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Discover Buenos Aires - Expat Life in Argentina : Argentina Increases Fee for Overstaying Tourist Visa

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:48 +0000

Sophia, if I understand you correctly, you're in Argentina now and your tourist visa is expired? You have a flight back to Sweden on 22 February? If so, you just need to pay the fine at the airport when you leave the country. They can not hold you here, just make you pay the fine.

Discover Buenos Aires - Expat Life in Argentina : Expat Tech: Increasing Slow Network Speed and Performance in Buenos Aires

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 15:37:26 +0000

The 30 Mbps has been much better for me. I have some occasional issues when downloading at the same time, but it is better.

Discover Buenos Aires - Expat Life in Argentina : Why it sucks to be a gadgetphile in Buenos Aires

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 15:21:21 +0000

LOL, yeah, but they are not always the easiest sell here. For some reason, MercadoLibre is difficult to sell things on. I think a lot has to do with the basic level of distrust in society here.

Discover Buenos Aires - Expat Life in Argentina : Argentina Increases Fee for Overstaying Tourist Visa

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 02:20:07 +0000

Immigration will not renew if it is already expired, so I'd say stay and just pay the fine. Traveling in the country will not be a problem, but when going to Uruguay you'll be made to pay. Coming back in you'll get another 90 days.

Discover Buenos Aires - Expat Life in Argentina : Expat Tech: Increasing Slow Network Speed and Performance in Buenos Aires

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:23:16 +0000

Vonage worked good with my 6 Mbps line. The only time I had problems was when I was downloading something else and as soon as I stopped that it worked perfectly. I did move my Vonage router in front of my wireless router, which also helped. I now have Fibertel Evolution which is 30 Mbps. I can download and use Vonage at the same time with no problem.

Discover Buenos Aires - Expat Life in Argentina : Getting a Brazilian Visa in Buenos Aires

Mon, 9 Jan 2012 14:46:40 +0000

You have to pay in cash, and it is just one fee. The visa fee is a reciprocal fee that Brazil charges because the US charges Brazilians to enter the country.

Discover Buenos Aires - Expat Life in Argentina : The Quest for Sushi Continued

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:13:59 +0000

Thanks, we have ordered several times now. We'll have to check out the new menu.

Discover Buenos Aires - Expat Life in Argentina : Argentina Entrance Fee To Go Into Effect

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:27:20 +0000

Yeah, it's a nice welcome!

Discover Buenos Aires - Expat Life in Argentina : Expat Tech: iPhone 4 in Argentina

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:48:19 +0000

Yes, this will work. The normal plan seems to allow free email and social networking and have a limit on data. You should have no problem setting this up.

Discover Buenos Aires - Expat Life in Argentina : Argentina Increases Fee for Overstaying Tourist Visa

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:08:49 +0000

I would suggest that you just overstay the visa and pay the $300 pesos when you leave in July. You can pay the fee at Uruguay too, but you would have to go several times to keep it current. Just overstay and pay once...

Discover Buenos Aires - Expat Life in Argentina : Bubba's Smokin' Barbecue Joint

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:42:21 +0000

Gabi - I agree the meat tends to be good here, but this is about much more than BBQ sauce. It's a whole style of cooking and flavoring. It's definitely some good variety to the flavors here. Plus, what happens when all the grass-fed beef is gone and everything comes from a feed lot? Supposedly that is underway and will drastically change the taste of the meat.

Discover Buenos Aires - Expat Life in Argentina : About

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:11:11 +0000

Julie, I grew up in Roseville too. :) Small world...

Discover Buenos Aires - Expat Life in Argentina : Order Your Thanksgiving Turkey in Buenos Aires

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:51:26 +0000

Of course, and the Lions are actually good this year!

Discover Buenos Aires - Expat Life in Argentina : Thanksgiving in Buenos Aires

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:04:48 +0000

Unfortunately, we're heading out to friends for Thanksgiving this year... There are a few places with Thanksgiving dinners - the American Club, Kansas and Casa Bar. You might want to start there!

Discover Buenos Aires - Expat Life in Argentina : Holy Inflation!

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:36:49 +0000

Thanks, Jay. Yeah, the prices are high and going higher. There have been a lot of wage increases, but no one knows how long they can keep that up. Now, with the recent dollar issues, it will be very interesting to see how it all turns out.

Discover Buenos Aires - Expat Life in Argentina : Expat Tech: iPhone 4 in Argentina

Wed, 9 Nov 2011 16:33:26 +0000

If you buy the unlocked iPhone 4s in the United States, then it will work in Buenos Aires with no problem. You just need the micro SIM and an iPhone plan here. You do not need to unlock or jailbreak it if you buy the unlocked one in the States.

Discover Buenos Aires - Expat Life in Argentina : Expat Tech: Slingbox

Tue, 8 Nov 2011 20:11:40 +0000

Have you tried http://www.cuevana.tv and http://www.firstrowsports.tv ?

Discover Buenos Aires - Expat Life in Argentina : Buenos Aires Tips: How To Add Credit To Your Movistar Phone

Tue, 8 Nov 2011 20:03:08 +0000

Unfortunately, I have a plan now so cannot check it. You may need to go and buy pre-paid Movistar cards at a kiosco and then enter the PIN number of those cards.

Discover Buenos Aires - Expat Life in Argentina : An Easy Way to Get Dollars in Buenos Aires

Thu, 3 Nov 2011 13:28:27 +0000

Sorry, this sounds like a tricky situation. You might be able to mail it to your US bank to be deposited there. I have the Schwab iPhone app and they allow you to deposit checks by taking a photo of it. Not sure what bank you use...

Discover Buenos Aires - Expat Life in Argentina : Holy Inflation!

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:25:53 +0000

Bobby, I definitely have to respond to this one... Chinese food: I've been to Barrio Chino many times. There is decent food, but come on, great? No way. You can get good Chinese food anywhere in the States. Here, you can get decent Chinese food if you go to Barrio Chino. Try one of the random Chinese places anywhere else...ughh. Compared to NYC it's much worse. Sushi: It is horrible here. The only decent sushi comes from the very high-end places - Osaka, Paru, etc. And when I mentioned cream cheese, I was pointing out that I was happy that the sushi back in the States did not have any. Here it is a requirement to have cream cheese in everything. That is not sushi. How about something other than salmon? Red tuna - almost nonexistent here. Toro? Spicy roll? Crab? Lobster? Nada. Maybe your 6 years here have dulled your senses. Peanut Butter: I admit you can find peanut butter in Barrio Chino. It all has sugar. There is no organic, natural peanut butter anywhere. Like I said, some of these are whiny expat complaints, but I was pointing out the many things we'll miss from the States. My Argentine wife would be in full agreement with all of these. Argentina has it's benefits too, they're just getting more and more expensive to appreciate. I just paid $27 pesos for half a kilo of strawberries and 6 bananas this morning. I'm sure I could have gotten that cheaper in the States.