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Chile: Tax on Foreign Rental Income:

Hi! You can get a "rentista" visa and be tax exempt for 3 years. After that accounting is simplified and you will pay based on Chilean Law, but minus taxes you have paid in the US. depending on how much it is, you may not pay taxes at all in Chile if total taxable income is below 9 Million pesos per year. Best Walt

Chile: Australia or Santiago:

Hi Mila I was an expat and moved countries and cities 4 times. First alone later with family. Given the current economic situation a person being offered an overseas assignment will cause an important disappointment if declines it, that will affect your husband later on his career. My son is only 6 but he recognises himself as a citizen of different countries, as myself. I don't think you will love Santiago at all after being in Perth, a very close friend lives there and it would be my target city if ever moving to Australia. If possible try to negotiate at least an initial location in Viña, it is a 1.5 hours drive to Santiago and quality of life is significantly better if you have seaview. Anyway, living abroad can be an amazing and learning experience as a family. I would also suggest you to join Internations(dot)org a social network created for expats and explore their blog, there are several articles that will help you. Best Walter

Chile: Santiago Airport to Vina del Mar:

At that time your only option is to hire a Cab/Uber/Cabify. Cost will be around 80-100K CLP. For that amount you can spend the night in a hotel and take bus in the morning. The Holiday Inn at the Airport costs 90-100K the bus from the Airport to the Bus terminal is 2K and the bus to viña 3-5K. A cab to Santiago will be around 20K. best Walter

Chile: How to bring $ to Chile from USA? Open Bank acct. *self employed in USA but living in Chile- anyone else?:

Hi Claudia, So you got a Loan in USD to buy an apartment in Chile that will be valued in CLP? May not be the best investment based on how this market has evolved and how it is expected to develop. I'm in a similar position, returned to Chile 4 years ago after being my entire life abroad. Your best option for an initial account is Banco Estado they will open a RUT account for you, but it is limited to 3 million pesos per month, if you deposit that amount (I use XOOM.com to transfer from my BoA to any Chilean Bank) and make yourself an independent professional at the SII (Inicio de Actividades) they will be willing to open a "Cuenta corriente" for you next month. Another option is to create a company at escritorio empresa.cl and then open a bank account for your company. To transfer a large amount of money in one step, A wire transfer will be the most transparent, directly to the current owner's account, however, the exchange rate may not be the best. You can also spread the risk using bitcoins and peer to peer transactions, but some could think you are laundering the money. Most banks could also open a USD account for you so you don't initially loose that much on the first transaction. Best Walter

Chile: Seeking Advice: Santiago relo recon mission Jan/Feb:

Hey Erik and Girlfriend, We have GDL in common, lived there for 3 years and LOVED it, then in Mexico City for another 3 years, left my job and moved to Chile, after DF Santiago seemed a Paradise but definitively not an option. I live near Viña del Mar close enough to enjoy Santiago when I want but cheap enough to get a nice house on a gated community for less than a studio in Santiago. I have dual citizenship, also my (ex)wife has a different citizenship and our son was born on a third country, having option to 4 different nationalities. My suggestions: 1 Join Discover Chile on FB https://www.facebook.com/groups/DiscoverChile (over 9000 english speakers and expats) 2 Join Internations.org you will find english speaking expats all over the world (I created the Viña del Mar community 4 years ago, we are 900+) 3 Take Spanish lessons online 4 Take your time to explore Santiago, Viña del Mar and Valparaiso. Regarding documents: You can initiate the visa process with only copies of documents, originals will be required upon approval. Birth certificates are usually not required, unless you will be sponsoring a child as dependant. But YES all documents issued on another country MUST be either Apostilled or Legalized by the Consulate in the Country of origin. That includes Degrees, Bank statements, etc depending on your visa requirements. Feel free to PM if you need more help. Best Walt

Chile: Translator:

Hi Not all documents need translation, and there is also a free service at the immigration office. More important is to validate all documents with the Hage Apostille. I'm a translator and Relocation consultant You can email me at liewald@gmail.com Best regards Walter

Chile: requirements for minor child traveling with both parents:

Here you can find the requirements: http://www.minrel.gov.cl/prontus_minrel/site/artic/20080619/pags/20080619154040.php But basically if traveling with both parents only a copy of the birth certificate that actually should have been presented when entering the country.

Chile: Expat community in Valparaiso?:

Hi, we have a community of over 800 expats in Viña / Valpo. We meet once per month, next get together will be this 4th of July! Glasgow Pub at 7 PM Chilean time (that means most Europeans, will arrive at 6:50 PM, US citizens at 7:15 and most Chileans at 8ish)

Chile: Hola Expats in Chile!!!:

Hi All Very interesting thread. I was born in Chile but lived abroad in different countries almost all my life, decided to return in 2012 after evaluating all relevant countries in Latin America. After being here found that had much more in common with Expats than with Chileans and as mentioned above it was very hard to find reliable information, but this was my 6th major relocation although the first one completely on me, so decided to focus on the positive and make a little extra effort on improving the things around my family. Since there was no expats organization in my city (the Greater Valparaiso) I created one, using the Internations.org platform, that connected me with the already 17 registered expats in the city and by organizing montlhy get togethers we have grown to more than 900 members from 0ver 40 countries, about 40% are global minded chileans. After attending more than 40 monthly get togethers with Expats I know just a few that have had bad experiences more than a few that decided to live here but still complain about most of things and more importantly, a lot of very positive people, having a great time and enjoying their experiences here, the country is the same for all... So, I'm currently starting a foundation to help International entrepreneurs relocate to our region. We are just finishing the learning process with our first family, relocating from the US, late last year, we learned from residence visas and bank accounts to creating a company and ways of solving all the issues that arose, including a baby that was born here. Send me a message if you plan to come to Valparaíso, Viña del Mar or Villa Alemana. Best Walter

Chile: African-American Male perception:

Hi!, Just regarding jobs for non spanish speakers, at Evalueserve we are hiring native (level) English speakers. Business degree prefered but not mandatory. Send me an email walter.liewald at evalueserve dot com

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