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Chile: Need Accountant:
Hi
I am Accountant, You can reach me at
businessinchile@gmail.com.
I live in Santiago, but I have experience on several business areas throughout the country,
Regards.
Teo
Chile: Staying and investing in Chile:
Hi friends.
In case someone would like to start a living in Chile through investing, you can contact me.
My suggestion is to do a business in association with a Chilean to save some of the usual learning curve of a foreigner. This cost a lot of money, disscusions with your wife, regrets and also time lost.
Or to start as a passive investor behind a Chilean company, so you learn slowly the language, the culture, who is who around, do your own research of the market, and then later you start a business run by yourself.
On any case you require professional advice specialized on business administration to back up your investment.
If I can hel you, contact me through
businessinchile@gmail.com
Regards
Teo
Chile: Seeking Advice: Santiago relo recon mission Jan/Feb:
Too many questions to answer on a post. You certainly need the visit to Santiago.
This city has many attractions available for you even for free, but you really MUST try to learn Spanish to enjoy it. Besides without commanding the language you will never really blend with locals.
Or get in a business partnership with some Chilean so get new aquaintances to see city life from the inside, not as a tourist.
Clearly, as you state, life and assets are more expensive than in most of the other Latinoamerican cities.
I participate a lot on the community and i really enjoy Santiago. I am even writing a book about Santiago future development regarding how to live under the Climate Change. That is a huge goal.
Santiago is sometimes chaotic, but it is on the middle of an extraordinary natural environment. You just need the right local companions. Learn the language to take advantage of the strong points, and to learn how to handle our weakness, as any city has them too,
If you need proffessional advise regarding doing business in Chile, you can contact me through
businessinchile@gmail.com
Kind regards
Teo
Chile: Good idea or bad?:
Any country may be a good place to live, depending on many issues.
The most important on my opinion is why do you want to live the comfort zone of your homeland?
1. If the reasons are worth, then take the decision to leave.
2. If you are not sure or you are taking such decision basically for a short term nightmare, you better hold your decision to leave. Most negative comments of people living or leaving Chile afer being here for a time, are due to foreigners that never should have come on the first place.
My grandparent came from Spain very young, as life was very bad there, and his father didn't see a future for his young children. So, the decision was clear to search for a new horizon.
On present times, you must get a comand of Spanish at a certain level BEFORE coming here. It will make a great difference, because you may start to blend with Chileans and our culture, otherwise you would end talking most of the time with other expats, deferring your blending with the country.
There are other details very important, as skills, capacity to adapt to new people, etc, but above all, you must be convinced in your heart to choose a new home country.
Like on the old days: you must be willing to burn to ashes your vessels, so you can not return. If that is the attitude, your experience will be rewarding and you will turn the hazards as a challenge and you will grow as mankind citizens.
Finally as the philosopher said: Where there is will, there is a road ahead.
If you think the opposite way, that there must be a road, so you may come, then you are not still matture for living abroad.
Regards, Teo
Chile: Taxation in Chile:
Taxation is under a big modification right now. Not everything is clear, but there are certain parameters that are not under revision. Most of the changes will be applied to taxation of Chileans.
1. VAT is 19%. Value Added Tax doesn't change on almost anything you purchase.
2. The maximum tax burden for a foreigner is kept on 35%.
Specific answers need specific input and time to deal with the matter.
Regarding pensions there are various cases and answers. However my impression is that you shall be taxable only in USA if you come to live to Chile with such pension and do not have other revenues from Chile.
I think taxation is simpler in Chile than USA for lay people. It is more complicated for companies or individual owning companies.
The advantage to change residency may be in other areas of the society and not just on tax considerations. If you come to live in a rural area, you can find land at good prices. If you prefer to live in a small town, you can find a good size lot at lower price than in USA. If you prefer to live in well-to-do neighbourhood in cities of Chile, then prices may be similar to USA.
Cost of living on many regards is lower. So, your pension may render more benefits for the same money, independently of the tax burden.
Hope it helps you a little.
Teo
Chile: Jobs in Other Industries for Foreigners:
Write directly to them. If they are interested in your expertise, they can handle a VISA for you right from the start.
Here there are coupe of options:
http://www.indef.cl/contacto/trabaja-con-nosotros/
http://www.arauco.cl/informacion.asp?idq=1085&parent=1073&ca_submenu=1073&idioma=22
Regards
Teo
Chile: Visa, work, property, pregnancy in Chile ?:
Too many questions, but I understand, if you are moving to another country.
1. I think your choice of the District of Lakes or the Patagonia is ok with your actual ecosystem where you live.ç
2. Trying to live out of out of a camping or bead and breakfast is possible, but probably not break-even for 3 years until you get well known. So you need anorther source of revenue for that time. Also, income from massive tourism is mostly concentrated during January and February. If dealing with foreigners you can extend such period.
3. If you plan on living from tourism, you better find your clients in Europe, and make all the conncections needed before coming to Chile. Or it may be a good idea to work on such field there, before you come here.
4. Regarding VISA all the options are available. I don't suggest alternatives in open forum because it depends on many key factors of your family Choose one consultant and work with him.
5. Your capital to buy a good plot of land is short to find a good spot for tourism. With 40.000 euros you may find one hectare well located. If you plan living further from main hot spots, then you may find land for 10.000 euros the hectare, but then development time will be longer.
6. AS Chilean I wellcome you to come to live here. But bring knowledge about sustainability to make a difference here. So, you can blend with locals teaching something we do not handle well.
Regards
Teo
Chile: Ski Towns or Ski Resorts?:
Well, the upper parts of Santiago, like Arrayan area or upper Las Condes, are less than hour from Farellones, La Parva, two skiing locations.
Villarica volcano is located approximately 30-40 minutes from the beautiful town of Pucon.
Puerto Varas in southern Chile is located an hour or less from Osorno volcano, on a gorgeous route surrounding lake Llanquihue. The village of Ensenada is small but it is located right at the bottom of the same volcano.
Take notice that Villarrica volcano have suffered intense volcanic activity lately. But the town of Pucon has been safe. Many including me, find really attractive to live near an smoking skiing mountain.
Enjoy Chile.
Teo
Chile: tennis:
I am not a tennis player, but there is one club near you in Bellavista 180, on the northern side of the Mapocho river, in front of the Forestal park. You need to cross the river by the Loreto bridge, the same street of the Art Museum.
Although, they are closed in Sunday afternoon. Fixed line 2-2737 0620
Enjoy Santiago.
Chile: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES TO FOREIGNERS:
I have seen many post of foreigners regarding how difficult is to get a job in Chile.
That may be right for English speaking people, but not to Spanish speakers from wherever they come.
The restriction is then not due to nationality or being a foreigner, but due to language skills.
The next surprise is that salaries are usually well below the expectation of an American citizen. Again, this is the usual, although many skilled professional get good salaries. The cost of living is cheaper than on many locations around the world, unless you want to live in upper classes neighborhoods.
However the great advantage of Chile to a foreigner is not in the labor market, but on the business market. You can create a company easily here and compete with locals with the same rules, and export elsewhere. However, the bureaucracy is much dense in Chile than in developed nations. You need to report taxes, social security and other thins, monthly to the State. Fines are heavy if you do not comply on time.
But if you are properly advised, you can run a business in Chile and start a new life.
My first suggestion is to start in a partnership with a local, so you don't pay the pioneer cost of starting by yourself. Or you can invest in somebody else business in a passive manner while you learn business regulations and about the market.
Chile is more a land to start a business than to get a job.
As a Business Consultant we can guide you in the process of developing a business. We have some opportunities available or we can find them for you.
If you need advise write to
businessinchile@gmail.com
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