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    Keeping US cell phone number for text & talk when moving there

    Google Voice and several other VOIP providers definitely are able to receive SMS to US number without any SIM card. They are typically forwarded to email.
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    Got into a scuffle with three chorros at Starbucks- will they seek revenge?

    I think their revenge can be addressed to their competitors, not to their marks
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    Hacker steals complete DNI database

    every DNI contains pulgar fingerprint and handwritten signature. I wonder if these are included into the stolen database
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    Is the DNI for naturalized citizens different?

    I don't understand why DNI number matters at all. As jantango mentioned above DNI of naturalized person explicitly contains naturalization date (NATURALIZADO FECHA)
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    Is it better to apply for visa from inside or outside the country?

    ballpark estimate for uncomplicated cases is between 2 to 5 months from initial application to "disposicion protocolizada"
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    PASO Election Results

    all these leftist ideas that employees and renters require "protection" from employers and landlords stem from false premises: (1) false premise that all employers and landlords are rich; (2) false premise that all employers and landlords "exploit" employees and renters. In fact many...
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    Is there any use for crypto in Argentina?

    why would anybody want to make every minor individual transaction in crypto currencies? For one thing, they are irreversible and undisputable, so one would not have much recourse after buying something on Mercado Libre
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    Green Card lottery for Argentines?

    you apply in October-November of 2021. Then in May-June of 2022 you will get an answer (whether selected or not). If not selected then you can try your chance next time. If selected then you need to provide supporting documentation to the US consulate and have an interview. If successful you...
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    Green Card lottery for Argentines?

    there must be some significant information omitted or distorted here. Every green card category (family based, employment based, diversity lottery) as well as every country of birth have their own quotas (and thus queues) at USCIS. Many petitions are processed in 1-2 years. Most likely this...
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    Green Card lottery for Argentines?

    Yes, it totally exists. Never ceased to exist even during Trump admiistration. Participation is based on country of birth (not nationality). Select few countries (like China, India) with large influx of immigrants are banned from participation in diversity lottery. Argentina (as birth...
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    Why Steam Games Are Getting Mysterious Sale Spikes in Argentina

    it's not greed, it's economic arbitrage... One cannot create prices or artificial exchange rates out of thin air. Everything is interconnected.
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    Why Steam Games Are Getting Mysterious Sale Spikes in Argentina

    I was contacted with similar proposition on Facebook fairly recently. So I assume there are other channels other than Steam or gifting
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    Why Steam Games Are Getting Mysterious Sale Spikes in Argentina

    I observed multiple times how people from Russia approached Russian immigrants living in Argentina with proposals like that: Argentine person buys some game-related stuff online using Argentine credit/debit card. Then transfers stuff to Russian guy. And Russian guy pays back outside of...
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    What happens to a permanent residency when you leave for good?

    Nice. But this is not universally applicable across all Mercosur or South American countries. You need to search for exact rules for every country separately. It's easier to bring passport.
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    What happens to a permanent residency when you leave for good?

    That's different. DNI shows that you are perm. resident in Argentina hence you have right to enter and live in Argentina. Passport is irrelevant. Similarly I can enter the US with my green card (perm. resident card) alone without any passport. When you travel to Uruguay or Chile there is no...
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    Permanent Residency Application Stuck in "Proceso de supervisión"

    My case was in the same state and it turned out they actually wanted some additional documents and paperwork from me (translated names were inconsistent). You should talk to them in the immigration building and clarify what's lacking/inconsistent in your documents.
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    The Longest Word

    I would say that "miento" may be fairly counted as 2 syllables, not 3. Driving down the total to 8 instead of 9
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    Visa Inversionista

    first of all, inversionista visa requires investment to be done upfront. Inversionista visa is NOT about sum of money coming in every month. Rentista visa is about sum of money coming in every month.
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    Latin American English vs Spanish English

    English is not native for me as well, I'm an immigrant to the US. And large contributor to better English for me were (and still are) watching movies and news in English with English subtitles and listening to talk radio. Notice that I consider important to have English subtitles matching...
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