Jwoddis
American expat in Argentina
Forum posts
68
About me
American
Lives in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D
Speaks English spanish French
Registration: 03 August 2020
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Dollar account in Argentina banks by alwish1
Anyone know if one can open a US dollar account in Argentina banks? If yes, are you allowed to exchange the dollars outside the bank, ie from private money changers?
Hereās a simpler answer. You canāt open a bank account in Argentina unless you have residency. So it doesnāt matter whether you use remitly or WU or whatever, you canāt transfer into a bank account. Read More
Is a British citizen able to hold an Argentine Passport by Dale Mitchell
Hi, I wonder if someone has been through a similar situation as me? I am a British citizen living in Argentina and I hold an Argentine DNI. My British passport ran out a little over a year ago. I have tried to pay for a new one through the UK gov ...
@Dale Mitchell have you tried using someone elseās non Argentine credit card to do this? Eg a relative in the UK. I had to renew a British passport from the DR and there were aspects that were challenging but some of it was very ... Read More
Argentina residency by alwish1
Unfortunately, the question that I have is not addressed directly in the links provided. Here we go again: if I were to travel to Buenos Aires and received a tourist visa for 90 days, would it be possible to switch to a temporary residence visa? ...
@alwish1 you can apply for residence in country, yes. Read More
Is a British citizen able to hold an Argentine Passport by Dale Mitchell
Hi, I wonder if someone has been through a similar situation as me? I am a British citizen living in Argentina and I hold an Argentine DNI. My British passport ran out a little over a year ago. I have tried to pay for a new one through the UK gov ...
@Dale Mitchell canāt help on the passport side but maybe try to get an international visa someway eg Wise, Revolut. It doesnāt have to be credit, it could be a debit card. if you still have a British bank account that would be easier. Read More
Buying a car in the Dominican Republic... by ppauley
I'm new to the āexpat.comā Dominican Republic forum, so please forgive me if my postās question has been previously answered. My partner, Michelle, and I have recently purchased a villa near SosuĆ”. We plan to arrive in ...
@ppauley if youāre interested we are selling a Nissan Xtrail 2015/16. Weāre in Las Terrenas. Read More
Recent murder of expat in Las Terrenas ā¦ by Ian1272
Can anyone shed some more light on this please ? Is Las Terrenas still being considered safe for expats ?Thanks
I hardly think that one murder makes a town unsafe! Read More
Buying a property in Las Terrenas by tommykair20
Have any of you experience paying lawyers to deal with real estate paperwork in LT? How much have a lawyer charge you to do a promise of purchase (and notarized it) in Las Terrenas?Reason im asking is because im hearing some crazy numbers compare to ...
@ddmcgheeĀ I think it depends which lawyer you get, Denise.Ā not mentioning any names but we (and many others) have horror stories to tell about that firm Read More
Visa at airport? by arezkiofstow
I am staying 45 days in DR this summer. Ā Can i apply for the more-than-30 day stay visa at the airport or does it have to be done by a consular seevice in the US before arrival? Ā Ā
For what itās worth, and this is not the ālegalā way, but if you are just coming and going you can do nothing and pay the fine when you leave. Ā I started the visa renewing Leicestershire once and it seemed onerous and no ... Read More
Having pets (Cats Dogs) while in DR by Conifer
Lately I come across so many people that took in pets as temporary expat in DR. Ā They have to leave or return home for whatever reason, and they LEAVE the pets behind. Ā It's not fair for the animals.What is so hard about taking ...
@ConiferĀ I should add - one of our pets is being fostered while he waits to be adopted. Ā One of the others was abandoned with her four puppies on our private road. Ā We could of course just have left them to starve (there is no food ... Read More
Having pets (Cats Dogs) while in DR by Conifer
Lately I come across so many people that took in pets as temporary expat in DR. Ā They have to leave or return home for whatever reason, and they LEAVE the pets behind. Ā It's not fair for the animals.What is so hard about taking ...
@ConiferĀ so if the option is to take in a stray for a year and give it a home and feed it, then get it adopted, fostered or into a shelter, or leave it in the street, you think we should leave them in the street?Here I have a five bedroom house ... Read More
Government check from the United states, How can i cash it?! by Mendoza1968
Hello Everyone, So I received a check from the United States (United States Treasury) I've gone to several banks here in the DR (BHD, Scotia, Popular) however I was told I needed besides my passport, I would need a valid driver's license. ...
As someone said - if you have a US bank account all of them have apps that allow you to deposit checks up to a certain amount. Ā Read More
Is it difficult to rent your investment property? by MOMOS22
Has anyone purchased a real estate investment property and tried to lease it out?
I think it depends on how you think about it. Ā If you want to have your own vacation home and have it subsidized by others itās a reasonable thing to do. Iāve had a Villa in las terrenas for over 11 years. Ā As Denise said, made ... Read More
Bank Transfer by thezuber
I am trying to transfer money from Scotiabank Canada to Banco Santa cruz but Scotiabank wont accept the Swift #SCRZDOSD. They require numerical only. Any help would be appreciated
Swift codes arenāt numeric. I suggest you call your bank Read More
COVID-19 by Guest2022
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51611422 https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/la-organizacion-mundial-de-la-salud-alerta-sobre-riesgo-de-pandemia-IC17269212 Coronavirus: World should prepare for pandemic, says WHO Worrying signs, with infections ...
should be able to find everything you need here https://vacunate.gob.do/ Read More
Water Water Water by rfmaurone
Over the last couple of days I have read two articles about visitors getting sick from drinking the local water. Is this an isolated incident , I am looking forward to getting washed in information (a dad joke) Bobby:)
I don't know why anyone would be drinking the water since it isn't potable in the DR. not surprising they got sick Read More