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American looking for information about Puerto Rico
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Moving from U.S. to Puerto Rico with a stepchild by revmdr
Hi everyone. Does anyone on here have experience on moving from the U.S. to Puerto Rico with a stepchild? I have a 14-year old stepdaughter and am looking at a possible job in Mayaguez. Her biological father has given verbal consent for us to ...
Puerto Rico is the US. Anywhere you go in the US you should file paperwork with the courts where he gives you legal custody of the child but I doubt it will ever come up personally. Read More
Desiring to move to Puerto Rico by Kalola
I am a healthy retired senior considering a move to PR but not sure where. Any input would be appreciated. I am alone therefore would like to be amongst other expats. I think I could live comfortably there as it is not becoming feasible to do so ...
Do the airlines add additional flights, so people can leave if they like,in advance of a hurricane or are you just stuck? Read More
withdrawing from ATM by pele6254
we are not there yet but better to know from you guys that are there...I heard the max you can withdraw a day from a bank is 200.00 is that true?? We for now will keep our money in a US bank so when we pay the rent I guess we will have to visit the ...
it was mentioned further up there are several banks that will let you take out 500 or 600 at a time. Read More
Receiving Mail in Quito by arnoldbria
I am new to Ecuador (only 2 months!) and have a friend in the States who wants to send me a package here. The problem is that where I am living I do not have a reliable address to receive mail. A local friend suggested that she could send the box to ...
I have had packages sent directly to the fed-ex offices before when in a hotel or something. I can check online when they arrive and then I just go pick them up. As far as delivery to where you are staying it just depends on if the delivery person ... Read More
High speed unlimited Internet around Caguas? by jesskaan
Hi. I live in the crazy hills above Caguas (Canaboncito area but technically just within the border of Aguas Buenas). We are having a hell of a time getting Internet set up at our house and its killing us. The only provider that supposedly provides ...
awsome find Gary. I think those guys (osnetpr) are using that LOS technology that I was referring to. They talk about putting an antenna on the roof. Read More
High speed unlimited Internet around Caguas? by jesskaan
Hi. I live in the crazy hills above Caguas (Canaboncito area but technically just within the border of Aguas Buenas). We are having a hell of a time getting Internet set up at our house and its killing us. The only provider that supposedly provides ...
how far is it to the closest person that has internet? Do you have a direct line of sight(LOS) to them or anyone else that has internet for that matter? If you can get LOS to anyone with internet (doesn't have to be that close. even a few miles is ... Read More
Moving to Cuenca, Shipping household goods. by BryonDavis
Hello All, I have read some conflicting ideas on the subject of shipping a container of my household goods to Ecuador, when I move there later this year. I do not know if I can survive without my Tempurpedic mattress, and a few other things, ...
I wouldn't expect to be able to buy everything you had back in the states when you get to Ecuador and the costs of doing so might actually make it cheaper to bring it with you. From my experience pretty much everything that is "imported" in ecuador ... Read More
B.S System by ZenSPIKE
As some of you might know, I recently posted my experiences in the on going Visa saga. To quickly sum it up, I was told by my attorney in Cuenca that : They would NOT accept my State background check in Cuenca, but they would accept it in ...
I learned a long time ago that in Latin America if you don't like the answer you get just go back tomorrow and ask someone else :) Everyone has their own interpretations of the rules. I know in Colombia if you brought a "gift" for the ladies ... Read More
from US considering moving to PR. no big cities. best area? by madtowner
Hi and thanks for taking the time to read my post. My wife and I are looking to relocate to a tropical, quiet environment. We want a place on a beach. I want to be in an area with space to move but reasonably close (30 minutes to 1 hour) to an ...
Thanks for the response. We'll have to play some tennis when I get there :) Read More
from US considering moving to PR. no big cities. best area? by madtowner
Hi and thanks for taking the time to read my post. My wife and I are looking to relocate to a tropical, quiet environment. We want a place on a beach. I want to be in an area with space to move but reasonably close (30 minutes to 1 hour) to an ...
Yeah water outages and the like are not all that foreign to me. They had major flooding in Panama a few years ago and we lost water for weeks at a time as well because the flooding overran some of the pumping systems or something. I am a ... Read More
from US considering moving to PR. no big cities. best area? by madtowner
Hi and thanks for taking the time to read my post. My wife and I are looking to relocate to a tropical, quiet environment. We want a place on a beach. I want to be in an area with space to move but reasonably close (30 minutes to 1 hour) to an ...
People keep saying the the Electric is really expensive. What could I expect to pay running 1 unit most of the time to keep the temps down? (ie in the bedroom during the night and my "office" during the day)? I figured $500 or $600 Asking ... Read More
withdrawing from ATM by pele6254
we are not there yet but better to know from you guys that are there...I heard the max you can withdraw a day from a bank is 200.00 is that true?? We for now will keep our money in a US bank so when we pay the rent I guess we will have to visit the ...
There are lots of credit cards that have no international fees and a lot that do don't charge for Ecuador because there is no currency conversion fee. There are some online banks that offer no fee or reduced fee atm withdrawals from other banks ... Read More
Language issue by brainteaser
Greetings, I am a newbie to this site. I have been reading many posts here, which I found very helpful. Being over the mid-50s, my husband and I are thinking about living abroad after retirement. At first, we've looked into Belize, but the summer ...
I think it depends where you live. If you are in Cuenca, my guess is you will be ok. But other places I think it will be a bit difficult. Now, the good news is you can simply get a local to do most things for you that might require spanish. ... Read More
Help with address' in Ecuador by escapingoth
This may sound like a crazy question but I am having a hard time with address' in Ecuador. There seems like they have a different way of putting an address down, seems a lot longer than I am use to seeing. Is this just my imagination or is there ...
yeah I guess if you have an expensive phone it might not be so wise :) I always use cheap phones and can understand what is being said. If you have an expensive phone you could just put it on speakerphone I guess. EDIT -- although now that I ... Read More
Help with address' in Ecuador by escapingoth
This may sound like a crazy question but I am having a hard time with address' in Ecuador. There seems like they have a different way of putting an address down, seems a lot longer than I am use to seeing. Is this just my imagination or is there ...
Just always write down the phone number of where you are going along with the address so you can call them up and have them explain to the taxi where it is located. Have had to pass a cell to my driver to explain how to get somewhere more times ... Read More