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El Salvador: cost:

Best place to go for spanish school is antigua guatemala. Any of the central am countries have the 90 day thing. You can just fly to mexico spend a weekend and come back. The visas are 10 bucks US. If your planning on retiring here you can just go into immigration on omlympic blvd and apply. As long as you have an application in you can probably stay and apply for extensions when the tourist visa expires. You will just need proof of income.... Your pension check will suffice along with bank statements. Any documents you produce from canada will need to be authenticated and translated by a certfied translator. You need to have the documents authenticated in ottawa by the el salvadorian consulate. Also you need a long birt certicate from canada not the card. Go on line to get that. They will ask for apostulated but we dont have that in canada and they will accept the authenticated long version. If your not a big drinker, big eater and dont need to live right on the beach you can rent a 3 bedroom condo in a gated community with security a maid and a gardner, nice private parc and pool for around $500 easily. Count on around $150 for electricity if you have the air on constantly around $50 for condo fees including water. Probably around $200 a month to eat well and still have $1000 to use for transport, entertainment, medical costs.... Suggest getting cygna or blue cross they have some good hospitals here but it can be a bit of a cost if you have high medical requirements. We live in a condo where we have neibors who are doctors.... Nice friends! ;-) ... Ive been in central america 20 years, 9 in el salvador and i'm canadian.

El Salvador: looking for a screen printing and embroidery company.:

I can help you with that. You can email me at moonraytours@yahoo.com...

El Salvador: Very unimpressed with El Salvador:

Hi Fawdy, Sorry you were so unimpressed. You, of course know that the custom in restaurants here are different then North America? When I first came here I thought the same, that the service was horrible. I would go out to eat and they would put the menu down and then never come back... or when I was done they would never bring the bill. Latter someone told me that they consider it rude to just approach the table. You may have noticed them glancing over but not doing anything. If you don't signal them to approach the table they won't. You probably knew that though right? Hopefully you get a chance to return again, I suggest you try places like la Grand Via if your into US type franchise restaurants but don't discount going to the beach for a nice fresh $5 fried fish, rice and salad lunch... :-)

El Salvador: Residency Requirements:

For me it was a long process but it's quicker then applying for residency in Guatemala. (tried that too my son is born there) My wife is from El Salvador and we have a child together. I applied as married to and father of. When I came to live in El Salvador I came in as a tourist ($10) There is no limit to how many times you can come in as a tourist but you have to leave every 90 days and come back 3 days latter. You must apply for temporary residency first and the good news is that you can do that as soon as you get here but you will need a criminal background check from the last country you lived in, an Apostate Birth Certificate which is like a full registered Birth Certificate from the US embassy or State Government that issues birth Certificates. and you will need some sort of proof of income while you live here other then work in El Salvador since a residency permanent or Temp does not give you a work visa. My suggestion when you get here is to go register for your NIT (tax ID) that will latter serve as proof for you living here albeit as a tourist and you don't need to be a resident to get one. They basically give tax numbers for free. All the documents you get from the US will be in English and you will need to do 2 things, The first is you need to get them translated by a certified translator in El Salvador, then you need to go to the Minsterio de Extranjeria to get it all certified by them. Once thats done then go to the Immigration in El Salvador on Olympic Blvd and request an appointment to hand them the paperwork. They will give you a form and you will pay an amount of money used to be like $35 not sure what it is now, and a date. During your "tramite" for temp residency you cannot leave the country without permission and if you do you forfeit the application and will have to reapply all over again. You also will not need to worry about your expired tourist visa as they will extend you during that time. Prepare for a lot of interviews and appointments every other month while they sift through your paperwork. Oh, you will also need a medical report from a doctor that you have no communicable disease which you can get here from a private doctor for a $15 "consulta" In any case the first thing you really should do once you get here is go to Olympic avenue to get up todate information and start the process of what paperwork you will need etc. Then go get the NI.T.By the way it took me 5 years to get my Permanent residency and you also have to pay to renew the card. once a year for temp and the first year of permanent then every 3 years and then every 5. After that period you can also apply for citizenship as well... in order to get a DUI. but up to you. The beauty is you can just pay your $10 and come in as a tourist forever if you want, really if your wife is from here she can open bank accounts under both names, even as a tourist you can buy property, pretty much do anything except get a El Salvador drivers license, vote, get envolved in any politics(not even as a resident) get a DUI, buy a gun or stay here for more then 3 months at a time without a 3 day separation. Beleve it or not you can as a tourist still go to salud Publico get free healthcare and drugs, drive with a US drivers license and your passport and get a NIT. :-) So unless it's really a big deal for you just remain under a tourist visa. The NIT will also serve in the departure airports if you only want to buy a one way ticket to El Salvador, as without some sort of proof you need to buy a return as well within the 3 month period. If you leave the country after the tourist visa expires it has to be outside of Central America.. So you just cant go to Guatemala for a weekend... you have to go to Mexico or Cuba (yes you can fly out of here direct to Cuba and request they don't stamp your US passport in Cuba) or back to the US if you want but it has to be out of Central America. Pretty sure that rule still applies. Good Luck and hope this helps you...

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