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Speaking (output) comes after massive amounts of listening (input). When you land in Arg see if you can find someone to date, preferably that doesn't speak English. That'll get you up to speed real quick haha

The quizzes etc are not really necessary. You need comprehensible input. Think of yourself as a baby when you were first learning to speak with your parents, they didn't give you quizzes and drills. The premise of the site is that by watching videos with images and gestures that describe what...

https://www.dreamingspanish.com/browse?guide=agustina I highly recommend Dreaming Spanish, this will actually help you learn Spanish. The teacher Agustina is from BA and her videos are interesting and enjoyable to watch. Duolingo unfortunately has overly gamified the experience, they're more...

Regarding applying for citizenship, CABA has the lowest thresholds to be able to apply, you don't even need to have a DNI. Whereas outside CABA, especially in more remote provinces a DNI is required to even start a citizenship case, which means you'd need to wait however many months for...

To open a monotributo you have to already be a resident, or at the very least had your application for residency accepted and a Precaria issued. It's related to how you can declare income in Argentina after you're a resident, but doesn't lead to residency itself.

One of the forum members has an apartment for rent, not sure if it's booked yet but it is in Recoleta https://baexpats.org/threads/excellent-1-bedroom-for-rent-available-october.47810/

I know of a lawyer who can help get a rentista visa even if you don't necessarily have passive income (remote workers etc) I can share his number privately if you're interested

Oh true that's a good point. Odd then that Amik had an issue

Seems you're right, based on the official Visa website the rate is 981.75 today https://usa.visa.com/support/consumer/travel-support/exchange-rate-calculator.html

2 years of residence is defacto required nowadays to start a citizenship case. True, you can file your case anytime, but the paperwork does not start moving until the judge/secretary agree you qualify to apply. It's pretty much a waste of everyone's time to file a case before you have at least...

The fine is 40K pesos, or around $30 something USD as of October 2024

If you ask a barber do I need a haircut, the answer is always going to be yes

You can pay the fine at Aeroparque, it's a 10 min taxi from Palermo and you have a couple days grace period to exit the country. Fine is 40K pesos as of a week ago

You see it with the "dolar diarco" where the grocery store is accepting dollars directly. Obviously real estate and car purchases, we'll have to see but the overnight approach seems to not be happening now

The problem is due to crash testing the metal portion of the car keeps going higher and higher and the rear window is smaller and smaller. To the point on some new cars you can't hardly see out the back at all. Backup cameras have been mandated in the US for a while now. Just not so common here...

To be honest I have found the driving here totally manageable (though I have a lot of experience driving in developing countries). I'd even say when you're on the highway in the province, driving manners are excellent. There's no left lane hogging, and people will pass and then get over to the...

Indeed it's surprised me as well. Without the advantage of the blue dollar, things really do get expensive here. I'm not sure how the locals are scraping by

Yes it's per person, including dependents. An expensive option for large families!

I don't understand the downsides to Zelle? It's superior to ACH in every which way for a personal use case. ACH is not instant, taking multiple business days, and is reversible, often times even coming with a cost. And to make an ACH transfer, you need someones full bank account and routing...

If you can find one sure. Manual transmissions seem to be the most common. You can rent cars at Aeroparque no problem. Parking in the city is a pain, brush up on those parallel parking skills, cars don't seem to have backup cameras here either. Just bring a passport and your drivers license...