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Even if the foreign card is debit it can take up to 40 days for the business to recover the money. So, in today’s economy they don’t want to risk it. That’s the explanation I got here in Villa at least. So they apply the same surcharge that they do to credit cards for the same reason.

I used to use a little book when I lived in Buenos Aires. I assume that doesn’t exist anymore. All the same an app should be more responsive.

As someone who is earning in local currency, what is going out to eat? I don’t even remember what eating out is like. Don’t blame the locals for not tipping. The situation that we are living at the moment is dire.

In Villa la Angostura, on the border with Chile, we are feeling the same effects. We are in the last part of the chain and we are feeling the pressure of the exchange rate with Chile. Here, the local YPF have implemented a 4000 pesos limit for foreign license plates. Still the queue is all the...

I should add that they escribano makes the document and then it gets sent somewhere to be legalized. This can take some time depending on where you live. So don’t wait too long to get the process started.

Yes, you need it to take the child out of the country at any border. You go to an “escribano” to get it. You can get one for just this trip or a long term one that is valid until the child is 18. The long term one is more economical if the mother agrees to it. (If she is uncomfortable with you...

You hope that sending the necklace in an envelope will help. As a guide, a magazine (exempt from tax) sent with a set of playing cards as a gift was retained by the customs. It’s his and miss at most. If she has a CUIL she can clear it but without a good value they will apply only value that...

Thanks, it was created in Argentina, but then it was used in Sweden and now we are in Argentina again. It possible that the account has been flagged. We don’t get a proper error message. Just that something went wrong and to try again later.

I’m trying to buy Minecraft for my kid on a PC. The Java and Bedrock for PC version. I’m using an Argentinian card but we are rejected all the time. Does anyone know what’s going on and how I can manage to do this. I have my account set for Argentina, I think. I have tried to buy it through...

We decided to make a permit for the child to travel alone. That way they can travel with anybody as long as the child can present the document. Naturally this may be unsafe in some situations but we feel that in our situation it was the easiest solution. That was they can travel with their...

I doubt that their systems can be cross referenced like that.

Anybody can drive on the verde (which is not green anymore) for one year after it was issued. After that only the person on the card can drive on it. Cédula azul is no longer called that, I think it might be called permiso acompañante but I’m not sure. We issued one in neuquen last week but...

Remember that if your cédula azul is issued with your passport number, and if that number changes when you change passport you have to get a new cédula azul. We issued the permits for my family with their national ID number, that figures in the passport and on the drivers license. But it took...

I couldn’t tell you. What I can tell you is that Argentina doesn’t stamp the passports anymore. That tells us that they have a computer system that will flag you if you abuse the system.

I don’t know how it is now, but I can’t imagine that the rules have changed. 15 years ago we had to pay an overstay fine for our 8 month old baby who had entered the country when he was 4 weeks old. Dad is Argentinian and I had permanent residency at the time, but we forgot that the baby only...