Chile visa requirements · checked 26 September 2026

Visa & Entry Requirements for Chile

Q: What documents do I need to enter Chile?

Passport validity: Chile's migration service says the transitory stay permit cannot run past the validity of your passport or travel document, and the UK Foreign Office says your passport should have an expiry date after the day you plan to leave Chile. Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for entry to Chile. Return or onward ticket: No official source we could read states an onward-ticket requirement for visitors to mainland Chile. Proof of funds: Chile's foreign ministry says every foreigner entering as the holder of a transitory stay permit must show the border authority lawful means of support for their stay.

Most travellers need a visa for Chile: 104 of 198 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate, while 94 passports enter visa-free.

Chile's foreign ministry publishes a table giving, for each nationality, whether a visa (autorización previa o visa) is required and the stay. It marks US, Canadian and UK nationals, for example, as needing no visa, with 90 days; Chile's transitory stay permit (permanencia transitoria) allows a stay of up to 90 days, and the table gives shorter stays for some nationalities, such as 30 days for Singapore. Those who need a visa apply for it through Chile's online consular services.

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Visa for Chile — requirements summary

Visa-free: 94 (47%)
Visa required: 104 (53%)

All travellers must meet the entry rules set by Chile, and they depend on your nationality. Find your passport below — you may be able to enter visa-free, or need an eVisa, a visa on arrival or a visa from an embassy.

Passport	Requirement	Max stay	Details
Afghanistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Albania	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Algeria	Visa required	—	Details →
Andorra	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Angola	Visa required	—	Details →
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Argentina	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Armenia	Visa required	—	Details →
Australia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Austria	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Azerbaijan	Visa required	—	Details →
Bahamas	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Bahrain	Visa required	—	Details →
Bangladesh	Visa required	—	Details →
Barbados	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Belarus	Visa required	—	Details →
Belgium	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Belize	Visa-free	—	Details →
Benin	Visa required	—	Details →
Bhutan	Visa required	—	Details →
Bolivia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Botswana	Visa required	—	Details →
Brazil	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Brunei	Visa required	—	Details →
Bulgaria	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Burkina Faso	Visa required	—	Details →
Burundi	Visa required	—	Details →
Cambodia	Visa required	—	Details →
Cameroon	Visa required	—	Details →
Canada	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Cape Verde	Visa required	—	Details →
Central African Republic	Visa required	—	Details →
Chad	Visa required	—	Details →
China	Visa required	—	Details →
Colombia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Comoros	Visa required	—	Details →
Costa Rica	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Côte d'Ivoire	Visa required	—	Details →
Croatia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Cuba	Visa required	—	Details →
Cyprus	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Czechia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Denmark	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Djibouti	Visa required	—	Details →
Dominica	Visa required	—	Details →
Dominican Republic	Visa required	—	Details →
DR Congo	Visa required	—	Details →
Ecuador	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Egypt	Visa required	—	Details →
El Salvador	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required	—	Details →
Eritrea	Visa required	—	Details →
Estonia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Eswatini	Visa required	—	Details →
Ethiopia	Visa required	—	Details →
Fiji	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Finland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
France	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Gabon	Visa required	—	Details →
Gambia	Visa required	—	Details →
Georgia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Germany	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Ghana	Visa required	—	Details →
Greece	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Grenada	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Guatemala	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Guinea	Visa required	—	Details →
Guinea-Bissau	Visa required	—	Details →
Guyana	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Haiti	Visa required	—	Details →
Honduras	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Hong Kong	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Hungary	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Iceland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
India	Visa required	—	Details →
Indonesia	Visa-free	—	Details →
Iran	Visa required	—	Details →
Iraq	Visa required	—	Details →
Ireland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Israel	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Italy	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Jamaica	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Japan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Jordan	Visa required	—	Details →
Kazakhstan	Visa required	—	Details →
Kenya	Visa required	—	Details →
Kiribati	Visa required	—	Details →
Kosovo	Visa required	—	Details →
Kuwait	Visa required	—	Details →
Kyrgyzstan	Visa required	—	Details →
Laos	Visa required	—	Details →
Latvia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Lebanon	Visa required	—	Details →
Lesotho	Visa required	—	Details →
Liberia	Visa required	—	Details →
Libya	Visa required	—	Details →
Liechtenstein	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Lithuania	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Luxembourg	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Macau	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Madagascar	Visa required	—	Details →
Malawi	Visa required	—	Details →
Malaysia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Maldives	Visa required	—	Details →
Mali	Visa required	—	Details →
Malta	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Marshall Islands	Visa required	—	Details →
Mauritania	Visa required	—	Details →
Mauritius	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Mexico	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Micronesia	Visa required	—	Details →
Moldova	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Monaco	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Mongolia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Montenegro	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Morocco	Visa required	—	Details →
Mozambique	Visa required	—	Details →
Myanmar	Visa required	—	Details →
Namibia	Visa required	—	Details →
Nauru	Visa required	—	Details →
Nepal	Visa required	—	Details →
Netherlands	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
New Zealand	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Nicaragua	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Niger	Visa required	—	Details →
Nigeria	Visa required	—	Details →
North Korea	Visa required	—	Details →
North Macedonia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Norway	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Oman	Visa required	—	Details →
Pakistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Palau	Visa required	—	Details →
Palestine	Visa required	—	Details →
Panama	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Papua New Guinea	Visa required	—	Details →
Paraguay	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Peru	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Philippines	Visa required	—	Details →
Poland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Portugal	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Qatar	Visa required	—	Details →
Republic of the Congo	Visa required	—	Details →
Romania	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Russia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Rwanda	Visa required	—	Details →
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Saint Lucia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Samoa	Visa required	—	Details →
San Marino	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Sao Tome and Principe	Visa required	—	Details →
Saudi Arabia	Visa required	—	Details →
Senegal	Visa required	—	Details →
Serbia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Seychelles	Visa required	—	Details →
Sierra Leone	Visa required	—	Details →
Singapore	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Slovakia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Slovenia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Solomon Islands	Visa required	—	Details →
Somalia	Visa required	—	Details →
South Africa	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
South Korea	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
South Sudan	Visa required	—	Details →
Spain	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Sri Lanka	Visa required	—	Details →
Sudan	Visa required	—	Details →
Suriname	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Sweden	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Switzerland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Syria	Visa required	—	Details →
Taiwan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Tajikistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Tanzania	Visa required	—	Details →
Thailand	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Timor-Leste	Visa required	—	Details →
Togo	Visa required	—	Details →
Tonga	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Tunisia	Visa required	—	Details →
Türkiye	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Turkmenistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Tuvalu	Visa required	—	Details →
Uganda	Visa required	—	Details →
Ukraine	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
United Arab Emirates	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
United Kingdom	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
United States	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uruguay	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uzbekistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Vanuatu	Visa required	—	Details →
Vatican City	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Venezuela	Visa required	—	Details →
Vietnam	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Yemen	Visa required	—	Details →
Zambia	Visa required	—	Details →
Zimbabwe	Visa required	—	Details →

Chile visa types, fees and processing times

Prior authorisation or visa (Autorización previa o visa)

Embassy

Max stay: 90 days
Extension: +90 days

Fee and processing time not published — confirm with the embassy or consulate before you apply.

Extension of transitory stay (Prórroga de Permanencia Transitoria)

Extension

Fee: 100 USD
Max stay: 90 days

Fee (pago de derechos) of USD 100. Children and adolescents are exempt.

Entry requirements for Chile

Passport validity

Chile's migration service says the transitory stay permit cannot run past the validity of your passport or travel document, and the UK Foreign Office says your passport should have an expiry date after the day you plan to leave Chile. The migration service lists an identity card, without the need for a passport, as a document for entering Chile only for nationals of Mercosur countries and Bolivia.

Servicio Nacional de Migraciones — Permanencia Transitoria✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Travel insurance

No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for entry to Chile. Canada's travel advice says to make sure you get travel insurance that includes coverage for medical evacuation and hospital stays.

Government of Canada — Travel advice and advisories: Chile✓ Checked 4 Oct 2026

Return or onward ticket

No official source we could read states an onward-ticket requirement for visitors to mainland Chile. The UK Foreign Office says that to enter Rapa Nui (Easter Island) you must show a return ticket.

UK FCDO — Chile travel advice (entry requirements)✓ Checked 4 Oct 2026

Proof of funds

Chile's foreign ministry says every foreigner entering as the holder of a transitory stay permit must show the border authority lawful means of support for their stay. No official source we could read states an amount. The ministry lists proof of the applicant's own economic means among the requirements for a prior authorisation or visa.

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile — Información sobre visas para ingresar a Chile✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Arrival cards and declarations: Sworn agricultural declaration (Declaración Jurada SAG)

18 years

SAG's Digital Affidavit for Entry to Chile asks you to declare the plant and animal origin products, goods and currencies (money) you carry in your luggage or means of transport. It says the procedure is free of charge, individual and mandatory for all persons over 18 years of age, and that the form can be completed with or without an internet connection, up to one day before your entry, and is valid only for the date of arrival you indicate. SAG's information page says the declaration is made on special forms (digital or paper) and that failing to declare risk products leads to sanctions and fines.

Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG) — Digital Affidavit for Entry to Chile (Declaración Jurada), start step✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026

Arrival cards and declarations: Tarjeta Única Migratoria (TUM)

Chile's migration service says the PDI hands you the Tarjeta Única Migratoria (TUM) when you enter Chile, and lists a valid TUM as a document that allows you to leave the country.

Servicio Nacional de Migraciones — Guía de ayuda N°5: documentos de viaje para ingresar o salir de Chile✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Overstay penalties

10 UTM

Holders of a Permanencia Transitoria permit who stay up to 180 calendar days after it expires are fined from half to 10 UTM, with an exception for certain residents. Those who stay more than 180 calendar days after expiry are fined 1 to 10 UTM. Fines are cut by 50% when offenders report themselves to the Migration Service or the Police and this leads to the infringement being detected. Children and adolescents are exempt from all fines. To leave Chile, all fines for migration infringements must be paid, through the SERMIG Portal de Trámites and the web platform of the Tesorería General de la República.

Ministerio del Interior (Chile) — Ley 21.325 de Migración y Extranjería (BCN text)✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026

Customs allowances

USD 10,000

Chile's customs service says that if you enter or leave Chile with cash or bearer negotiable instruments of USD 10,000 or more, or the equivalent in other currencies including the Chilean peso, you must declare it to customs.

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas de Chile — Declaración de Dinero✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Chile visa requirements statistics

198

Passports covered

104

Most common: Visa required

Least common: Visa-free

47%

Visa-free access

Visa-free stays by length

90 days · 89 passports
30 days · 3 passports

Understanding Chile visa requirements

We track the entry rules of Chile for 198 passports. The most common situation is visa required, which applies to 104 passports (53%). 47% of passports can enter without a visa. The least common is visa-free (94 passports).

Entry categories for Chile

Visa-free entry: 94 passports can enter without a visa, for stays from 30 to 90 days.
Visa required: 104 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate.

What else you need to enter Chile

Passport validity: Chile's migration service says the transitory stay permit cannot run past the validity of your passport or travel document, and the UK Foreign Office says your passport should have an expiry date after the day you plan to leave Chile.
Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for entry to Chile.
Return or onward ticket: No official source we could read states an onward-ticket requirement for visitors to mainland Chile.
Proof of funds: Chile's foreign ministry says every foreigner entering as the holder of a transitory stay permit must show the border authority lawful means of support for their stay.

Open your passport in the table for the exact rules — maximum stay, fees, how to apply and the official source. Entry rules change at short notice: confirm with the embassy of Chile or its official immigration website before you travel.

Frequently asked questions about Chile visas

Do I need a visa for Chile?

It depends on your passport: Chile's foreign ministry publishes a table giving, for each nationality, whether a visa is required and the stay. For example, it marks US, Canadian, UK, Mexican, Australian, Japanese and Israeli nationals as needing no visa, with 90 days; Singapore, Malaysian and Macao passport holders as needing no visa, with 30 days; for Belizean and Indonesian passports it gives two figures (30 or 90 days, and 60 or 90 days). Nationalities that need a prior authorisation or visa apply for it through Chile's online consular services.

Is there still a reciprocity fee to enter Chile?

No official source we could read states a reciprocity or arrival fee for visa-exempt visitors.

How long can I stay in Chile?

Chile's migration service says the transitory stay permit allows a stay of up to 90 days; the foreign ministry's table gives 30 days for Singapore, Malaysian and Macao passports, and two figures for Belizean and Indonesian passports (30 or 90 days, and 60 or 90 days). The migration service says the permit can be extended once, by up to 90 calendar days, through the Servicio Nacional de Migraciones' digital portal, for a fee of USD 100 (children and adolescents are exempt), and that you must start the extension before the original period on your Tarjeta Única Migratoria (TUM) ends.

Are there extra rules for visiting Easter Island?

The Government of Canada says stays on Rapa Nui are limited to 30 consecutive days for all travellers and that you must show a round-trip ticket and proof of a reservation of accommodation authorised by local authorities, and complete the Rapa Nui Entry Form; the UK Foreign Office tells people travelling on a full British citizen passport that they must show a reservation registered with SERNATUR, the national tourism service, or an invitation letter from the provincial delegation.

What is the SAG declaration?

The Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) says Chilean law requires people to declare under oath, on special forms (digital or paper), any plants, animals, products of plant or animal origin (including handicrafts), agricultural chemical or biological products, veterinary medicines or animal feed they bring in. It says the digital declaration is free; SAG inspectors check what is declared whatever its quantity, and failing to declare risk products leads to sanctions and fines.

Do Venezuelan or Haitian citizens need a visa for Chile?

Yes. Chile's foreign ministry's table marks both nationalities as needing a visa. The ministry says the prior authorisation or visa (autorización previa o visa) is granted by Chilean consulates abroad and must be applied for on the online consular services platform.

Do US citizens need a visa for Chile?

US citizens can visit Chile visa-free for 90 days. Full rules for United States passport holders.

Do UK citizens need a visa for Chile?

UK citizens can visit Chile visa-free for 90 days. Full rules for United Kingdom passport holders.

Do German citizens need a visa for Chile?

German citizens can visit Chile visa-free for 90 days. Full rules for Germany passport holders.

What documents do I need to enter Chile?

Passport validity: Chile's migration service says the transitory stay permit cannot run past the validity of your passport or travel document, and the UK Foreign Office says your passport should have an expiry date after the day you plan to leave Chile. Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for entry to Chile. Return or onward ticket: No official source we could read states an onward-ticket requirement for visitors to mainland Chile. Proof of funds: Chile's foreign ministry says every foreigner entering as the holder of a transitory stay permit must show the border authority lawful means of support for their stay.

How long can I stay in Chile without a visa?

Usually 90 days (89 passports); visa-free stays range from 30 to 90 days depending on your passport.

How many countries can visit Chile without a visa?

94 of 198 passports can enter Chile visa-free (47%). and 104 need a visa from an embassy.

Data: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0) — official sources are linked on each passport page. Gaps filled from the Passport Index dataset (MIT).

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