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Argentina is the most difficult country to understand :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

There are people who have done similar travels for more than 10 years, without residency DNI. Long stays in argentina, with long 1-3 month stays outside Latin America, along with the occasional long weekend or week in Chile or Uruguay. Never an overstay. Average 3-5 trips per year through...

+1 on the bringing the Colombian to BA. That is just insane to throw a major international move into the mix of your relationship. If she's from a good social class, she won't do it. If she's from a low social class, you are going to be paying for other family members or at a minimum all kinds...

Simplifying greatly, but to answer your question in the broad terms you present it, you can apply for a temporary (12-month) residency as a "Rentista" if you can demonstrate to the Argentine authorities you have passive income from investments that pay you in the vicinity of (currently) US$1,800...

Yes customer service is terrible here. Still, we had good luck with consumer defense agency taking our claim against a boiler supplier. They did two days of labor to install 6 radiators and test the piping system previously installed, in preparation for install of boiler. One month later the...

Dear expat community, Thanks for being here. I have been reading your posts to learn about living in Argentina. My situation is this: Argentine-born but living abroad since a teenager. Never worked or paid taxes in Argentina. Now, I am approaching retirement age and anticipating a small...

I was referring to new stuff. In my experience, Customs people just ignore older stuff. I've returned with an old and a new computer - no hassle.

I've brought in three gigantic suitcases filled with all kinds of things: clothes, linens and howsewares, without problems. But better not bring more than one each of electronic stuff such as: computers, phones, cameras, etc. That is what Customs look for. Best of luck....!

Briefly looked at the bank links you gave.. Now I think I understand why you need a Peso account as well as a Dollar account as bank charges are in Pesos and taken from that account? Are we going to have a bootstrapping problem where we need to have at least $1,300 USD in Pesos in that account...

Thanks so much, to you both. Max 4% fees is an improvement and 1% or less seems much more reasonable if she can get it. Yes she is in BA, we were going to bring her to the UK if necessary to sort things out but assuming we can convince the Executor to wire the money abroad that should hopefully...

An Argentine friend has been left a fairly large sum of money after the death of her UK fiance, I've been helping settle up his affairs in the UK. There is about £105,000 remaining in the estate so a bit over $130,000 if we convert at the current terrible Brexit exchange rates. My friend is...

I am only creating this thread for responses. i don't care if your are DEM or REP, I am a proud American and, though I have always been in the middle of most debates, i am a supporter of Dr. Ron Paul. Just curious if anyone else does and or their opinion...

I have Fibertel Evolution and it is definitely the fastest available. In the 6+ months I've had it, I've had a one-day outage and a 8 hour outage. Also, while it is 30 Mbps that is only in Argentina. Speeds to most servers in the US top out at about 4 Mbps. Still, it seems much faster than my...

Is the contract good for 2 years even if I don't have a local guarantee person?

I signed one 3 months ago, with these terms, and they want me to sign another one tomorrow, same terms...

Hi, I need some advice about my rental agreement. It states that my rent is $500 US a month. It also states that pay the "dolar informal' rate (5.93) which makes my next rental payment for 3 months $8895. I would rather pay by bank transfer so I can be sure to pay no more than $500 per month, or...

Yes the country is messed up. I remember when I first came to argentina, I got robbed at gun point and my friends were like "oh yeah, no big deal, be more careful" Then I asked them if I should go to the police and they went crazy "QUE????? SOS LOCO?????" Its a known fact here the police are...

Your best bet is to sell it to someone who can pay you abroad directly cause nobody knows the rules and they change every day. I bought my apartment from an American woman leaving BA and paid her abroad. It was the only way for her to sell the property without problems. I had to wait because she...

My concern was IS IT LEGAL to carry $10,000 USD or LESS out of the country without dealing with the AFIP. My understanding is that it IS legal. If I am wrong, please correct me.

Wny is this not a good idea? I checked with a bank manager and an American Airlines reservations agent. Both confirmed that the law has NOT changed in this respect - that you can take out USD $10,000. If you already have that in cash and don't have to ask the AFIP for permission to buy the...