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two years ago, had US embassy deliver my form. i would have preferred to use them again this year if they are still doing this service. several times i have mailed things to US from here in cordoba that never made it. but when i went on embassy web page, there was only a phone number as a...

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thanks gkcanela, i am still debating sending dollars directly to my santander acc. yesterday i compared using westernunion. and rate of exchange was better with western union but adding on their fee of 50 dollars made santander more appealing. my bank in US is a credit union and does not...

i just found out that my US credit union, where my social security checks go, does not do SWIFT , cannot do international transfers. i want to stop using western union for transfers to my arg bank. can i open a US bank account without going back to US? my idea is to transfer funds to new bank...

i looked up on santander web site how to transfer dollars from abroad...and there was no mention of having to give them a copy of my bank statements...that is what was making me hesitant to transfer directly to bank instead of western union. am i correct that now you dont have to send bank...

i am a retiree, have permentent residency, i transfer my social security and a bit from savings each month. i have no tax liability in us or argentina that i know of. try to live as simply ...

i have used western union for years, transfering directly to my santander rio account. i just saw thread that said i could tranfer dollars from my us bank directly to santander rio bank with less fees than western union. any reason not to do this ?

i tried western union again, and my transfer went through no problem! maybe the web site was swamped when i tried my attempt this morning that kept failing...sorry for the false alarm....

i just tried to make westernunion transfer. i have used same info for years with no problem, my bank in us to arg bank. a notice appeared that "arg recepient must now verify identity after three transfers"..(.i have done 10 this year.) i continued with transfer, then transfer was declined...

last year my ssi payments were suspended . i had not received the form in the mail. i contacted the us embassy, and they sent me the form via email, and asked me to send it to them. i sent the form via mail to buenos aires us embassy and they forwarded it. payments back! so i assume that we...

thanks so much ....so for example , my sis in usa could set up google voice with her phone number and i could then use it to call usa??

i am a novice for all these different systems and terms. in the last couple of years, i have only used skype when i needed to call some business or gov agency where there was often a long waiting time on line to talk to a person. all my other calls are with whatsapp....so in my limited...

definately helps! thanks so much for your time! this forum has helped me so much over the years,,,especially since i left BA for a small cordoba town as a lone expat

so i would need to add around 27 to 30% ???

thanks nikad...and Lucky luke i have a private unwritten contract adjusted every 6 months...it is hard to find rentals in my small town...what i am having trouble with is figuring out the IPC for last 6 months,,,all the web sites i look at only have december and march ..i think .december...