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    Argentina v Chile v Uruguay for rural small town living

    What factors presently make Argentina (presumably Capital Federal) more expensive than Spain? Excluding rent and meals in restaurants, both of which for me are zero, my monthly cost of living is presently $450, almost exactly half of which I spend on everything that I eat and drink. The other...
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    Citizenship requirements

    Which countries (if any) actually require the physical presence of their citizens who are "collecting" apostilled documents required by Argentine migraciones? I applied for and renewed temporary residency three times from 2006 to 2009 and citizenship in 2012. I never had to leave Argentina...
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    New Immigration Agency

    PS: as the new force will be stationed at the border entry points, it's goiing to be more likely than ever that expats with previous overstays will get closer scrutiny when they try to enter. The new force may not share the generally afable attitude of the old one.
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    New Immigration Agency

    Announced and reported in 5he B.A. Times this afternoon: https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/bullrich-ploughs-cash-into-immigration-controls-unveils-new-force.phtml I didn't get any impression that tourists who entered the country "legally" and have only overstayed their 90 day "visas"...
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    New Immigration Agency

    As always, I can only speak for myself, and I would like to be placed near the top of the list (if there are enough of us to make one) of all of us who "have loved the Dirección Nacional de Migrciones so much." Even though I applied for and renewed my temporary residency (as well as applied for...
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    U.S. Banks Shelve $20 Billion Bailout Plan for Argentina

    Until they run out of other people's money.
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    Western Union money transfer

    Just checked my account and the transfer has been credited.
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    Anyone recently extended a tourist stay and re-entered?

    Are you asking if "you" can get the 90 day extension and then do a "border crossing and return" and get an additional 90 days? I am assuming the goal is to always be in Argentina 'legally" without ever having an overstay, but in order to accomplish that, you would have to make the border...
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    Western Union money transfer

    To be clear, I was asked to provide the declaración jurada as the recipient of the funds in Argentina. I could have used either a US passport or an Argentine DNI as a form of identification, but, in either case I still had to complete and send the form to Pago Facil in Argentina. I identifided...
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    Western Union money transfer

    I made a Western Union transfer late yesterday morning after I saw that the rate was back to $1482. When I initiated the transfer, the ETA was 0 to 4 business days, but I knew it was already too late for the funds to be credited to my Santander Rio account rhe same day. When I recieved the...
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    What do American expats miss the most about living in America?

    Could this be the one you were looking for? https://baexpats.org/threads/disappointed-with-food-in-argentina.47999/ I found it (among others) by entering the word "food" and searched "titles only."
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    Milei to New Yorkers: Flee "communist" Mamdani to Argentina

    Right or left, when yer talkin' 'bout goberment spending, it's always other people's money.
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    Buying rural land as a foreigner

    One hectare equals 10.000 m2 and that also equals 2.471 acresm You will not need a DNI, but you will be asked for both your passport and a CDI.
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    Milei to New Yorkers: Flee "communist" Mamdani to Argentina

    I first came to visit for two months in 2006. My fixed monthly income was just barely enough to qualify for the visa pensionado and I had enough dinero from the sale of my house in Mexico to buy a 68 mt2 apartment in Recoleta (Aranales 2078). As my first dinner date (about a week after my...
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    Milei to New Yorkers: Flee "communist" Mamdani to Argentina

    Or ask the natives of Argentina who were living in CABA (especially Recoleta, Palermo, Barrio Norte, etc.) in the early to mid-2000's, as "ar-ri-ved (a three sylable word as prounounced by my first Argentine dinner date) the foreigner," following the crisis of 2001. All it took for me to come...
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    From Russia with Love…LBGTQ style

    A recent article in The Buenos Aires Herald without a paywal: Russia’s LGBTQ immigrants find strength and support in Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires Herald https://share.google/PhXYGG8XrrgszfA49
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    Perón and Alfonsín’s ties to Freemasonry revealed in historic documents

    According to Google AI: "Yes. , the Knights of Columbus was formed to provide a Catholic alternative to Freemasonry, which the Catholic Church historically opposed and prohibited its members from joining. Founded by Father Michael J. McGivney in 1882, the Knights of Columbus offered a fraternal...
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    Perón and Alfonsín’s ties to Freemasonry revealed in historic documents

    Not according to Google AI: "..., Freemasonry is not exclusively for Protestants; it is open to men of various religious beliefs who believe in a Supreme Being. While some Masonic rituals and symbols have Christian roots, and many members in certain regions may be Christian, the organization...
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    In urgent need of assistence

    What was the source of the forms you mentined, what information is required, and to whom must you submit them. Can you post photos of the the blank forms? Until Monday, when I recieved the November benefit payment on time (after the October SSA payment was dedayed from Friday the third until...
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    Disappointed with Food in Argentina

    Old Chinese proverb: It's never too late to learn how babies are made.
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