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Well I just got a 2000 peso fine :eek: for speeding on the pan-americana (in pvca) and a legal notice so yeah..someone is enforcing the rules.

Was that in response to me? Can't pay salary here in dollars for an en blanco job unless the law has just recently changed. It has always had to be paid in pesos, no matter the company. A company can tell you what it would be in dollars but they have to pay it in pesos. (ej: you'll earn 1000...

You're not getting paid in white in dollars here. SO you're either getting paid in negro in dollars here which since you won't be official, you won't be able to open a bank account here. So that's a non-starter. Or you are getting paid in the US or other country other than Arg in dollars...

School actually starts Feb (mine begin Feb 22). You may not have anyone get back to you from the schools for another week or two - schools are closed right now for summer vacation and usually not until early Feb are the administrative/teachers back. There are lots of options in the city, hope...

Anything is doable - we generally come down hard on people who are clueless and then defensive about it ;) Salary for a full-time person that helps you with kids/house - say approximately 8500 pesos a month. (could be more, I know people paying up to 10 but most are around 8-9). Most will...

There is a bunch of us on FB - expat mommy group I think it's called. School starts next month so it may be challenging getting them enrolled - vacancies are pretty full. There are a fair amount of bilingual schools in Belgrano area and I love that part of town.

I refuse to pay them until after I return to my car. And I won't pay unless it's the same guy who was there when I arrived and he's waiting by the car. (Yes, if you are all the way down the street, you're not watching my car so don't expect money). I saw a trapito hit a guy over the head...

I actually kind of feel bad for some of the Kirchner disciples. I have a friend who has been posting similar things about how Macri is a dictator, the evil that is coming, etc. And every day, it's like she is getting more and more extreme b/c no one is listening to her and generally people...

As long as he's been here for 3 years, he *shouldn't* need anything but his certificate from Argentina. I just helped a friend with this in the last year and no problems (she also had an Arg kid). She was here pretty much consistently though for the past 5 years with just one trip a year or so...

You couldn't pay me personally to do a trip there now. January in Missiones = hellacious heat. I don't think I'd want a baby outside in that heat. And while I did really enjoy the falls, after a few hours, we had seen pretty much everything there was to see. I think your toddler would...

Or most probably live in pesos and not dollars ;) Whomever is paying 6K for a 20 hour a week cleaning job must have one very happy employee. That's a very good salary for such few hours.

CLEARLY Macri is behind it ;)

I thought of this thread when I got waved into the security checkpoint again yesterday at Lugones and La Pampa (as did the guy behind me driving a BMW). Same thing as always - they asked for my ID, checked the car registration and insurance and then off I went. As always, wasn't doing...

I completely understand the issue. I just don't see it as that much of a fundamental change as you do. But like I said, I have been asked to show IDs multiple times at checkpoints HERE in Argentina. Actually this is the only place that's ever happened to me. And not because I was committing...

I actually do have a problem for stop and frisk - which is a big step from asking for ID. My point is that you (and I) have no idea how this will play out. You're decrying the policy and what it means without it even having been implemented. I'm willing to give them a benefit of the doubt...

That quite probably is true BUT why not wait until it's happened to condemn the police? And again - if it turns out to be the case - I'll be the first person in line to protest against the police. But it hasn't happened yet. I am sensitive to the fact that people are worried about abuse of...

Shhh gringoboy - don't you realize this is a piece of brilliance by the doctor? He not only gets to say Macri is a dictator but he also gets to scare permatourists into thinking they will be jailed for not having a DNI and (possibly) drum up some business for himself. It's a win-win. I'll be...

OMG!!!111!!! Police can ask you for identification?! THE END OF THE WORLD!!111!!! At what point does it say its criminal not to have it? Nor does it say DNI. Just documents of identify (i.e., passport).. Since you need to show a document for just about every single thing you do here -...

Speak to me of this please! I have a macbook pro. Mid 2012 model. I bought it end of 2012 and 2014, it just died one day (not through anything I did). Then worked again for a few weeks and died again. It's been sitting here for the last year b/c I didn't want to pay a million dollars to...

I'm so surprised about the recos for Fabrica del Taco. Has it gotten a lot better in the last year or so? I used to go there a fair amount and IMO - while it was certainly okay, it wasn't anything to write home about. Just - ok. Portions small, not anything out of this world in terms of...