Details For Living In /Around Asunción


Internet Connection:

Telesurf
$99/mo via antena ($160 installation) at 64Kbps, or
$30/mo via telephone line at 32Kbps


Cellular Telephone Service (sign-up booths are in all Malls):

Company name: VOX
Usage cost: $.64/minute by prepaid calling card, $.21/min by account
Phones available: Nokia 5190 $49, Nokia 3390 $99, Nokia 5290 (smallest) $ , Ericsson A2218Z $43, Ericsson T28Z (2nd smallest) $199
VOX also allows international calls by both methods, card or account.
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Company name: Personal
$.53/minute by prepaid calling card, $.36/min by account (only available to those showing proof their residency papers are in process)
Phones available: Nokia 5125 $99, Ericsson 1228 $100, Mitsubishi 200 $64
Personal has slightly higher quality service than VOX but only allows international calls with an account.


Telephone Callback Service (to call USA for 5 cents more than local cost):
Enlinea
How it works: You call their number in the USA and then hang up after one ring. The system recognizes your telephone number and then calls you up from their caller in Paraguay which has a rapid satellite connection with the USA. Then you enter the destination number and the caller in the USA (which is connected to you via satellite) makes the call connection for you and your credit card is charged. (Or you can Western Union money to them beforehand from which they can deduct costs.)

Mail Service from USA to you:
SkyBox will allow you a mailbox in their Miami location and will get packages or letters to their Asuncion office within a week. Minimum cost is $4 for each item and they charge $4 per pound. You can also send letters to the USA for free. The service is more rapid and secure than using regular mail service but it's still run by latinos so all credit cards and checks are fair game to be stolen. Their office is on Estrella across the street from Unicentro.

Personal Translators who can accompany you and help you learn spanish:
Maria Alejandra, age 21, 421-428
Alicia, 50, 672-750
Mauricio Antelo, 33, 222-298 0971-931-287
Ricardo Graes, 44, 557-249
Juan Cristaldo, 23, 501-368
Carlos Torres, 31, 331-955
Wilson Rojas, , 0971-137-974

Getting started learning spanish:
Check out free introductory spanish at http://www.studyspanish.com/

Spanish classes for foreigners:
$32/mo for 12 months from
Asociacion Metropolitana de Estudios e Investigacion
1104 Ave Mcal Lopez (and street Mayor Bullo)
tel: 229-399
email: marketing@amei.edu.py

Travelers Assistence (like AAA). Cost: $33/month
from:
Touring y Automovil Club Paraguayo
adr: 25 de Mayo and Brasil
Asunción
tel: 210 -549 210 -553
Includes: On-Site car repair, first level medical coverage, tow truck, free inspection (of lights, brakes, oil, radiator, battery, power steering), discounts (for wheel alignment, tire balancing, Michelin tires, tire repair), access to VISA credit card, 10% discounts (for air conditioner service, oil change for motor and transmission, shock absorber change).

Health Insurance:
from
Sanatorio Americano
Dept Medicina Prepaga (prepaid medicine)
adr: Perú and España
Asunción
tel: 226-800
Plan Gold Americano for $33/month or Plan Integral Americano for $21/mo
Both plans include: Consultations, ambulance, surgery, physiotherapy, radiology, diagnostics (ECG, Pap, mamograms, MRI, electroencephalograms, etc), endoscopy, chemotherapy, dialysis, laproscopy, cancer surgery, opthamolic surgery, traumatologic surgery, hemotherapy, dental surgery. (The Gold plan has more coverage for medicines).

Hospitals:
Sanatorio Americano
adr: Ave España near Padre Pucheau
Asunción
tel: 200-225 200-226

Sanitorio Bautista
adr: Republica Argentina
Asuncion
tel: 600-171

Car/Home/Accident Insurance available from:
MAPFRE
adr: Ave Mariscal Lopez and General Aquino
Asuncion
tel 217-6000
email: sac@mapfre.com.py

Car Insurance:
policy VIP costs $468/yr for a car valued at $3000. It is full coverage insurance. Cheaper policies are available also.

Home Insurance:
$30/yr includes coverage up to $10,600 for damage to house from fire, $5,300 damage to belongings from fire, $2,100 loss from robbery.

Personal Accident Insurance:
$84/yr gives $70,000 for death or loss of limb.

Banks that don't require you to have your permanent residency:
Banco Do Brasil
adr: Nuestro Señora de la Asuncion and Olivia
Asuncion
tel: 490-121 490-126
$5000 deposit needed. no credit cards available


Requirements For Residency:
from:
Ministerio del Interior
Direccion General de Migraciones (Immigrations Office)
adr: O'Leary 615 and General Diaz
Asuncion
tel: 446-066 492-908

1. Passport
2. Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate (if married), Certificate of divorce or seperation
3. National Criminal Record for past 14 years from your mother country or of the last 5 years from where you've been living outside of your mother country
4. INTERPOL report (Intl police report) which you can get here if you bring a 2x3cm photo to address Colonel Gracia 468, tel 422-427 in Asuncion
5. Health Certificate from your mother country or here at the Ministerio de Salud (Health Dept)
6. Certificate of Life and Residency from a police station (Comiseria) here after you've bought a house or have a rental contract to show
7. Proof of entrance into Paraguay. (a stamp on your passport)
* Two color photos of yourself (2.5cm x 2.5 cm available from the local Kodak store)
For Temporary Residency
8. Proof of employment with salary accompanied by professional title (from Univ) or technical status
For Permanent Residency
9. Proof of $5000 in a bank or professional title (from Univ) with promise of employment and how much the salary is, or property title of land for farming or agriculture
10. "Declaracion Jurada" before a local notary public

Alternative Health:
ACUPUNCTURE
Fuerza Larga Vida
Republica de Francia y 14 de Mayo
tel: 441-287

Note: I am not responsible for any recent changes in the above services that were not recently updated on this page. If you need any more info than what is presented here please seek out that information from the companies when you arrive here.

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