Recent content by Darksider415

You've got to have a hard copy with apostille. I went, had Renaper do the fingerprint cards from here, then shipped them off to Monument Visa in the US to have them do the FBI channelling and apostille, then they shipped the physical copy back with apostille. Don't forget, you also have to...

When I did mine, back when the process started, it took me a week. I know some folks who took about 2-3 weeks in 2024, but I don't know the current timelines. That said, it's pretty consistent with Brazil's diplomatic stance over the past 100 years... They treat foreigners the way foreigners...

Congrats Dave! Definitely glad to see they're speeding up the process and the DNI issuance. 100%. I did it myself for my wife and I, and I honestly wouldn't pay any of the attorneys who do residency. The paperwork wasn't bad, and once I figured out the actual deadlines they have internally, I...

Part of the reason I bought a car was to be able to make Makro runs. Their aged steaks are awesome and cheap, and their house brand TP is good quality without breaking the bank. 10/10 recommend Makro

They've been talking about it for two years or so... I already had one because the original implementation was supposed to be April 2024, and my wedding party was planned for May in Rio. It really wasn't a surprise, and they extended the dates twice before final implementation.

No, it's not. Ley 346 defines citizens por naturalización as, and I quote: DNU 366/2025 amends it to the following: The big change is where it states specifically that you can't leave the country during the two years to qualify for citizenship, as well as moving naturalization to...

As the DNU is written, it states clearly that you have to have two years continuously without leaving before naturalization.

Yep, exactly this. We went out to dinner with some friends from my wife's theatre class tonight and it ended up being 200k pesos total, after tip, for 11 people. This included a couple of bottles of wine and a couple of 1L beers, plus my usual agua con gas. You can do things reasonably here...

I mean, my lunch today was under $5 but I was on a tight timeline so I just walked around the corner to get three empanadas and a Red Bull. 😅 It’s still possible to be cheap here, you just have to think like a local.

Saw something that @BuySellBA posted on Twitter about Fengwei, and it reminded me of the place next door (orange building, Chinese script, shutters usually down with just the little insert door open) that I like. If you ask them, they can turn up the spice level to almost enough, and if they...

Biggest changes, as far as I’m concerned, are the requirement for two years continuous residence, defined as two years without leaving Argentine territory, for citizenship and moving naturalization from the courts to migraciones. They’re also reducing the time allowed out of the country to 1...

I have a fair bit of music in lossless format that isn't available on streaming services, it works without cell signal or WiFi, it has a better quality DAC chip and it's a lot less distracting. I've restricted my iPhone to only navigation and banking apps, at this point. For everything else, I...

I remember talking to a taxista last year, and he mentioned that his kids were already taking Chinese classes as well as English. The sentiment I’ve gotten from folks is that they’re shrewd in business and that it’s a massive wave of potential investment.

If you're hanging out in the park with a nice variety of pastelitos and chipas, you might have the local version of the Brazilian arrastão happen to you, too. This was Sunday, after picking up my ziploc full of goodies from @earlyretirement, while meeting up with friends in the park. Don't let...

There are services like Grabr that'll do it as well, if you don't know someone who is already coming down. There's also TiendaMia and Amazon, but for the latter two you'll need to have your DNI. I don't blame you one bit for that one. I think I mentioned it on Sunday, about when my wife and I...