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    English speaking dermatologist?

    Several months ago, I called Hospital Aleman to make a dermatology appt. and they told me the first one available was in two months. They don't have dermatology in the guardia, but the scheduler told me that if I went to the dermatology department at Juncal 2450, up one floor, before 10 or 11...
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    USA tourist Visa help

    I am a US citizen with an Argentine spouse who has a green card. We want to get a tourist visa for his adult son to come visit us in the US. I looked at the visa application form on the US embassy website, and it looks like a nightmare of details. Is there a service or agency we can pay to do...
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    US tax implications US Expat marries an Argentine

    If you receive Social Security, you will want t sign up your spouse so s/he can receive benefits from your account. This will give him/her a social security number, which is a tax id.
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    Daily maid rate per hour

    Like Ceviche, I have a hard worker, honest, once a week, with us 10 years. She looks out for us, considers herself the house manager when we aren't here. At the beginning of this year, I asked her what rate she wanted, and she said 3500 per hour. I pay by the day (without travel), so I have...
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    New mandate re money transfers?

    I got the same Santander notice. As I read it, if I am okay with the 4 x SMVM, then I don't have to do anything. Is that right? I don't work here. The notice said they needed to know more about my finances. "Es por eso que, si no tenés registrada tu actividad formal en la AFIP (ya sea...
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    Immigrating to the US with Argentine spouse?

    Agree with Brian. Our experience in 2014-15 was that we entered in October. We got married end of Dec. and in Jan applied for green card. No problems. We also received legal advice to leave some time between entering before (marrying and) seeking green card. You need to have enough time...
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    Medical expenses in Buenos Aires

    On Jan 2. Guardia at Hospital Aleman. Consult, fulll bloodwork and urinalysis, 2 x-rays (abdomen and chest) and abdominal sonogram. On mastercard: $94 usd. Jan 10: CT scan pelvic and abdominal, on mastercard, $194.
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    Western Union money transfer

    A visiting friend wants to extend her stay and needs some more USD to pay rent and other expenses in USD. Is there any easy way to get dollars in Buenos Aires? As a one-time deal, not ongoing.
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    A Sharp Right Turn for Argentina?

    Thanks for posting this. Very interesting explanation of what is going on in politics here.
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    US ex pats that married Argentine Citizen help

    For the full 50% spouse must be 65. At 62, they can get a benefit but reduced. The formula is here:
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    US ex pats that married Argentine Citizen help

    Maybe there are some benefits that require 10 years, but not this one. my husband and I are not yet married 10 years. i don't remember our exact timeline, but this reference from SSA says it is one year. https://faq.ssa.gov/en-us/Topic/article/KA-01999
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    US ex pats that married Argentine Citizen help

    Not true. I'm alive and my spouse gets the benefit.. but she might still get it "even" if he is already dead.
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    US ex pats that married Argentine Citizen help

    If you are getting married and receiving U.S. Social Security, be sure to look into filing for her. She will likely qualify to receive a separate benefit based on being your spouse. The benefit could be equal to one half the amount of yours.
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    eSIM option in Buenos Aires?

    Maybe it is different at the airport. I am reporting what I was told at the Personal office on Santa Fe in Recoleta about 3 weeks ago. We were in a situation where I had an esim but my husband didn‘t. Both phones are in my name, and they did add his, but the woman who did it seemed surprised...
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    eSIM option in Buenos Aires?

    Personal has eSims. The current policy is only to give them to people with contracts and not for people with prepago, or pay as you go. We have e-sims in our prepagos, but they are from before they instituted the current policy. We use them as a second sim, keeping the US numbers active as well.
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    Paxlovid treatment for covid available in Argentina?

    Does anyone know if Paxlovid (Nirmatrelvir w/ ritonavir,) covid treatment is available in Argentina? If so, how do you get it? We don't have covid now, but think it very likely we will get it in the coming weeks/months. We are old and want to be prepared.
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    Tiping the Building Porter?

    I know I shouldn’t think in usd, but would 12,000 pesos. (1000 pesos per month) be excessive? That‘s $40.
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    Tiping the Building Porter?

    Any advice on how much to give our long-time building porter as a regalito for Christmas/ i.e. year-end tip?
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    Progressive lenses

    I'm no expert, but I have a fairly f***ed up eyes with astigmatism and have twice bought glasses that are both progressive and light-sensitive (that darken in the sun) from a neighborhood shop that seem fine to me. I am not sure that the anti-reflective qualities are as good as the ones I get...
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    Reliable transportation from the city to EZE?

    Taxi Ezeiza is super reliable. Their current rate from the city to EZE is 2790, and only in cash. https://www.taxiezeizaoficial.com/tarifas-vigentes/
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