Other officially established ground · Last checked 2026-08-08

Personas acogidas a acuerdos internacionales

Nationality or residence covered by a current international agreement that requires Chile to authorize temporary residence

Chile has a temporary-residence umbrella for a national or resident, as applicable, of a state covered by a current international agreement that requires Chile to authorize temporary residence. The applicable treaty, not the umbrella page, controls the applicant-specific eligibility, requirements, duration, work scope, and other effects.

Country: Chile
Applicant basis: Nationality or residence covered by a current international agreement that requires Chile to authorize temporary residence
Responsible authority: Servicio Nacional de Migraciones
Official route status: Current official route
Information available: Detailed guide
Last checked: 2026-08-08

Supported requirements

What the current source supports

Identify the exact current agreement and treaty branch before filing. SERMIG lists examples, including current Working Holiday arrangements and free-trade agreements with temporary-entry chapters, but the applicable treaty controls the result.
Apply only from outside Chile through the SERMIG Digital Procedures Portal and select the agreement-specific option, such as Treaties / Working Holiday where applicable.
Provide the passport identity page with at least one year of validity at filing, the current photograph, and the criminal-record certificate required for an adult applicant from the country of origin or a country of residence during the prior five years.
Provide documents showing sufficient economic means and every additional document required by the exact treaty or agreement.
The criminal-record certificate must generally have been issued no more than 60 days before filing. A treaty may expressly exempt an otherwise shared document.
Foreign documents must be apostilled or legalized as applicable. Documents not in Spanish or English require an official authorized translation, and uploaded documents must use the current PDF format rules.

Applicant scope

Who this route generally serves

Generally designed for: A person whose nationality or residence is covered by a current Chilean treaty, Working Holiday arrangement, youth-mobility arrangement, trainee agreement, or temporary-entry chapter that requires temporary-residence authorization.
Legal basis named by the authority: Law 21.325, especially Articles 72-75 and 79; D.S. 177, Articles 10, 11, and 51-53; and the current international agreement applicable to the applicant.

Route lifecycle

What to confirm from application onward

Financial basis: SERMIG requires evidence of sufficient economic means, plus any treaty-specific financial evidence. The umbrella route publishes no universal numeric threshold; the exact agreement controls.
Government service fees: Temporary-residence charges are nationality-dependent, and a treaty may affect fee treatment. Use the current SERMIG schedule and the applicant-specific portal result; no universal charge is stated here.
Initial status: Temporary residence under the applicable agreement. Chilean law generally permits up to two years, but the treaty may establish a different duration or effect. After an overseas grant, the applicant generally has up to 90 calendar days to enter Chile, and the permit becomes effective on entry.
Renewal: A renewal is filed from Chile within the last 90 days and no later than 10 days before expiry. General temporary-residence guidance permits successive renewals for up to two years, but the applicable agreement controls whether this branch can renew and on what terms.
Dependents: A spouse or equivalent partner and qualifying children within Law 21.325 Article 74(1) and (2) may apply as dependents, unless the applicable agreement changes the result. Their approval and validity are not automatic.
Work rights: Law 21.325 generally permits temporary residents and their qualifying dependents to perform remunerated activities. The applicable agreement may narrow the allowed activity, age, employer, profession, or stay, and professional licensing remains separate.
Presence considerations: The umbrella route does not publish one agreement-wide absence rule. For a later definitive-residence filing, Chile applies a separate residence-history framework in which absences can increase the required temporary-residence period from 24 to as much as 48 months.
Permanent residence: D.S. 177 does not exclude this subcategory from later definitive residence. A later filing is separate, requires a current temporary status whose terms permit it, and generally starts from a 24-month baseline; treaty circumstances may reduce the period to no less than 12 months, while absences and other factors can increase it.
Citizenship relationship: Nationality is a separate process requiring its own definitive-residence and residence-history conditions. Agreement-based temporary residence does not grant or guarantee Chilean nationality.

Official evidence

Sources for this route

General planning information only—not legal, tax, or investment advice. A listed route does not determine eligibility. Verify current rules with the responsible authority before acting.