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Looks like "extra-mercosur" is not enough to describe the situation. The person that was denied entry is Russian. There is a bilateral agreement between Russia and Argentina that allows Russian nationals to stay without visa no more than 90 days in the last 180 days. I have not heard about...

I have just been told about a case when an extra-mercosur citizen got his “prorroga”, then going to Uruguay and not being let back in to Argentina. The lawyer who told this story explained it the way that prorroga gives a legal way to stay 90 days longer but it comes with two things: 1. It...

If anyone looking, I found this site super useful, not just for Spanish teachers, of which I found five to choose from, but any other subject. https://www.superprof.com.ar/

if you travel plans include Bariloche over xmas/new year, let me know!

Good point. WU fee for me so far was between 1.5%-2.5%. Still it makes WU circa 7% better. Worth the convenience occasionally?

Indeed! Or a powerbank and a sim card with enough data. Coverage map shows Personal having decent 5G coverage in BA.

This is Starling, normally it's super quick, wasn't this time.

Finally! I have received a refund 9 days after the purchase. MasterCard debit with no conversion fees, nominated in GBP. Purchase made on rate £1=ARS 203 Refund came in USD(!), converted to GBP by the bank resulting the final rate to be £1=ARS 359 Which is roughly 9% lower than WU rate on the...

I'm wondering if I'm the only one here who hasn't got the refund on MasterCard yet... These inconsistent results make it hard to plan.

No power in my house in San Telmo. Had to work early hours so went to Starbucks… and unlike all power sockets in my house and other places I’ve been, there’s none where I can plug the european one. Where do they usually sell adapters here? Supermarkets? Ferreterías?

I wouldn’t worry remembering it. It’s not going to work anyway. My test purchase has just been settled at the official rate. Stillborn improvement.

Does your bank show unsettled transactions in any different way to settler? My one says “pending” before settlement and if amount changes on settlement it also lets me know. Also Visa - they’re not on yet.

I’m being the guineapig of the week. Just made a small purchase with my UK mastercard. As expected, still official rate. My theory is that authorisation will always be like that but the settlement (usually occurs between a few hours to few days from purchase) may be on a better rate. Waiting.

ok, there goes the glimmer of hope I briefly had

how did you get it without DNI?

I’m held up by another local tradition - western union running out of cash and I’m running out of western unions in the area. Hope to solve the issue before the end of the meet up.

Will join you there, subject to mastering the skill of hailing a bus. They seem to be reluctant to stop if I don't sit on top of a pole with the route number.

Any recommendations for a Spanish teacher around San Telmo area? Looking for a one-to-one intensive course to get things going. Maybe someone knows of an online platform to find local teachers in BA?

are you guys meeting tomorrow? I'm a fresh arrival to BA, would love to meet the locals