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    Taxes Earning dollars, spending pesos

    Soon, I'm going to start a good paying job working remotely with US clients. I just moved to Argentina, although I'm technically just here on a tourist Visa. What do I need to know to navigate the issues of visas, money transfers, and taxes? Is anyone else in a similar position and willing to...
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    Newcomer Argentine was sooo mean to me! Is this normal?

    I am supposed to come to Argentina for work in about 1 month. I called the work visa woman at the Argentine embassy to ask her some questions and she was SO mean, impatient, and downright hostile and rude on the phone! She kept cutting me off on my questions and yelling "Next!" She also did...
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    Food & Drink Attacked in a "posh" bar called Mute in Las Canitas

    Ok so I went out tonight to Las Canitas to celebrate a great month. I went to mute and bought a bottle of very expensive champagne for myself and immediately offered it to the couple beside me. It took the Argentine douche bag jealous ass*ole only about 15 minutes to attack me without...
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    Newcomer Compulsory blood test to get married!?

    Have any expatriates who have married an Argentine had the experience of being required to undergo a blood test precisely 7 days before the wedding, or else the marriage would not be allowed? I know of an English individual here who is scheduled to undergo the test tomorrow. Is this information...
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