Ask TheMetetron about living in or visiting Buenos Aires

[mason55]

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Spain was going to be pretty damn hard

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Can you explain what you mean by this?

[TheMetetron]

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Spain was going to be pretty damn hard

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Can you explain what you mean by this?

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Getting residency in Spain is pretty damn impossible. If you don't have residency it's going to be hard to live in any Schengen country.

[mason55]

I dont suppose it's possible to pull the leave and come back trick with Schengen countries? I know there's a 90 day limit for staying, I was thinking about trying to leave and come back once so I could stay for 6 months. Also, I saw on a Spanish expat site something about a visa if you were self employed and one of the examples they gave for this was if you worked online, did you ever hear about this/do any research into this visa?

Thanks for the thread

[TheMetetron]

The Schengen countries are all linked and have a 90 days within a 180 day period explicit rule.

I've never heard of that particular visa, but I'll look into and get back to you later tonight.

[LionelHutz00]

Did you line up a permanent apartment before you went there? Or did you stay somewhere temporarily first (a hotel or whatever)? If you had the apartment before you showed up, how did you know what neighborhood you wanted to live in?

What hoops do you have to jump through if you want to play on Party/ use Neteller/ do other things that Americans can't do anymore? What did poker sites do to make sure that you were giving them a real address?

Do they have any American sports on cable TV channels?

[TheMetetron]

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Did you line up a permanent apartment before you went there? Or did you stay somewhere temporarily first (a hotel or whatever)? If you had the apartment before you showed up, how did you know what neighborhood you wanted to live in?

What hoops do you have to jump through if you want to play on Party/ use Neteller/ do other things that Americans can't do anymore? What did poker sites do to make sure that you were giving them a real address?

Do they have any American sports on cable TV channels?

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I actually had my apartments lined up for the first 7 months I will be here. I sort of lucked into getting the perfect location that I would have wanted had I known more. I just made sure I was staying in Recoleta and it was sort of hard to screw up.

I'd recommend getting a place for one month in Recoleta or Palermo. Then explore the city and see what area you like best. From there you can get a longer rental somewhere else and even see the place before you commit.

I lived in Sweden before living in Buenos Aires, so I've been able to play on every site for a while. Most sites want a scan of your passport and an electricity bill or lease agreement with your name and address on it. Party will even cross-check your IP the email is coming from to make sure you are in the right country you say you are and they also check your IP when you long on.

I fund my accounts with my Swiss bank account via bank wire. I'm trying to figure out how I want to fund my party account at the moment but I think I'm going to need to order a Visa from my bank and do it that way as they get upset I live in Argentina yet want to use a bank in Switzerland.

For TV, there are a bunch of different levels of programming. I get VH1, CNN, MTV, ESPN, and a few other American channels. You could probably get the whole lineup if you are willing to pay enough. Usually cable is included in your apartment price, but you may be able to upgrade. Using a slingbox or other such device is another way to watch American TV if you are so inclined. I usually just stick to [censored]. I don't really care, but it won't get you sports.

Also, for sports, you may as well get used to lots and lots of soccer. That's the only sport you are going to hear people talk about and see constantly on TV. But it is for a good reason, Argentina is actually pretty damn good.

[TheMetetron]

citanul,

Please resize the Puerto Madero picture, I didn't realize it was oversized until just now. Don't want to screw up the alignment. Thanks.

[TheMetetron]

mason55,

I looked into that visa you were talking about. Apparently it does exist. You could qualify under the self employed visa or non-lucrative (filthy rich) visa. For more information you would have to contact the Spanish embassy as I don't know the exact details of either of them or even if playing poker would qualify for the first (having a huge bank accounts definitely qualifies one for the second, but it has to be HUGE). Also, you must show that you will have health insurance while you are there.

It seems to take 5 years after this to get citizenship, though Spain does not allow dual citizens, so you'd have to renounce your American citizenship or lie to them.

[mason55]

met -

Seems that you've found about the same things I did. Good to have someone else take a look at it and verify that it all meant what I thought I did. I guess I'll contact the Spanish embassy here in LA tomorrow and find out if I can qualify.

I'm not planning to become a citizen or anything, I really just want to be able to stick around for longer than the 90 day Schengen period.


Thanks for the help, I'll probably make a post in this forum about how it all goes once the process is complete.

[TheMetetron]

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met -

Seems that you've found about the same things I did. Good to have someone else take a look at it and verify that it all meant what I thought I did. I guess I'll contact the Spanish embassy here in LA tomorrow and find out if I can qualify.

I'm not planning to become a citizen or anything, I really just want to be able to stick around for longer than the 90 day Schengen period.


Thanks for the help, I'll probably make a post in this forum about how it all goes once the process is complete.

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I look forward to your thread about how this turns out.