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    Life in Buenos Aires with young children

    Hello All! Hoping to get in touch with some expats or mixed couples who live (or have lived) in Buenos Aires with younger children. My wife (Arg) and I (USA) are debating whether or not to move back down for a year or two to be closer to her family for a while. We have a 5.5 year old boy and a...
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    Travel Requirements With Non-Argentine Children...

    Hopefully someone here as some information. We arrived last week for a month visit with my wife's family (Argentine) so they could meet our newborn son! We are looking at possibly travelling to Uruguay this coming weekend, and of course, will be leaving the country to return to the USA at the...
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    Fedex Vs Ups Vs Dhl, Recent Experiences With Documents.

    Hello all! I wanted to submit this query to the forum for some input. We all know things change often and without notice in Argentina so want to know what experiences people have had in the last 3-4 months. The question is: What provider currently does the best delivering mail from the US to...
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    Moving Sale! Electronics, Camping Stuff & Books

    Hello BAExpats. After 4 + years, my wife & I have decided to move on to try out life in the United States - so we are selling everything we have. There are photos available here. There are still some items we need to take pictures of! We will try to get that done ASAP! Lots of stuff has...
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    Subpar Journalism

    So - I stop by Facebook today, and see a article my friend (who is very Leftist) shared, as a way to prove that capitalism is fundamentally flawed... http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1608654-la-ciudad-de-nueva-york-en-riesgo-de-quiebra Of course I decide I will take a look at the article, and I am...
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    Mailing Forms To The Us Government

    Hello all, Lets see if I can perform a query on the collective database that is BAExpats... I am currently working on filling out an I-130 for my Wife, so that we can move stateside sometime next year. The question really has to do with the mail, as we will have to send the packet of forms...
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    Flying Via Sao Paolo

    Hello all, I am going to take advantage of the many experiences peoples have on this board, and see if anyone can help calm my mind regarding a flight I take tomorrow... I am headed to Athens with Turkish Airlines, and fly through Sao Paolo (GRU) and Istanbul (IST). We purchased this ticket...
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    Credit Card Statement's

    Basically I just wanted to start a thread to hear about other's experiences with their most recent Credit Card Statement - did you have purchases that got charged the 15% retention, etc. Personally, the only "foreign" purchase I made was through Paypal, however I had Paypal charge my credit...
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    Making a joke out of insecurity

    I am not one to start a thread/conversation normally, but I saw this today and I couldn't resist. Pagina 12 (a officialist leaning newspaper) always features a small comic in the upper right hand of their online version with a political cartoon for the day. Usually these are just fun little...
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    El Calafate

    In addition to our short escape to Uruguay (as mentioned in a previous thread), we will be heading down to El Calafate for a little longer of a stay. I wanted to just put out a call for any recommendations about this trip. Such as, is it better to fly LAN or Aerolineas? Best Hotels? Good...
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    Estancias near Colonia, Uruguay

    Hey guys, My wife and I are preparing for a visit from my brother and his wife. We are planning on making a short two day, one night hop over to Colonia during the second week of March. I have already been to Colonia many a time, and know that more than an afternoon can get a little dry in the...
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    Charles Schwab

    Question, since I know lots of us use Charles Schwab. Does anyone know what exchange numbers they use to calculate the rate when withdrawing from ATMS?
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    Brazil with Permanent Residency

    Good afternoon all, Quick question as I am currently looking at flight options to NYC, and one of the cheaper options is with TAM, but with a layover in Brazil. I was wondering if I will have to get any special permission to do a flight layover in Brazil as a US citizen, or if I can just go and...
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    Current DNI Processing Time

    Hello all, I just wanted to know if anyone has received their DNI recently and if so how long it took them to get it once their residency was processed? Is the ReNaPer just in a particularly slow season right now? I suppose they have to worry about passports now too... I applied through the...
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    A baexpats wiki, idea?

    This is a post mostly to those expats who have been here for a while and have often commented on the repeating nature of posts on the forums. I was thinking it would be a cool idea to create a wiki for BAExpats that can be edited by any user (let's say who is not a "newcomer") that would serve...
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    Milanesas para Todo

    Thank god! The price of Milanesas was starting to eat a whole in my pockets. Now I only have to take an hour and a half bus ride to and from the Mercado Central and I can have some great Milanesas para Todos
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    Donations and Christmas in the Plazas

    I just received an email from the Gobierno de la Ciudad that they will be hosting a Santa in the plazas event. Check out the link ]],+visit%C3%A1+la+plaza+navide%C3%B1a+de+tu+barrio"]here. Anyways they will also be accepting donations of children's toys and clothes. Thought some of you might...
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    GCBA, CNRT & the irresponsibility of Empresas de Colectivos

    So I decided to start a new thread to discuss what is being done to improve the safety factor in the cities as related to the public bus system in the wake of the 22 deaths in the past year, ideas of what should be done, and to hear some peoples stories of problems with buses. I was inspired to...
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