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The best lifestyle in the world for the price… This is the journal of The Southron, an American Emigrant from Florida who has spent the last decade living in the West Indies, former Yugoslavia and Costa Rica. He moved to Montevideo, Uruguay at the end of February 2006... |
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Judging from the phone calls and conversations I have had, it seems as if some people just don’t understand (or refuse to understand?) plain English.
In my previous post, I quoted attorney Mark Teuten as saying, in part, that housebhold goods…”can be brought in free of tax within 6 months of the grant of permanent residence.” […]
For months there has been a discussion regarding rules on bringing household goods into Uruguay duty-free. As usual, there are many conflicting sources–even among the various websites hosted by the Uruguayan government and its consulates in various countries.
Attorney Mark Teuten graciously volunteered to do the legal research for us and provide us with a definitive […]
As much as I love living in Uruguay, there are some things that I don’t like. (Of course, I might even complain about the choice of music sung by the heavenly choirs in the celestial realms…)
Nevertheless, it is my responsibility to report both the good and the bad, so that you don’t make some […]
The Copperhead was the first one of our group to file for his residency and get his “in tramite” visa. I was second, and Borko, who showed up a year later, was last.
On Monday I collected my new permanent Cedula at the DNIC. On Friday, exactly 1 year after arriving in Uruguay, or […]
Today Santiago and Mikey had a meeting with a senior official in Government regarding the work we have been doing promoting Uruguay. The upshot of the meeting was that they really like what we have done with our various websites and want to work more closely with us in promoting immigration and investment into […]
This post is only useful for citizens and refugees from the USA (and the occupied Confederacy).
The big question is how do we keep our US$80,000 exclusion on earned income without running afoul of Uruguay’s new personal income tax. I wrote about that previously in Avoiding the US/UY tax trap…
As you may know, my “real […]
There has been a lot of confusion in immigrant circles about exactly how the new personal income tax will impact on their lives here in Uruguay. As a public service, our attorney, Jun Federico Fischer of LVM Abogados & Consultores has written the folowing extremely valuable article and given me permission to publish it. […]
I received an email earlier today from the well-known travel author Lee Harrison, who is now living in Punta del Este. Lee is an authority on offshore life and is also a reader of this blog. He was kind enough to pass on the following very important information.
As of this past May, immigration […]
After months of waiting, the printed version of “The Southron’s Guide to Living in Uruguay” is finally available online at: http://www.lulu.com/content/579686.
This is a full-sized, 8½ x 11 inch paper back, with color covers and black-and-white inside. Because of its large size is much easier to read than the pocket-sized edition produced locally. The price for […]
Those of you with long memories for insignificant details may remember that in September of last year I reported having difficulties with the Immigration Department regarding a visa for one of our employees from former Yugoslavia: I am pleased to report, finally, that his visa was approved this past Thursday. It was not easy. […]
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