Visa policy of Chile

Visitors to Chile must obtain a visa from one of the Chilean diplomatic missions unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries.

Chile generally maintains a reciprocal visa policy with other countries.

Visa policy map

Visa policy of Chile

  Chile

  Entry possible with only ID card

  Visa not required

  Online visa

  Visa required

Visa exemption

Holders of passports of the following jurisdictions can visit Chile without a visa for up to 90 days (unless otherwise noted): ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

All European Union member states All European Free Trade Association member states
Albania   Andorra   Antigua and Barbuda   Argentina ID   Bahamas   Barbados   Belize   Bolivia ID   Bosnia and Herzegovina   Brazil ID   Canada   Colombia ID   Costa Rica   Ecuador ID   El Salvador   Fiji	Georgia   Grenada   Guatemala   Guyana   Honduras   Hong Kong   Indonesia 1   Israel   Jamaica   Japan   Macao 1   Malaysia 1   Mauritius   Mexico   Moldova   Monaco	Mongolia   Montenegro   New Zealand   Nicaragua   North Macedonia   Panama   Paraguay ID   Peru ID   Russia   Saint Kitts and Nevis   Saint Lucia   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   San Marino   Serbia   Singapore 1   South Africa	South Korea   Surinam   Taiwan   Thailand   Tonga   Trinidad and Tobago   Turkey   Ukraine   United Arab Emirates   United Kingdom   United States   Uruguay ID   Vatican City   Vietnam

_{ID - May also enter with an ID card.
1 - For a stay of up to 30 days.}

Date of visa changes

1 January 1949: Switzerland [5] 15 April 1953: Norway [6] 2 November 1954: Netherlands [7] 1 December 1956: Belgium [8] 18 September 1966: Ecuador [9] 15 November 1969: Japan [10] May 1973: Yugoslavia (applies today to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia) [11] 24 December 1994: France [12] 18 January 2011: Russia [13] 21 October 2015: Ukraine [14] 1 January 2016: Taiwan [15] 11 August 2017: Vietnam [16] [17] 16 December 2017: United Arab Emirates [18] 20 May 2022: Surinam [1] e-Visa: 9 May 2020: Australia [19] [20] Cancelled: 23 April 2018: Haiti [21] 29 December 2018: Mongolia [22] 22 June 2019: Venezuela [23]

Partial exemptions

• – Nationals of Morocco need a visa but may obtain it free of charge for tourism proposes.

• – Nationals of China may apply for a no-fee tourist or business visa, or visit Chile without a visa for up to 90 days, if they are holding any type of valid entry visa (except transit visa) issued by Canada or the United States with a validity of more than six months. ^[24]

• – Nationals of India and the Dominican Republic holding a valid US Visa, with current validity of six months, do not require a Chilean tourist visa (either Simple Tourism or Multiple Tourism or Multiple-Business). ^[25]

• – Nationals of Australia may obtain a visa online (Electronic Visa). ^{[26] [19]}

Non-ordinary passports

  Chile

  Visa free access for diplomatic and service category passports

Holders of diplomatic or service category passports of Armenia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Botswana, China, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, India, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Morocco, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tunisia, Tuvalu and Venezuela do not require a visa.

Holders of diplomatic or service category passports of Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bolivia, Fiji, Mauritius, North Macedonia, Saint Lucia, San Marino, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago and United States require a visa.

Agreement with Bolivia was denounced on 4 August 2016 and not applied from 4 February 2017. ^[27]

APEC Business Travel Card

Holders of passports issued by the following countries who possess an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) containing the "CHL" code on the reverse that it is valid for travel to Chile can enter visa-free for business trips for up to 90 days. ^[3]

ABTCs are issued to citizens of: ^[28]

Australia   Brunei   China   Hong Kong   Indonesia   Japan   South Korea   Malaysia   Mexico

New Zealand   Papua New Guinea   Peru   Philippines   Russia   Singapore   Taiwan   Thailand   Vietnam

Future changes

Chile has signed visa exemption agreements with the following countries, but they have not yet entered into force:

Country	Passports	Agreement signed on
Azerbaijan [29]	Diplomatic, official, service	September 2018

Visa extension

If a holder of a tourist visa wishes to extend their Visa, they can do so at Chile's Extranjería Department and there is a charge of $100 USD. ^[30]

Another way of extending your tourist visa is to leave the country and come back in. This can only be done twice in succession. There is no fee to do so.

Visitor statistics

Most visitors arriving to Chile were from the following countries of nationality: ^[31]

Country	2017	2016	2015
Argentina	3,323,771	2,900,709	1,946,876
Brazil	544,857	438,915	455,965
Bolivia	479,690	437,154	419,822
Peru	394,204	403,605	359,857
United States	211,718	208,623	186,613
Venezuela	156,150	71,034	45,918
Colombia	133 341	119,324	105,317
Haiti	111,430	46,962	13,112
France	83,758	77,129	69,995
Spain	80 690	77,987	73,362
Germany	78,262	73,854	71,055
Uruguay	69,912	46,698	39,771
United Kingdom	54,714	51,611	46,520
Australia	51,978	50,968	46,010
Mexico	48,051	44,536	45,316
Italy	46,131	41,523	33,512
Ecuador	42,935	38,370	31,993
Canada	39,639	38,388	33,915
China	30,774	22,992	15,404
Paraguay	27,850	24,051	25,284
Total	6,263,341	5,448,975	4,287,546

See also

• Chile portal

• Visa requirements for Chilean citizens

References

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