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    Has anyone received the SS proof of life form yet?

    two years ago, had US embassy deliver my form. i would have preferred to use them again this year if they are still doing this service. several times i have mailed things to US from here in cordoba that never made it. but when i went on embassy web page, there was only a phone number as a...
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    The mother went undercover to fight Argentina’s sex trafficking

    https://web.facebook.com/share/p/17UQ1J7XNm/
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    Wire dollars or use WU to send pesos?

    thanks gkcanela, i am still debating sending dollars directly to my santander acc. yesterday i compared using westernunion. and rate of exchange was better with western union but adding on their fee of 50 dollars made santander more appealing. my bank in US is a credit union and does not...
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    Wire dollars or use WU to send pesos?

    i just found out that my US credit union, where my social security checks go, does not do SWIFT , cannot do international transfers. i want to stop using western union for transfers to my arg bank. can i open a US bank account without going back to US? my idea is to transfer funds to new bank...
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    Wire dollars or use WU to send pesos?

    i looked up on santander web site how to transfer dollars from abroad...and there was no mention of having to give them a copy of my bank statements...that is what was making me hesitant to transfer directly to bank instead of western union. am i correct that now you dont have to send bank...
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    Wire dollars or use WU to send pesos?

    i am a retiree, have permentent residency, i transfer my social security and a bit from savings each month. i have no tax liability in us or argentina that i know of. try to live as simply ...
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    Wire dollars or use WU to send pesos?

    i have used western union for years, transfering directly to my santander rio account. i just saw thread that said i could tranfer dollars from my us bank directly to santander rio bank with less fees than western union. any reason not to do this ?
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    Western Union money transfer

    i tried western union again, and my transfer went through no problem! maybe the web site was swamped when i tried my attempt this morning that kept failing...sorry for the false alarm....
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    Western Union money transfer

    i just tried to make westernunion transfer. i have used same info for years with no problem, my bank in us to arg bank. a notice appeared that "arg recepient must now verify identity after three transfers"..(.i have done 10 this year.) i continued with transfer, then transfer was declined...
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    Mailing Letters to US currently prohibited

    last year my ssi payments were suspended . i had not received the form in the mail. i contacted the us embassy, and they sent me the form via email, and asked me to send it to them. i sent the form via mail to buenos aires us embassy and they forwarded it. payments back! so i assume that we...
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    Life after Skype

    thanks so much ....so for example , my sis in usa could set up google voice with her phone number and i could then use it to call usa??
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    Life after Skype

    i am a novice for all these different systems and terms. in the last couple of years, i have only used skype when i needed to call some business or gov agency where there was often a long waiting time on line to talk to a person. all my other calls are with whatsapp....so in my limited...
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    How to figure out fair rental increase

    definately helps! thanks so much for your time! this forum has helped me so much over the years,,,especially since i left BA for a small cordoba town as a lone expat
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    How to figure out fair rental increase

    so i would need to add around 27 to 30% ???
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    How to figure out fair rental increase

    thanks nikad...and Lucky luke i have a private unwritten contract adjusted every 6 months...it is hard to find rentals in my small town...what i am having trouble with is figuring out the IPC for last 6 months,,,all the web sites i look at only have december and march ..i think .december...
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    How to figure out fair rental increase

    i have been living in the same little older house in cordoba provence for 7 years and have a good relationship with owner. i have always paid 6months rent, due again in june. i was thinking of a 20% increase being fair, but owner thinks it should be higher. i have tried to look at all the...
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    Advice needed! SSI payments stopped

    thankyou for your time Macanudo...i will try calling the number you got and see if its active
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    Advice needed! SSI payments stopped

    i did not realize you worked at the embassy! thanks so much for your time addressing this! the tracking number of my form and copy of my passport is CU863146131AR it was sent on april 1st and was reported to be at Plaza Italia post office. please let me know if noone from the embassy can...
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    Advice needed! SSI payments stopped

    my ssi goes into my US bank. so anyone can have this happen to them
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    Advice needed! SSI payments stopped

    thanks for your reply Macanudo....that was the email i received from embassy...and i mailed the form back certified by correo argentina...but correo argentina reported that they were unable to deliver it to embassy thankyou for the phone number for difficulties if that doesnt work i will...
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