KatharineAnn
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Hey all,
Recently I was browsing around the migraciones web site to see if there´s a way for me to get my temporary residency in Argentina, seeing as I´ve been living and working here for some 9 months and plan on staying another 2 or 3 years. Unfortunnately I´m working ´en negro´ and don´t know if I could even get employment ´en blanco´, because then they ask you for work papers. Is this right? Is there any possible way for a foreigner (not Mercosur) to get Residency without a work contract or proof of studies, marriage, or Arg. family member? I´m here with my boyfriend and plan to stay for a while, and it´d be great to not have to worry about my tourist visa every 3 months and possible new tourist visa fees!
Also, what do you all do about health insurance? I´m 22 and still covered under my parents´ health plan, but my next birthday this expires. I cannot afford health insurance from the US, obviously, if I am working on an Argentine salary, but am I eligible for getting an argentine health plan? or would they require Residency to apply?? Is it a terribly bad idea to be here without health insurance? I have heard that the public health care system leaves much to be desired...
Thanks so much!!
Recently I was browsing around the migraciones web site to see if there´s a way for me to get my temporary residency in Argentina, seeing as I´ve been living and working here for some 9 months and plan on staying another 2 or 3 years. Unfortunnately I´m working ´en negro´ and don´t know if I could even get employment ´en blanco´, because then they ask you for work papers. Is this right? Is there any possible way for a foreigner (not Mercosur) to get Residency without a work contract or proof of studies, marriage, or Arg. family member? I´m here with my boyfriend and plan to stay for a while, and it´d be great to not have to worry about my tourist visa every 3 months and possible new tourist visa fees!
Also, what do you all do about health insurance? I´m 22 and still covered under my parents´ health plan, but my next birthday this expires. I cannot afford health insurance from the US, obviously, if I am working on an Argentine salary, but am I eligible for getting an argentine health plan? or would they require Residency to apply?? Is it a terribly bad idea to be here without health insurance? I have heard that the public health care system leaves much to be desired...
Thanks so much!!