About dbuddmd

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Expatriate  

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Female

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United States

Some Forum Posts:

Uruguay: Banco de la Republica:

your level of difficulty will depend on whether or not you are a citizen of the USA. If so the FATCA laws that went into place in mid 2014 have made US cits the lepers of international banking. Basically the US demands that all banks obey their silly IRS rules or have money withheld (30%, i believe, from all transfers or wires). Many banks have just decided not to deal with these clients at all. BROU still does - but Morell (as usual) is right -they're all different. i opened an acct in La Paloma (before FATCA) - with a YEAR'S worth of original bank statements (from my US bank) which they still have... and notaized letters of recommendation from my US bank manager, other notarized letters documenting my balances and income on all my accts in the US. When i moved to Punta del Este - they wanted utility receipts to document an address here (all in addition of course to the passport and cedula) - that's all i can remember now! Load up and good luck (if you're from the US!) Expect to be surprized. It is all an adventure. Helps if you speak Spanish - or bring a friend who does. have fun. really.

Uruguay: good news:

Huzzah!!!

Uruguay: looking to buy ONLY 5,000 sqm rural land:

Hi proger1989 - i've sent you a PM with info about a place to start. If Noel (in private message) does not cover the area you want (and he probably does) he will know who you should go to in order to find what you want. He's been here forever, tremendously well thought of, and widely connected. You can find what you want - it's out there! Good Luck.

Uruguay: Moving to Uruguay with pets:

we only (so far) brought a small dog - who we have taken back and forth to the states when we visit a few times. This is some info in English and seems up to date: http://www.pettravel.com/immigration/Uruguay.cfm Each (dog) will need an international health certificate from your vet, and not all vets are certified to do this form - so check before you pay! You also need an international certificate of rabies vaccine. It is good to have a record of all your animal's vaccines. for cats, horse. - i have NO idea what they will need. And UY customs folks are particular about the rabies vaccine being within ONE year, but more than 30 days before you enter. Most vets (in the states) give a 3 year vaccine, so that was an issue once (if you need more details on how we dealt with that i can tell you in a PM.) Each time they enter they will be Rxed with praziquantel for worms (even if they DO NOT have them...) After you get your Intl Health cert. we had to take that to the nearest Dept of Agriculture (USDA in the states) to be signed off and OFFICIALLY stamped (again, UY is quite particular about this). Then, when we arrive the customs folks look at our dog, check all the papers and dates - give us back all the papers and we go home (to Punta del Este where we live). more info: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/regulations/vs/iregs/animals/downloads/uy_dg_ct.pdf Good Luck!! Your animals will LOVE it here!

Uruguay: BPS???:

We want to be Good Citizens but don't really know how to go about making sure we've paid the BPS for people who work with us. For instance if you hire a housekeeper once a week for 8 hours or so at 200P/hour - do we need to set up some kind of BPS payment? Do we give that to her? Or to a local BPS office? Abitab? Just want to make sure we do it right and pay all we owe to live here in heaven. thanks!

Uruguay: renting swimming pool access?:

We live next to the ocean and love it - but until we can build our own swimming pool i am wondering if it is poosible to sort of rent a membership in one of the myriad pools in the gillions of apartment complexes within walking distance. We live in Rincon del Indio and there are lots of beautiful big pools nearby - has anyone had any experience doing this? Like a "swim club" for the summer? We are also near one hotel-like complex with a nice pool. Sometimes one just wants to be chlorinated and wave-free. Thanks in advance for any help!

Uruguay: Howdy & newbie questions:

to bisonburgher, Noel de los Santos at Campos del Este knows EVERYTHING about what is available, the pluses and minuses value for money etc - regarding estancias, chacras and the like. He also speaks English fluently and is an escribana so does all that for you, too. If an attorney is necessary there is a delightful one on his staff. The website: http://www.camposdeleste.com/site/index.php and email is: camposdeleste@gmail.com The land is usually described as HAs (hectares) which are roughly 2.5 acres. and NO i don't work there. when we were first looking around we forgot how old we are and thought we'd buy land and grow stuff. Then we got real and bought a furnished house in Punta del Este! But we LOVE Noel and he spent DAYS with us-teaching, driving us around, helping us learn the system. Good luck and good choice!

Uruguay: spanish schools in Punta del Este? Maldonado? La Barra?:

Has anyone had a good experience with, or know of a, reasonably priced Spanish language school in Punta del Este - or even better - in Maldonado or La Barra? Our plan to "just pick Spanish up" as we live here isn't working too well... thanks db

Uruguay: residency process:

do you have a link for the "manual for foreigners" you mentioned? thanks

Uruguay: between temporary and permanent:

we have been told that our permanent cedulas are "coming soon" - but have also heard that that can mean nothing. My question is - what should we be doing? should we go into immigration every so often ?? is there a way to find out what your status REALLY is? are there tips to getting the procedure along more smoothly? and finally - how do they communicate with you when it DOES happen (inshallah)? Email? Telephone? Any info on what we should be doing whilst we hang in limbo is GREATLY appreciated!!

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