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    Travel Anulling passports????

    Hi All I see a post in FB about AFIP and the interior ministry thinking about annulling current Argentine passports and then you have to organise a new one, also if you want to leave the country you will have to hacer un trámite de salida integral Maybe the road to Chavez is a distraction and...
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    Newcomer Who's considering it after thinking they would never...?

    Know how you feel. It's a big leap and I'm in the same boat really. I'm a Brit and my lady is Argentine. Long story short.....too many family ties to allow us to go at the moment, so we'll have to weather the storm for another 2 to 3 years. It's certainly on the agenda though, but needs some...
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    Newcomer Need a massage in casa

    I highly recommend Jennifer. I've been seeing her for chronic neck pain since January of this year. Just purchased my third 5-pack of massages, in fact! She's a great (licensed as well) massage therapist, and she does house-calls. She tailors the massage to your needs, adjusting focus, pressure...
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    Food & Drink My prices are out of control whine.

    Not too long ago I read elsewhere that a guy (in the US) had dropped his bag of groceries spilling the coffee beans on the parking lot, losing all it´s contents. I proceed to ask how much was it worth. The answer then was that a pound worth of coffee beans in the US equals the price of 1/4 K of...
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    Banking 15% surcharge on foreign transactions on Argentine credit cards starting Sep 1

    and I thought 3% Foreign Transaction Fee on U.S. credit cards was annoying.
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    Newcomer Mailing a book to Buenos Aires

    In this I am an expert, I brought dozens of books from the USA to Arg. Here is how: A) Sent it by regular air mail with an insurance receipt, or with a ticket for return receipt. This will guarantee that it will NOT GET LOST. B) If it weights less than half a kilo it will probably get to your...
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    Newcomer Studying at the UBA

    Thanks leslie for your reply. Yes i am currently here and i have all my documents that i need apostillized (i did that before i left the US). I wasnt aware that the inscriptions were every two years. I hope for the literature this is not the case. Do you know anyone that has studied in this...
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    Newcomer Studying at the UBA

    Hello everyone, I was wondering if there is anyone here that has studied or is currently studying at the UBA (not including study abroad programs). I graduated from UNC in united states with a degree in spanish and while im here in BsAs i wanted to study in la maestria de literatura española y...
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