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    Newcomer What is more “third world” - Buenos Aires or San Francisco

    Yeah its a bit repugnant people claiming San Francisco is more 3rd world than Buenos Aires.
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    Don Julio...best Steakhouse in the world?

    Don Julio story ..
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    Newcomer Considering retiring in Argentina but have so many questions

    HSBC made a big cleanout of expat accounts a few years ago (it would have been in 2014 or 2015), earlyretirement was lucky he was notified, since their SOP was to close the account without notice, sequester the money, and fail to respond to enquiries. Best stay well away from them.
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    Economy Argentina downgraded to nearly junk status

    Well, who (the majority) voted for the corrupt politicians?
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    Banking Transferring a large sum of Money From the UK at minimum cost and risk

    Is it worth reminding people that there is NO limit to the amount of cash you can carry in and out of Argentina, the US, the UK and probably many many more countries? The limit is on the amount of cash you can carry WITHOUT DECLARING IT. If you don't declare it, it could be confiscated. If you...
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    Real Estate News Consumer Protection Agency in Buenos Aires

    EarltRetirement: Perdoname for saying this: I know you´re good, but Damn it you´re right again. Well, I tried so hard to impress you I was the one and only senior frequent flyer on this board.
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    Taxes Cryptocurrency Atm's are comming!

    Bitcoin atm's are going to be installed soon!
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    Newcomer My wife (Argentinian) claims you can live "well" on $1500 a month in Argentina. True?

    Harvard Law Review, that's where I got the information... " All the sources routinely used to interpret the Constitution confirm that the phrase “natural born Citizen” has a specific meaning: namely, someone who was a U.S. citizen at birth with no need to go through a naturalization proceeding...
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    Visas Looking to find a job to sponsor my visa - how hard is it?

    I'm a native English speaker with bilingual proficiency in Spanish. I will complete my Bachelor's degree in February, wrapping up my last semester on an exchange program. Over the past 11 years, I've gained extensive freelance writing experience, including recognition at a literary level with...
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    Banking Do not bank with Santander Río!

    Santander took over Citibank here. I'd had an account with Citi for over twenty years. When the US enacted FACTA, Citi tried to close my account. I had a huge battle with them but finally they allowed me to maintain the account. Then recently Santander closed my account citing another reason but...
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    Banking Paypal suspends domestic transactions in Argentina

    Paypal is to prevent users in Argentina from transferring money between their own accounts. The online payment service said that from 9 October: "Argentina resident Paypal-users may only send and receive international payments". Last year the Argentine government announced restrictions on the...
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    Banking Bank Account With Just a Passport and CDI Number (No DNI)

    We too have an account with Banco Nacion, (no DNI), but it was VERY important to them that we owned our Condo and wanted to see those papers. We were kicked out of HSBC when the rules changed and we didn't have a DNI. This all happened last Dec.
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