term "Black Friday"...
  12. Aussieland

    Has anyone had to show their DNI or Passport while shopping at the Grocery Store in Buenos Aires?

    Aussieland has lived in Buenos Aires a long time but never have I ever had to show my real ID. I like my anonymity and although I always get asked for my DNI # I always just give them a fake ID number. But today while shopping for groceries at Carrefour at Paseo al Corta shopping mall, they...
  13. Aussieland

    Comical reading BAexpats.org Threads!

    Aussieland doesn't like it when Aussieland is assumed to be another poster on the old forum. Aussieland has no evil twin. There is the one and only true Aussieland. Aussieland doesn't want to talk about this matter again. Thank you.
  14. Aussieland

    Argentina Rentista Visa for 2024? What is the minimum income now for retirement visa for Argentina?

    Totally. So, in the worst-case scenario—picture this, even with the kinda vague June 1 thing, Migraciones might be saying: (a) both current and future temporary residency pensionistas gotta bring in their pension, (b) they gotta do it at the minimum monthly salary for regular employees (not the...
  15. Aussieland

    Argentina Rentista Visa for 2024? What is the minimum income now for retirement visa for Argentina?

    Citizenship is a totally different issue/matter. I think it's equally important. Someone should start a separate thread on that topic. I'd be curious to reading and also participating in that thread. This Pensionista option is incredibly important for many of us that have retirement...
  16. Aussieland

    Argentina Rentista Visa for 2024? What is the minimum income now for retirement visa for Argentina?

    My friend did this and she did have to do it but if my memory serves me correctly only for the first three years of temporary residency for her pensionista residency. You have to renew it and after the 3rd time you renew it then it turns into a permanent DNI and residency. Once you gain...
  17. Aussieland

    Politics Thread: President Javier Milei - Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU) in real-time

    I like @bowtiedmara's content. He seems to know Argentina well. @earlyretirement commented in a post how he had dinner with him a few weeks ago and liked him. He has some of the best content on Tik Tok.
  18. Aussieland

    Banking Credit Card real-world rate "MEP" transaction repo (Dec2023)

    I'm not a twitter user but just signed up and it looks great. But I know a lot of people that hate X and don't use it.
  19. Aussieland

    U.S. Embassy Buenos Aires, Argentina - Demonstration Alert: December 20, 2023

    D Do it and take some photos for some of us out of town right now. I'm curious how it will be and I don't trust the media sources in BA.
  20. Aussieland

    Western Union

    Yes the same thing happened to me earlier this year. You delete your profile and then you have to wait 24 hours and it should delete all your information. Worked for me.
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