Recent content by daveholman

I think people run in to problems with the rentista because migraciones wants lots of paperwork to prove income. Bank records, signed leases, brokerage accounts, etc. Pensionados just need one piece of paper showing their Social Security is more than the $1500 minimum. My income beyond that is...

The retirement visa is pretty straightforward, compared to a rentista. All I needed was the FBI check and the Social Security letter. No need to open my books to them.

I paid a lawyer $100 for a consultation and took good notes. lol He's probably still waiting for me to give up and hire him.

While these are extreme cases, yes...being a non-Catholic country, where no-fault divorce has been the law in most states for 50 years has lead to huge divorce rates.

That's beyond! Never knew of anyone doing it 3 times.

I wouldn't say "common". But obviously not unheard of. 2 examples right in this thread

That's funny! My sister did the same. Husband #2 became Husband #4. So she's been married more times than I have, but to the same number of people 😔

I really don't want to be a soap opera. So this will be my last post about my marriage. lol Sophia is just 3 1/2. Her mother's reluctance stems from her trauma being brought to the US from Russia when she was young. I understand because my parents drug me from California to Puerto Rico when I...

I'm on a budget anywhere. I'm a tightwad on a lot of things. I skip eating out so I can take $5000 worth of cruises next Nov/Dec. I'll be spending a week in Florida with them beforehand. Me and Margarita have spent as much time apart as together over the last 10 years...we do better apart. lol...

We don't do well together full time. It is what it is. We haven't bothered with a divorce because neither of us is looking to marry someone else. She isn't hot on moving here mostly because of the child. Her mother dragged her from Russia to the US, and she doesn't want to do that to her daughter.

They are coming to visit. They'll be here Tuesday, for a week. It's up to the Czarina if she wants to live here permanently, or commute, or stay separated

As a retired old guy, I *don't* have much else to do. But I just finished the process today, and will have my DNI Tuesday. I spent exactly $100 on a legal consultation at the beginning and did everything myself. Biggest roadblock was using a part time translator who took 5 week to translate my...

I just finished the process for a pensionado visa today. I should have my DNI Tuesday. As far as I know the rentista/pensionado processes are now identical. The agent never said a word about moving money to an Argentina bank account.

I'm in. Legal. Got my pensionado visa. Should have the DNI Tuesday. It was actually pretty painless. 40 minute wait for the appointment, and about an hour with the officer. Had to sign a half dozen forms to atttest to my address, parents names and nationalities, income, etc. Then a picture...

I haven't yet tried it, but I love "futuristic". I was doing this as a tourist in the UK 10 years ago.;)