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    UK Student loan repayment situation

    The SLC's a real hassle. The repaypment threshold for Argentina has always been absurdly low because they don't update it regularly enough to account for the rate of inflation here. The options based on my own experience and those of friends: 1) Ask your employer to write a letter or...
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    Hi, sorry for the late reply; I've not checked in for a long long time. Congratulations on your...

    Hi, sorry for the late reply; I've not checked in for a long long time. Congratulations on your engagement and I hope you've already found the info you need. Yes, I got married on an overstay. There was no problem with that. It was fairly easy, we just went to Registro Civil to book a date, then...
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    Price Of English Lessons

    Me and the few other teachers I know are charging between $350 and $400 per hour this year for 1-1 classes at the student's home or office. $350 for existing students who are continuing with their classes, and $400 for new students, or students who live in an awkward place to travel to. I don't...
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    Uk-Argentina Marriage

    Yes, Argentina recognises dual citizenship. My father-in-law has Argentine and Spanish passports. I'm from the UK and married an Argentine girl last year but only applied for permanent residency since I see no benefits to citizenship, other than being able to vote in national elections. Any...
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    Getting Certificado Domicilio

    Same for me last year. I never heard of anyone needing witnesses in Capital. I think the idea is that your address is effectively "proven" by the officer visiting to deliver the certificate (though you don't actually have to be in - I left a copy of my passport with the encargado and he received...
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    Argentinian Partner Looking To Settle In Uk...

    The France angle might be worth investigating - it varies from country. There are a lot of people here who got EU passports through having Italian grandparents, but Spain, on the other hand accepts only children, not grandchildren. You'd have to check what the situation is with France through...
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    Super Rugby Tickets

    For anyone on here who's into rugby, there are free tickets for expats to one of the Super Rugby matches next week. They take you to the stadium too: http://www.turismo.buenosaires.gob.ar/en/article/free-tickets-going-argentinanew-zealand-super-rugby-clash
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    Argentine Us Marriage With Expired Tourist Visa

    I'd overstayed the entry stamp in my passport by 18 months when I got married in May and it was no problem at all, but I'm British so no reciprocality visa thing. This was in Capital Federal. I'm pretty sure there was an option when we made the appointment to say that I was foreign and input my...
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    Potential Jobs With Dni

    Yes, teaching is my sole source of income. No offices, just private clases in people's homes. It might depend if you are qualified/ have experience, but all the teachers I know charge about the same - 200 minimum if they travel to the student's home or work. That's really not much money for the...
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    Potential Jobs With Dni

    Reading between the lines, are you saying that you earn only 60 pesos an hour as an English teacher? I work as an English teacher and charge 220 an hour. Even when I started here in 2011 I think I was earning more than 60. Perhaps you should stick with what you're doing but up your rates.
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    Probable Entry Denial At Ezeiza After Overstay

    I was in a similar situation a few weeks ago and it was pretty tense. I'm British, my wife Argentine. We got married early May then went on a two-week honeymoon to Europe. When I paid the overstay fine at Ezeiza on departure I was told straight that I wouldn't be allowed back into the country...
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    Paying Off Uk Student Loan

    Hi Grggry. I was faced with the same situation when I moved here three years ago. The repayment threshold for Argentina is much lower than in the UK to reflect a supposed lower cost of living here (the threshold is not regularly revised and as a consequence of the high inflation here, has...
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    Heads Up Everybody,... General Strike On For March 31.

    Argentine workers actually have less holiday than in many countries. They have an absurd number of national holidays, but the annual leave entitlement is outrageously low compared to European standards (in the first five years in a job here, you have 10 days holiday entitlement - in the UK the...
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    Free Health Coverage For All In The City Of Buenos Aires

    Most developed countries have universal healthcare too; it's not some wacky Latin American populist idea. The USA was always a bizarre exception in being a developed country with a third-world attitude to healthcare. this is true. While they often ask for proof of health insurance when you...
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    Urban Transportation Solutions.

    I agree with nationalising the colectivos. The government is so proud of having nationalised Aerolineas, but surely urban transport should have been the priority. Working people use busses more than planes.
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    Where To Find Good Soup?

    Meme Sopa & Roll (Gorriti and Carranza) is pretty good. They do different types of soup from around the world. Not sure it'll catch on though - in Argentina soup seems to be viewed as something you only eat when you're ill.
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    Overstayed Visa--How Many Times Is This Acceptable?

    I'm in the same position as the original poster. My girlfriend works at Ezeiza and has spoken to some of the guys that work on the immigration about it and they have conftold her that there was no "rule", but that "in general" they adopted a three strikes policy.
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    Teaching Certification - How Specialistic Is It?

    I did the CELTA course about five years ago before going to teach in Spain and I'd say it was pretty essential. I wouldn't have had the first idea of what or how to teach a class without it (I'd never have got a job either, of course). There was no learning grammar rules, other than what I...
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    European Visa/residency Question

    You can't go to the UK. Not unless your non-EU partner gets EU citizenship somewhere else in the EU first. There are Brits all over the world who, like me, cannot go home to their own country because of this terribly unfair law. I'm not sure how literally you mean it when you said that all that...
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