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Re: Hello/Hola

Postby paladin » Tue May 17, 2011 10:16 pm

pablo3 wrote:Hi all,
My name is Pawel, I'm living in Canada but more and more thinking about moving to Chile as current geopolitics are sooo screwed. I used to live in Spain and used to speak fluent Spanish. Since didn't speak or talked to for 20 years, I forgot most of it, but understand good part of it. I figure, it would take me a couple of months to get my Spanish to a good level.
Anyways, for starters, if I want to move my family there (I'm IT specialist) how much money I should have to start my life there (considering being able to support my family for let say 18 months with no income).
How long is the process of paper work? Starting now, how long usually take by the time I get my foot in Chile? I was thinking about moving to Valparaiso. Is it a good place for IT industry?


In my opinion, Valpo isn´t a good place for any kind of work ; you had better think about Santiago. However as others have said when other potential expats have asked about work possibilities in Chile- ask yourself what you can offer that a Chilean can´t. There is no shortage of highly skilled professionals here except in the mining area. As far as how much you would need to support yourself and family for 18 months- you´d need a lot!! Chile is not cheap if you want to live in the same way as perhaps you do in Canada: my advice is think very very carefully before planning your move.
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Re: Hello/Hola

Postby patagoniax » Wed May 18, 2011 1:02 am

waves wrote:Px, please be careful with any of your plans to come to Canada.


I used to live in the Vancouver area, English Bay/Kits. We had much less of that rock/bottle/shit-tossing silliness than in the east. Not like Stgo, where there are three distinct Riot Seasons every year.
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sin prisa ni motivo para volver
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Re: Hello/Hola

Postby waves » Wed May 18, 2011 1:41 am

patagoniax wrote:
waves wrote:Px, please be careful with any of your plans to come to Canada.


I used to live in the Vancouver area, English Bay/Kits. We had much less of that rock/bottle/shit-tossing silliness than in the east. Not like Stgo, where there are three distinct Riot Seasons every year.


Wait until the Canuck's lose the Cup...then you'll see a decent west coast riot! :twisted: :?
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Re: Hello/Hola

Postby pablo3 » Wed May 18, 2011 1:50 am

Thank you paladin,
finally after all the fear mongering posts, someone with an answer...
One thing to notice, if there are protests in Chile, it means that the people are smart and they demand democracy, as opposed to eating hamburgers and watching Hollywood propaganda.
I prefer to live a humble life than having fat paycheck and at the same time being sprayed by my government, drinking fluoride, eating msg, drinking aspartame, and reading in the news that all is good...
Good for you Chilean people fight for your privileges or else you are doomed...
As far as Canucks, if they lose, they will be riots, but for the very wrong reason.
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Re: Hello/Hola

Postby nwdiver » Wed May 18, 2011 2:12 am

waves wrote:
patagoniax wrote:
waves wrote:Px, please be careful with any of your plans to come to Canada.


I used to live in the Vancouver area, English Bay/Kits. We had much less of that rock/bottle/shit-tossing silliness than in the east. Not like Stgo, where there are three distinct Riot Seasons every year.


Wait until the Canuck's lose the Cup...then you'll see a decent west coast riot! :twisted: :?



Bite your tongue I came back to Vancouver for summer and the end to the hockey season, well I'll be at the game tomorrow, maybe summer or at least spring will show up.
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Re: Hello/Hola

Postby waves » Wed May 18, 2011 2:38 am

It's okay, all of my predictions have been off. I told a buddy the Hawks would win in 7 (wrong) and then that the Canucks would sweep the Predators (wrong). So predicting they lose in the finals will probably mean that they win!

But then Px won't get his riot so it's kind of a win-lose scenario. :lol:
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