Chile Residency and Birth Tourism

In the residence package: Residence (temporary or permanent) and DNI for one or more persons. In the birth tourism package: Permanent residence, local ID and citizenship application for the baby and one or both parents. Remote assistance with information about the required documentation specialist who will personally accompany you to the residency, migration and citizenship appointments in Chile.

No, you can apply for residency in Chile from a Chilean embassy or consulate. If you apply abroad, you have 90 days to enter Chile after the application has been granted.

The process for temporary residence usually takes between 3-6 months. If you are applying for special residence for pregnant women, the issuing time is usually one month.

Yes, in accordance with Article 4 of Decree 177/2022, this authorization may be granted to foreign women who are in the country on the basis of a Permanencia Transitoria or Residencia Temporal and who have a certificate from a professional from a network of health services, regulated in Articles 16 and following of Decree No. 1 of 2005 of the Ministerio de Salud, on their pregnancy status.

Yes, the number of months you must spend in Chile to apply for PR depends on the number of months you have been absent: Two months absence or less, consecutive or not: minimum twenty-four months stay. More than two to six months absence, consecutive or not: At least thirty months stay. More than six to twelve months' absence, consecutive or not: At least thirty-six months' residence. More than twelve months' absence, consecutive or not: forty-eight months' residence. The same applies to citizenship: to apply for Chilean citizenship, you usually need 5 years of residence (residence is understood as continuous, although the important part is to prove the intention to settle in a place as your home, so a vacation of a few weeks is not a problem). It is recommended to spend at least 10 months per year in the country for each qualifying year (2-5 years) if you want to apply for citizenship.

Legal residence is a residence permit - either permanent or temporary. It gives you the right to live in the country for as long as you want, to come and go, to apply for a driver's license, to work (depending on the visa, Rentista cannot) and to look for a job. With a residence permit, you can count down the days until you become a naturalized Chilenean citizen. With temporary residency, you will need to stay in the country for about 10 months of the year to apply for permanent residency. Once you have permanent residency, you cannot leave the country for more than 2 years at a time or you will lose it. Tax residency is the obligation to pay taxes in the country. It also gives you the right to take advantage of Chile's double taxation treaties and to apply for a tax residence certificate. Tax residence is determined by a stay in the country of six consecutive months within a single calendar year or by more than six months in total, consecutive or not, over two consecutive calendar years. If residency status is obtained prior to residency with the intention of living in Chile permanently or for a longer period of time, the normal tax rates apply from the moment of entry.

It depends. Chile taxes worldwide income, but offers exemptions for income earned abroad for 3-6 years and has double tax treaties with the following countries: Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada China Colombia Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Ecuador France India Ireland Italy Japan Malaysia Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Russia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand United Kingdom United States United Arab Emirates Uruguay. Tax credits are also available for income tax paid abroad on income earned abroad, provided there is a tax treaty with said country.

Yes, Chile taxes the worldwide income of its tax residents. However, no income tax is payable on income below approximately USD 11,000 per year. For a country that does not tax foreign income, check out our residency service in Paraguay or Uruguay.

Yes, the step-by-step process is as follows: Temporary residence. This service includes your application for temporary residence. Permanent residency: 90 days before reaching 2 years of temporary residency, you can apply for permanent residency in Chile. Citizenship. After 5 years of continuous residence (temporary + permanent) you can apply for citizenship. In certain cases, such as a Chilean child, you can apply after 2 years of residence. Passport. After you have gone through the approximately three-year process to obtain citizenship, you can apply for a Chilean passport.

If the requirements are met at the time of application and it is confirmed that the applicant has a Residencia Definitiva in process, there are no restrictions on the number of entries and exits of the national territory, even if the Residencia Temporal is no longer valid.

Those who have reached the age of 18, are holders of an unexpired Residencia Definitiva and have lived in Chile for five years or more (from the date on which they obtained their Residencia Temporal, which led to their current Residencia Definitiva). These definitive residents can also apply for the “nacionalización” who can prove two years of continuous residence in the national territory and have one of the following links with the Republic of Chile: Those who have been married to a Chilean citizen for at least two years and whose marriage is registered in Chile, provided that during the same period the provisions of Article 133 of the Civil Code are complied with. The relatives of Chilean citizens up to and including the second degree and those adopted by Chilean citizens. A child whose father or mother, who were Chilean nationals, lost their Chilean nationality before the child was born.

The naturalization process takes 2-3 years on average.

The Residencia Definitiva will be tacitly revoked if you reside outside the country for more than two years without interruption, unless the interested party applies for its extension at the competent Chilean consulate within a period of sixty days before the expiry of this period. This extension is only granted once and is valid for two years.

Yes, as long as they are older than 14 years, have an unexpired residencia definitiva, have lived in Chile for more than five years if they have no ties, or more than two years if they have one of the ties established in Article 85 of Law 21.325, and in both cases have the notarized consent of their parents or the person who personally takes care of them. Minors under the age of 18 whose parents are recognized as refugees in Chile may become Chilean citizens from the date on which at least one of their parents has obtained naturalization, without having to meet any other legal requirements.

By reasoned decree of the Ministerio del Interior y Seguridad Pública, a Carta de Nacionalización will not be granted to those foreigners who have been convicted in the last ten years of acts considered crimes in Chile, who have been convicted in the last five years of acts considered simple crimes in Chile, and if there are records recommending it.

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