Chile visa types (20)
Official visa categories with requirements, documents and FAQs. Start from a passport-specific route above for entry rules.
Transitory Stay — Tourism and Business — Up-to-90-day visitor permission for tourism, business, and similar purposes.
Transitory Crew Card — Up-to-90-day permission for international transport crew.
Work Authorization for Transitory-Stay Holders — Narrow work permit for specific sporadic paid activities during a transitory stay.
Family Reunification Residence — Temporary residence for relatives of Chileans and permanent residents.
Paid-Activities Worker Residence — Up-to-two-year work residence for lawful paid activities.
Seasonal Worker Residence — Inter-annual residence for specific seasonal jobs, capped at six months per year.
Student Residence — Temporary residence for study at recognized Chilean institutions.
Religious Residence — Temporary residence for worship-related stays with recognized religious entities.
Medical-Treatment Residence — Temporary residence for medical treatment with registered Chilean providers.
Retiree and Rentista Residence — Temporary residence for retirees and foreign-income rentistas.
Investor and Related-Staff Residence — Temporary residence for major investors and their senior or specialist staff.
Multi-Entry Business Residence — Repeated-entry residence for executives managing Chilean business interests.
Mercosur Reciprocity Residence — Up-to-two-year residence for Mercosur nationals under international reciprocity.
International-Agreement and Working Holiday Residence — Treaty-based residence including Working Holiday programs.
Humanitarian Residence — Victims of Violence — Humanitarian residence for trafficking, smuggling, and gender-violence victims.
Humanitarian Residence — Pregnancy — In-Chile humanitarian residence for pregnant foreigners.
Humanitarian Residence — Children and Adolescents — Free humanitarian residence for foreign minors in Chile.
Permanent Residence (Residencia Definitiva) — Indefinite residence after qualifying temporary residence.
Ex-Permanent-Resident Temporary Residence — Return route to temporary residence for former permanent residents.
Refuge (Refugio) — International protection for persecuted foreigners, leading to permanent residence.