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It was 5 days from when I sent it to when it was supposed to arrive in her bank account here. On that 5th day she got an email asking her to make a Western Union account...I Dont think they was any additional paperwork. In the "old days" with Xoom and More Money we used to have to fill out...

So I just transferred to my wife's account and it went fine. After the 5 days they asked her to make an account and told her it would be fine from now on. No additional paperwork...but this was only for $500 USD

it was only $500, I wanted to test it out first before sending a large amount. I can't imagine that was enough to trigger it. While we had to file these kinds of things many times over with Xoom over the years with Ria and later Transferwise we were never asked to file any papers when...

So yesterday morning they sent my wife a message to file some paperwork: She filled it out right away but still no cash. Hopefully its a one time thing and the transfer will come through Monday/Tuesday next week.

Question, does the recipient need to make an account? I made an account online through a VPN and sent a transfer in pesos to my wife's account here. It was supposed to deposit today but its still in process. I saw a note that said in Argentina the recipient might need to register an account for...

It means either having USD in cash that you can take to a...let's say, "informal" exchange house to get the blue rate. Or you can use a service like Transferwise, Western Union, or Xoom to send USD from your account abroad here to pickup in pesos. They will give you better than the official...

I also have a Schwab account and I have used it extensively here for the last few years. Once the cepo went away and the spread between the blue and the official was not so much I started using my card to withdraw cash more often. I have never had problems getting the fees refunded each month...

Where did you get your numbers for the number of residents born in the USA from? I would be interested in the source.

Hi Neale, Christine, Depending on how long you are going to stay here AirBNB is the best route to go...Without getting residency your only route to a more permanent rental arrangement is either through friends or finding a landlord that is willing to rent to you without a long term contract...

As a person of Sicilian lineage, and having lived here 10+ years and visited Sicily several times I've investigated this quite a bit. The short answer is not as many Sicilians immigrated here as in other places...most Italian that settled here are from other parts of Italy, where as a large...

I can respect the opinions of others here but I must disagree with those that say its difficult to live for less than this. I am married, live in Palermo in a 1 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment in a newer building. Our rent is 16000 per month + about 6000 in expenses + internet. We do not have a...

I have Schwab and I find that at my local Santander (formerly Citi) some days I can get only 4000 and other days recently I have been getting 8000. I think it has to do with if the machine is stocked with only 100s or 500s...when it only give me 4000 max its on days when it only has 100s. Now...

Ill make sure to check them out next time. Thanks!

I did but no one really gave any opinions, which kind of surprised me. I figured I would try again and see if anyone else had suggestions. I guess not many here regularly have suits tailored.

Hi Everyone, ITs been about a year or so since I first asked this question. Im not sure if anyone has any new suggestions. I live in Las Cañitas and the lady I was going to for the last few years closed down. I tried a few others on Google in the area and they either were closed or not very...

Hi Ian, It was great to meet you the other day. Sue and Mike when to coffee chat this week hoping to see you. Ill tell them you plan on going next week. I went to the falls by bus overnight...I was also 20 years old and broke and didn't mind being on a bus all night with my friends. The long...

just my personal experience. Otherwise, maybe try the coffee chat at Starbucks each week and see what you get. If you want to go one week send me a message and I'll see if I can go as well.

Personally, while I have an Argentine wife and friends, I found most of my expat friends through through my religion. I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses and I attend a local congregation here in Palermo that meets in English. As such we have a mix of people from Australia, Ghana, USA, South...

Hi Val, My name is Dominick. I am from Chicago but I have lived here for about 10 years now. I first came here when I was 20. The coffee chat is a good place to start, I just went to my first one last week. But its mostly older folks. I understand what you are saying about missing English...

Im partial to Las Cañitas myself...fun and hip with lots of trendy cool things like Palermo but with less craziness and more "neighborhoodness". Getting a bit expensive as time goes on though. I have good friends in Caballito and I think its what Palermo was 10-15 years ago...when they first...