Chile country guide
Passive income · Last checked 2026-07-31
Personas jubiladas o rentistas
Pension or regular rent from real estate or financial assets
A temporary-residence subcategory for a person with a qualifying retirement pension or regular rent from real estate or financial assets.
- Country
- Chile
- Applicant basis
- Pension or regular rent from real estate or financial assets
- Responsible authority
- Servicio Nacional de Migraciones
- Official route status
- Current official route
- Information available
- Detailed guide
- Last checked
- 2026-07-31
Supported requirements
What the current source supports
- Apply from outside Chile through the SERMIG digital portal.
- Provide the current identity, criminal-record, photograph, and route-specific income evidence.
- Show that the pension or regular rent can cover at least the applicant’s basic needs under the government indicators cited by SERMIG.
Applicant scope
Who this route generally serves
- Generally designed for
- Foreign retirees with a pension and rentiers receiving regular returns from real estate or financial assets.
- Legal basis named by the authority
- Law 21.325 and Decree 177, temporary-residence subcategory 11.
Route lifecycle
What to confirm from application onward
- Financial basis
- No single fixed amount is published on the current route page; SERMIG applies a basic-needs sufficiency test.
- Initial status
- Temporary residence; the general framework permits up to two years.
- Renewal
- The route page permits renewal when the applicant continues to document the qualifying pension or rent and sufficient resources.
- Dependents
- Qualifying dependents may receive temporary residence under the dependency rules referenced by SERMIG.
- Work rights
- This page does not infer employment rights from the pension or rentier basis.
- Presence considerations
- Absence and residence history affect a later definitive-residence application.
- Permanent residence
- A later definitive-residence application is separate and is available only when the subcategory and residence history meet current SERMIG rules.
- Citizenship relationship
- Ordinary nationality requires valid definitive residence and a separate qualifying residence history; the route itself does not grant 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.