Chile Forum

ps - I had really hoped that this was a friendly forum. I appreciate the responses that I've received, but it seems like some of you have "issues" with each other. Yikes!

Rollergirl310 wrote:ps - I had really hoped that this was a friendly forum. I appreciate the responses that I've received, but it seems like some of you have "issues" with each other. Yikes!

actually, yes it is a friendly forum, everyone has there days, but, getting the same questions over and over and over again are abit annoying!

The every 3 month (actually 90 days so be careful) border run is common, for people working online in Chile, I know several. As pointed out if you work in the country without a Visa it is illegal, but I’ve never heard of or met anyone who had problems.

You will need to get some travel health care coverage and think about things like schooling and as a non resident it is more difficult to do. If you get a job in country you will solve some of the issues. You can get a Visa that allows you to work online and receive your income elsewhere, but it takes time and paper work so many just do a border run. The easiest Visa is “subject to contract” enter country, find job, get contract, apply for visa.

I spend my life in summer so I need to cross the border once before 90 days after entering the country every year, sometimes Mendoza sometimes in the south, no big deal.

Rollergirl310 wrote: I also love the food ....

Either you were brought up in a refugee camp and know nothing better, or you are lying through your teeth.

Actually, I was brought up on seafood....and Chile has plenty.

Rollergirl310 wrote:Actually, I was brought up on seafood....and Chile has plenty.

Yes, and we keep hoping that someday they learn how to prepare it.

patagoniax wrote:Either you were brought up in a refugee camp and know nothing better, or you are lying through your teeth.

patagoniax wrote:

Rollergirl310 wrote:Actually, I was brought up on seafood....and Chile has plenty.

Yes, and we keep hoping that someday they learn how to prepare it.

C'mon Px, give the girl a brake! It's not of your bees wax why she wants to come to Chile or what she wants to do. Not everyone feels the way you do and we all have different opinions about this country so back off. And for Rollergirl, do whatever you please, don't listen to anyone and experience it for yourself, at the end you'll make your own conclusions.

Gloria wrote: C'mon Px, give the girl a brake!

Remember that I get 500 pesos for every immigrant wannabe who doesn't make it through the first year.

So far I've bought a blender, a house, and a fishing boat with the proceeds.

You are on a losing battle...........BECAUSE...........( Neil Diamond's song......."They are coming to CHILE")


Far
We've been travelling far
Without a home
But not without a star

Free
Only want to be free
We huddle close
Hang on to a dream

On the boats and on the planes
They're coming to CHILE
Never looking back again
They're coming to CHILE

Home, don't it seem so far away
Oh, we're travelling light today
In the eye of the storm
In the eye of the storm

Home, to a new and a shiny place
Make our bed, and we'll say our grace
Freedom's light burning warm
Freedom's light burning warm

Everywhere around the world
They're coming to CHILE
Every time that flag's unfurled
They're coming to CHILE

Got a dream to take them there
They're coming to CHILE
Got a dream they've come to share
They're coming to CHILE

They're coming to CHILE
They're coming to CHILE
They're coming to CHILE
They're coming to CHILE
Today, today, today, today, today

My country 'tis of thee
(Today)
Sweet land of liberty
(today)
Of thee I sing
(today)
Of thee I sing
(today)

(today)

(today)

(today

For every gringo I get to stay I was able to buy 6 sheep, a toaster oven and a case of wine.....SOOOOOOO...LET 'THE GRINGOS IN!

nwdiver wrote:The every 3 month (actually 90 days so be careful) border run is common, for people working online in Chile, I know several. As pointed out if you work in the country without a Visa it is illegal, but I’ve never heard of or met anyone who had problems.

You will need to get some travel health care coverage and think about things like schooling and as a non resident it is more difficult to do. If you get a job in country you will solve some of the issues. You can get a Visa that allows you to work online and receive your income elsewhere, but it takes time and paper work so many just do a border run. The easiest Visa is “subject to contract” enter country, find job, get contract, apply for visa.

I spend my life in summer so I need to cross the border once before 90 days after entering the country every year, sometimes Mendoza sometimes in the south, no big deal.

I have heard some rumblings about changing this to 90 days within 6 months (as implemented for the Schengen space in Europe), although this being Chile I don't expect this to happen anytime soon.

Fugger wrote: I have heard some rumblings about changing this to 90 days within 6 months (as implemented for the Schengen space in Europe), although this being Chile I don't expect this to happen anytime soon.

Sooner shall these mountain crags crumble to dust than the Chilean legislature would act in a timely manner on anything of more than casual significance.

Rollergirl310 wrote:For starters I have a wonderful job opportunity and several friends there that I've made over my visits.
In addition to those two main reasons, I love the ocean and Chile has beautiful beaches. I also love the food and the wine very much. The sanduche Barros Luco is my fave. I've traveled throughout South America quite a bit and just love Chile.

In the nineteenth century "As rich as an Argentine" was a common expression in Victorian England, though apparently coined in Paris. Uruguay was another economic powerhouse, but right now Chile leads the way in many respects.

According to the 2011 Nation Ranking Quality of Life Index, Chile is well within the top fifty (out of 137 countries) at number 34, above every other South American country and some European countries. The US is ranked only just ahead at number 31. The "Quality of Life Index" is an "attempt to quantify a nation’s livability for its average inhabitant. It is a composite of six sub-indexes, each describing one of the elements which objectively influence the quality of life: health, education, wealth, democracy, peace and environment." No individual Chilean city made Mercer's own 2011 Quality of Living Worldwide City Rankings top fifty list, but, for point of comparison, only one English city did (London) and no English city made Mercer's 2011 Personal Safety Ranking top fifty list.

Unlike the US and many European countries Chile is not massively in debt or on the verge of default. Its currency is recommended as one of four key "safe haven" currencies, along with the likes of the Norwegian crown, which is an astonishing achievement for a South American currency.

As noted elsewhere, Santiago recently made the top ten list according to an American think tank (Brookings) for top performing metropolitan economies.