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Taxes.

don't bother, they've implemented a facial recognition system to send transfers that doesn't work if you don't have a DNI, as far as I can tell, so the account is only useful for keeping your hard earned pesos safe in the bank. the debit card is very hit or miss and usually doesn't work if they...

Somewhere in Buenos Aires, there is a man who made enough money to retire through smuggling imported Crock Pots into the country from Ciudad del Este to sell to expats. My goodness.

Sdfcu opens accounts for all us citizens and is the only credit union i know of that allows you to open an account with a foreign address. Both them and Penfed will open accounts remotely. The brokerage companies like Schwab have very low, subsidized international wire transfer fees and you will...

The funds will be frozen until morale improves. Depends on why they froze them. A suggestion for the future : Don't use Bank of America. They're the worst. Wells Fargo is also pretty bad. Military credit unions are used to overseas account activity (Pentagon Federal is open to anyone, even if...

There's businesses where locals can get a garantia through the insurance company using just their income. Someone enterprising should start a business doing the same thing for foreigners. Sign a payment contract in the US to accept the client's pension or SS and in return offer the use of a...

Bank transfers made under fraudulent pretexts can generally be reversed. A police report helps expedite things.

Make sure everything works because the second you give him the money he will never show up to repair anything at the property again, and will most likely blame you for breaking it.

Very unfortunate news about Aerolineas Argentinas. I enjoyed some very cheap flights at their expense paying in pesos with my foreign card last year.

Wait till the end of the month when the bank either adjusts the amount or the tax charge from AFIP posts.

Milei makes some extremely poor choices in who he chooses to be friends with.

https://www.monumentvisa.com/ Call them. They will walk you through the process and get it done much faster than you can on your own.

The most impressive security feature of all : By the time the bill actually makes it into general circulation, it'll be worth a few cents and you'll find them on the ground because people can't be bothered to pick them up, much less counterfeit them.

Go make money, I lived in China for years, made a bunch of money, and had a blast. They don't want foreigners settling down there, you spend more time with your residency status in doubt than not (unlike Argentina, the police show up at your door to investigate reports from the neighbors that...

In East Asia, you will always be a foreigner. It's fun for a while but you're never really going to fit in, which long term isn't good for your sanity.

Brazilians are not interested in taking your pesos, change them in Argentina. Or just use the ATM if you have a foreign card, Bradesco doesn't charge a fee (when they ask you about accepting their exchange rate, select "decline" if you don't want to donate 10% to the bank.)

Oh, I didn't realize they were earning that much. That sounds livable.

Does minimum wage cover the cost of living? Mind you, I'm not saying the politicians deserve the raise, merely that it's impossible to have honest politicians if their salary doesn't cover their living expenses. Bukele managed to massively downsize the legislature in El Salvador. Fewer total...

It will be impossible to eliminate corruption if politicians' salaries are below the cost of living. How else are they supposed to eat?

There's a new wildly unpopular hate speech law in the UK. It was a joke.