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Entry requirements

Chile

For Italian citizens

Source level: policy

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Visa-free for 90 days

Chile's migration service says a holder of a Permanencia Transitoria permit, whatever its original length, may extend it once, by up to ninety calendar days, and must start the extension procedure before the original period on the Tarjeta Única Migratoria (TUM) expires.

Visa

Not required

Document

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.

What you need to know

  1. Regime

    Visa-free for 90 days

  2. Detail

    Max stay · 90 days

  3. Detail

    Extension · up to 90 days

  4. Notes

    Chile's migration service says a holder of a Permanencia Transitoria permit, whatever its original length, may extend it once, by up to ninety calendar days, and must start the extension procedure before the original period on the Tarjeta Única Migratoria (TUM) expires.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

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  • Review any official updates.
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Entry requirements can change: always confirm the latest information with the competent authorities before departure.