Recent content by westofwall

For those who were curious about how things turned out when I left Argentina, I can provide an update. Both I and my friend (who left a week after I did) had no issues when leaving EZE. There was some brief confusion from the immigration officer, who thought based on my stamps that I had...

--I was in Barrio Chino earlier this week, at the smaller of the 2 big supermarkets, called Ichiban. I saw pargo there that looked fresh. I didn't buy it this time, but plan to get some soon and cook it in the Caribbean style.

City Girl, thanks for that information, hopefully you're correct and there won't be any issues when we leave. As I said, I plan to go right to my gate, but leave extra time at EZE in case they kick me back to the entry hall to pay the fine.

You've already overstayed if they didn't extend you after your stop in Uruguay, so I wouldn't worry about it until you're ready to leave Arg. again. But that's the problem when it's time to leave Arg.--we don't know if we will have overstayed or not. Do we try to go to our gate and hope it's...

OK, so I guess the first person to leave should report back here what happened. To pay the fine at EZE, see this post, it explains it. I'd leave an extra hour at the airport to deal with it. You probably won't need that much time, but you never know...

JoshF, you said you went to Uruguay on the 86th day. Did you come back to Arg. before the 90th day, or after? If you came back after the 90th day, then it seems you were given another 90 days on your return or else you would have told you had overstayed the original 90 days when you came back.

JoshF, were you still within the original 90 days when you came back from Uruguay? If yes, you're in the same situation that I'm in and we both won't know for sure what is happening until we leave the country again after the original 90 day period is over.

Lucha, as I wrote in the original post, I received the normal square entry stamp with date of re-entry, but did not get the 2nd stamp or handwritten note saying '90 dias'. It appears that without that 2nd stamp, the re-entry did not give me an additional 90 days.

Bajo Cero, thanks for the information, even if it's not what I wanted to hear. Any idea why they would choose not to add 90 days this time? I've done short trips outside of Arg. numerous times and never had this happen and I have not heard of this happening to other people either. I'm...

Thanks all for your responses! El Queso, I think/hope that you're right that the lack of '90 day' extra stamp won't be big issue. It's probably much ado about nothing, and hopefully not a policy change to stop 'visa run' type trips. I'll know for sure when I leave Arg. in a month or two and...

Steve, I have been coming to Arg. every year for 6 or 7 years. I overstayed for the first time last year, staying about 6 months without going out of Arg. My current 90 period ends in early February. I'm traveling under an EU passport, if that matters (no reciprocity fee was ever due). ElQueso...

So, I was recently in Iguazu and visited both sides of the falls. Upon re-entering Arg., I was stamped with a new entry date, but did not receive the additional stamped or handwritten "90 Dias" entry in my passport. The agent did sign his name on the stamp but made no other entry. I did not...

Can anyone recommend a dietetica in the Palermo/Belgrano area that carries the active yogurt cultures (called 'yogur en polvo' I believe)? I've been to many shops in the area and none carry it...

Thanks guys for the quick response! I'll take my watch there on Tuesday, will let you know how it goes....

Anyone know of good watch shop where I can get my band repaired? I know there are a lot en el centro, can't recall seeing any in those other neighborhoods. Thanks!