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[vivaBarca]

What's up everyone...hope everything is swell down in the fine city of Buenos Aires. I just had a thought earlier that I don't believe has been addressed recently, or maybe not at all. If you don't have residency (as many teachers seem to not possess), and thus can't open a bank account, how do you get paid? For example, if I teach 20 hours a week at a company, but I don't have a bank account for the money to be deposited into, how do I transfer this to pesos I can spend at the bar? Or am I totally wrongfully assuming that these employers wouldn't just pay cash? As always, any comments are greatly appreciated.

[Gareth2000]

most employers pay by check - a few cash yeah - maybe 1 or 2 months later or not at all but if they do pay it will be by cheque or a few by cash

[vivaBarca]

Thanks...just wondering though, what do you after you get the check if you don't have a bank account? Are there places you can cash it? What's the commission like?

[guillebaires]

there are no comissions to cash your checks!!
you just just go to the issuing company's bank, then endorse it, and show your ID, that's all!

[vivaBarca]

Nice!

[shannon w]

I worked in Madrid and Barcelona and the "academias" (language schools) paid with a check or by bank transfer. This by the way was for EU and non EU nationals. It all depended on how you wanted to be paid. In Madrid, one of my favorite academias would always warn the teachers to give the name as it appeared on the passport because in Spain, the second name is the last name. So Pedro Perez Rodriguez� last name is Perez because Rodriguez is the mother�s last name. Spain being Argentina�s "madre patria", is it the same? , just wondering.

[amy1982]

so, here's how you get a bank account if you're not from argentina...

first, you need to get a CDI (i don't know what that stands for exactly, but it's a number)

1. go to the police station and tell them you want a Certificado de Domicilio. they will come by your house the next day (usually sometime 10-2). you have to then show them your id and sign the form. you get to keep the form (make a photocopy for yourself).

2. find the nearest AFIP office (www.afip.com.ar) bring your passport, copy of passport, and certificado de domicilio. go to the info desk and say you want to get a CDI

3. fill out the form and only check off "cuenta bancaria" or "cuenta corriente banco". turn in the form and get your CDI.

4. go to any bank and open an account

enjoy! i'll be going through these steps next week, so i'll let you know whether or not it actually works.

[matttheboy]

It does. As to whether it's worth opening account...well that's another matter. Account charges run to up to 10 pesos a month and the only reason to have an account is to pay bills by direct debit. That's unless you're earning an absolute fortune and don't want to keep your wages in cash at home. As a teacher it's unlikely you'll be earning a fortune!!

[ksonnen]

what if you are teaching on a tourist visa and therefore illegal? Do the police care about that?

[matttheboy]

No. And you don't even have to be home when the police come, just have someone in the building say "Yes, X lives here". It can be the doorman, your neighbour anyone.

[Joan Mitchell]

Hello Shannon, I love that post about the first name, 2 surnames business in Spain. I know exactly what you mean. Did you like working in Spain? Whatever they do with the last names in Argentina, I hope I do get paid !



Joan