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Google is your friend here: https://ayuda.santander.com.ar/06AK356I2O-1/article/KPLFB397X1-que-datos-necesito-para-recibir-fondos-exterior/

There's a group that runs a soup kitchen twice a week near Congreso and organizes clothing/school supply donations, if that appeals: https://www.instagram.com/amiguesporlascalles/

Yes, they have the same CBU. You do need a SWIFT code for the bank.

The taxability in Argentina is a great question for a local accountant. There's no tax treaty, but a certain amount of income earned while living abroad is not taxed by the US.

I've ordered books from Amazon, since they're easier to import than many other things. I was able to order them directly to my house, and had to submit an AFIP form to DHL in order to get them.

@abrotherabroad Yes to the affidavit/FBI check, and I included all of my incorporation documents. I had to provide statements from my business bank account to the accountant, but he didn't need them to be notarized. I'm not sure if those were incorporated into the application, since I didn't put...

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When we entered at La Quiaca I asked for a stamp, because I was also worried about not having one, and the guy said they wouldn't do it 🤷‍♀️ . I know my experience is just one data point, though.

If you look up Candelario Mancilla (the Chilean border post) on Google Maps, you can get a sense of the area. Coming from Chile, you start at the end of the Carretera Austral just south of Villa O'Higgins, take a small boat (not a car ferry) a couple hours across a lake, then stamp out of...

If you want a stamp as a souvenir you have to go to very remote border crossings, like the one crossing on foot from Villa O'Higgins to El Chaltén, where they don't have the telecomm service to do digital immigration services.

@florence I'm not a Santander employee, but if you're OK with that limit, I would also take it to mean that you can carry on as-is.

Definitely that last part -- it has to be direct transfers. Ugh. For Santander, I was able to submit an IRS W-9 as well as a form (called 8-743, "Prevención del Lavado de Activos y Financiación del Terrorismo Formulario Complementario de Perfil de Riesgo - Cuestonario Para Persona Fisica", if...

Just speaking as someone who used to plan transit service (not here, in the US), it could also be that the bus was going out of service (e.g. at the end of the driver's shift) and therefore wouldn't pick anyone up/was drop-off only. I don't know if that was the specific situation in your case...

Bumping this thread to ask if anyone can recommend an accountant/tax advisor here who has experience working with foreigners who earn income from outside of the country.

Santander confirmed that the branch at Santa Fe 1146 is still open and offered me the manager's e-mail, pretamozo [at] santander.com.ar.