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08-30-21 08:19 #48831
Posts: 437Love reading your reports Osteoknot, you're a legend but they also make me happy my drug taking days are behind me jaja.
You're definitely living the life though, respect.
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08-30-21 07:54 #48830
Posts: 5465The cost of living in Medellin
Originally Posted by Combo [View Original Post]
Cost of a very nice 3 bed, 3.5 bath apartment in a nice area of Laureles, unfurnished, was 1. 6 million pesos. This was a big place, about 1900 sqft, 2 blocks north of UPB and far enough from La 70 to be quiet. You can find 1 bed, 1 bath places for 1 million, in a good estrato 5 neighborhood. Utilities were about 100 k monthly and cable and internet was about 120 k. Call it about 1. 5 million with all utilities, for a fair sized 1 bed apartment, with all utilities, or around $450 monthly.
For lunch I usually prefer the little Colombian places, cost about 12 k average. For dinner I splurge more, but still average about 25 k. Breakfast I prefer to make something simple, less than 5 k daily. Call it another 1. 2 million for food. Using the Metro and buses kept my travel costs to about 300 k monthly.
All together, you can live pretty good on 3 million COP monthly, not counting entertainment expenses. Call it $800 monthly.
You're going to have setup costs, buying furniture and all the stuff you need in the apartment. If you keep your hooker budget under 1 million weekly, you're looking at $2200 per month, all in.
If you need to be close to Parque Lleras, you might need $5000, but it's not a necessity.
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08-30-21 03:46 #48829
Posts: 1749Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
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08-30-21 03:46 #48828
Posts: 586My experiences are more in line with Mr. E. In my 16 years of visiting Colombia and banging a bunch of chicas in Medellin, very rarely have I ever experienced girls with odor problems. And when there was a problem, it was very minor, other than maybe once exception I remember. This is important to me because I love to eat pussy. So I get close enough to get a good whiff. Not just on my fingers. I guess it depends on the kind of chicas you go after and where you find them. I also agree that Colombianas tend to have very good hygiene.
Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
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08-30-21 03:10 #48827
Posts: 3497Originally Posted by IamLookin [View Original Post]
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08-30-21 02:55 #48826
Posts: 3801Originally Posted by IamLookin [View Original Post]
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08-30-21 02:53 #48825
Posts: 3801Originally Posted by Combo [View Original Post]
It's not as much as people may have thought, but it's not as easy to obtain as one might think as there are other issues involved like purchasing a property or investing in a business, and being enrolled in the Colombian Medical system, along with lawyers to process obtaining the visa.
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08-30-21 02:41 #48824
Posts: 1643I haven't done it yet, but that is the type of visa for which I am applying
Originally Posted by Combo [View Original Post]
Most gringos qualify with what is commonly called the "pensioner" visa. Please note all visas, of which there are many, were changed to alpha-numeric codes a few years ago, and I am not going to look up those codes now. But the common terminology is still in place. The pensioner visa requires bank statements I think for ten months or a year that show a regular pension deposit that is more than three times the minimum wage in Colombia. I don't remember the exact amount because 90% of guys social security check qualifies them. So most retirees that move here use an official translated copy (notarized and apostille) benefit letter from the SSA (Social Security Administration), to qualify.
However, what if you are not collecting social security and do not receive any other type of pension? There is another kind of financial visa, which is probably the one you are referring about, where the requirement is ten months of bank statements, balance only. As long as the balance never dipped below TEN times the monthly minimum wage income, you qualify. I think that falls somewhere between $2000-3000 USD but I haven't cross checked it yet.
I did not answer your question because, before you can even think about becoming a resident, you have to get a Migracion or Immigration visa first, two of which I just described above. There are many other types of visas. There are others. You can cohabitate and support a Colombian, I don't believe it requires marriage or that the relationship be hetero, but don't quote me on that. You can impregnate a Colombiana and as long as you are the father of record on the birth certificate, you get to stay. You can invest in Colombia or do a business start-up and employ a certain number of Colombians.
There is a timeline, I think it's five years before you can apply for residency, but at this point I don't know what I am talking about, someone else can chime in on that. Hopefully this helped.
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08-30-21 02:38 #48823
Posts: 3801Rotten Tuna Smell
Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
Tenemos un acuerdo?
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08-30-21 02:29 #48822
Posts: 4026The best source for information about where you can get past the 3 month tourist visa: https://migracioncolombia.gov.co/ced...de-extranjeria.
Medellinguru translates information from official sources such as this and sandwiches it with warnings about how difficult the process is. OF course the vast majority of people who legalize their immigration status do it without ever consulting the guru. If the Spanish is iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiian obstacle translate the web page into the language of your choice.
Originally Posted by Combo [View Original Post]
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08-30-21 02:20 #48821
Posts: 413I suggest you get your nasal passages cleaned. There is something definitely wrong.
Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
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08-30-21 02:15 #48820
Posts: 15925Originally Posted by IamLookin [View Original Post]
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08-30-21 02:12 #48819
Posts: 4026$250/ month is just a number. There are apartments for half that amount or less and there apartments at 10 times that price. The location is a good starting point to give the number some meaning.
Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
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08-30-21 02:02 #48818
Posts: 540Smells are different for everyone.
I hate the smell of smoke. None of my friends smoke. I could never have a GF or wife that smokes. If my wife decided to smoke she may be on her way out. She might as well be bathing in, brushing her hair, and washing her clothes in shit. I hate it when I take a girl from a bar and her mouth is like an ashtray and after an hour of fun she leaves. I go to bed and bury my head in the pillow and smell ashes. That is why I like the street girls. I can smell them a little compared to inside a bar. Yet others love the smell of smoking and it is oxygen or like a perfume to them.
Then people can get used to smells and have learned to deal with them. As a kid I nearly vomited when my dad cleaned (gutted) the ducks he hunted. I am sure the physical part of gutting a duck I could do. But I do not know if or how long it would take me to get used to that smell.
I love the smell of burnt popcorn and other things. I kept smelling that when I was visiting Manizales. Finally asked the guy working at the hotel and he said it was the coffee bean roasting plant in town.
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08-30-21 01:53 #48817
Posts: 413The original poster made it clear that a lot of the girls have vaginal.odor issues which I agree with.
You on the other hand go out of your way to downplay it and make it sound like that isn't the case
Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]