Packages in Chile

I’m moving to Chile: applying for a residence permit from abroad

Residence before your flight — otherwise you cannot obtain it in Chile

You cannot fly into Chile and sort things out on arrival. Law 21.325 closed that the route in February 2022: a tourist already in the country cannot apply for residency. That means the entire path runs in reverse — first the dossier and application from the country where you live, then the decision, and only then the flight. We manage this submission in full.

• ⚠️ We verify the essentials before any money changes hands: arriving as a tourist and applying on the spot is not possible. Since 12 February 2022, Law 21.325 prohibits this — residency is obtained from the country of residence, with entry after a positive decision
• We identify which category applies to you: rentista on passive income, pensioner, employment contract, investor, family reunification or study
• We build a dossier that reads as a steady income: there is no fixed threshold in Chilean law, and the decision rests with SERMIG — that is precisely where all the work lies
• We prepare and review the complete document package for your chosen basis
• and also 3

from · Chile1 890 $

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As a family

Status for everyone — and a plan for who to process now and who later

Residence for the primary applicant and every family member. Plus a calculation, which in Chile saves both money and months: family reunification — the only category that can be applied for from within the country. Sometimes it makes more sense to bring one person through and handle the rest on arrival.

• ⚠️ We verify the essentials before any money changes hands: arriving as a tourist and applying on the spot is not possible. Since 12 February 2022, Law 21.325 prohibits this — residency is obtained from the country of residence, with entry after a positive decision
• Residence for the primary applicant
• Residence for every family member
• ⚠️ Weighing two approaches: bringing everyone through a single application from abroad, or process the main applicant, then bring the family through reunification from Chile — this is the only category permitted to be filed from within the country
• and also 2

from · Chile3 690 $

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First 30 days in Chile

Two thirty-day deadlines that are easy to miss

In Chile, after entry there are two mandatory periods, each thirty days long: registration with the PDI and an appointment at the Registro Civil for a cédula. Skipping them easy — they are mentioned neither at the airport nor at the consulate. We manage this month on the calendar.

• ⚠️ Registration with PDI — within 30 days of entry, no fee
• ⚠️ Register at the Registro Civil for a cédula — within 30 days of receiving your status
• SIM card and connectivity
• Opening an account at a Chilean bank
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Chile449 $

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First documents: cédula and RUT

RUT — the key to everything else in Chile

Without an RUT in Chile you cannot open a bank account, buy property, or sign a contract or register a company. It is issued together with a cédula and costs nothing — the only question is going through the procedure on time and without a second attempt.

• Cédula de identidad: appointment, accompaniment to the Registro Civil, collection
• RUT — issued together with the cédula, no separate fee
• Enrollment in the healthcare system: Fonasa or Isapre, your choice, with a calculation of what is more beneficial in your case
• Driver’s license exchange with support

Chile690 $

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Staying long-term: permanent residence

After 24 months — or 12 if a child is born in Chile

Residencia Definitiva eliminates the renewal cycle and opens the path to a passport. Filed after 24 months of temporary residence, and with a Chilean-born child or kinship with a Chilean — after 12 already. There is a filing window: 90 days before the current residence permit expires. Miss the window and the cycle starts over.

• ⚠️ Monitoring the application window: 90 days before the current residence permit expires — no earlier and no later.
• Check whether you qualify for the reduced 12-month period
• Gathering and reviewing the dossier: no criminal record in Chile, proof of means of support
• Application and case management through to a decision
• and also 2

from · Chile1 190 $

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Your own business in Chile: SpA

And an honest answer on who gets the company for free — and who doesn’t

Chile really does allow you to register a company in one day and for zero pesos — through the Empresa en un Día portal, using a standard charter. But access to it via Clave Única, which is issued based on the Chilean RUT. This means the free route available only to those who already have a cédula. Everyone else — a notary and a local representative.

• ⚠️ We check whether the free route is available to you: Empresa en un Día works via Clave Única, which is issued based on the Chilean RUT — meaning already to a resident with a cédula
• SpA registration: via standard articles through the portal or by notarial deed, if you don’t have status yet
• Inicio de actividades with the SII tax authority — no fee
• Opening a company account
• and also 1

Chile1 290 $

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Buying my own place: transaction in UF

A foreigner buys on equal terms with a Chilean — the question is the RUT and the budget

Chilean law makes no distinction between locals and foreigners: buying property in full ownership is available to anyone. The two real challenges are RUT for non-residents, and the fact that all prices here are quoted in UF, a unit that which is recalculated daily for inflation.

• RUT for a non-resident through a representative, if you do not yet have status
• Property and developer check before the deposit
• Full transaction budget: ancillary costs in Chile — 1.5–3% of the price, up to 5% on a mortgage
• Accompaniment at the notary and registration with the Conservador de Bienes Raíces
• and also 1

Chile1 490 $

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Urgent: refusal, overstay, appeal

We go over the situation first, then quote a price

A SERMIG refusal, an expired status, a case sitting without progress year. No price can be quoted in advance here: it depends on what exactly happened. That is why we charge for the review and written opinion, and we manage the lawyer’s work through their account with our commission.

• Situation review with a specialist
• Written assessment: what happened, what can be done, and what cannot
• Finding the right Chilean attorney for your case
• Case management and communication with a lawyer in Russian

from · Chilefrom $440

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Giving birth in Chile: mother’s status before delivery

The child will become Chilean only if the mother is already a resident

This is an eighteen-month programme, not a trip taken in the third trimester. A child receives Chilean citizenship at birth only if the mother at the time of birth — a temporary resident. Parents who are tourists do not have that registered as ’hijo de extranjero transeúnte.’ And residency follows six to twelve months and is filed from abroad. We count from the date r generations ago.

• ⚠️ First priority — the mother’s residence permit application, filed from her country of residence. Without it, the child will not acquire Chilean citizenship by birth
• A calendar counting back from the due date: when to apply to make it in time
• Entry, PDI registration, cédula
• Finding a clinic and calculating the cost of delivery
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Chile3 890 $

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Chilean passport: 161 countries visa-free, a five-year path

The full journey in one agreement — residence permit, permanent residence, naturalization

The Chilean passport opens 161 countries visa-free, and it cannot be bought: citizenship-by-investment programme in Chile does not exist. There is one path: residency first, then permanent residence, then five years and naturalisation. We manage it in full and keep the counter running so your years count toward the total.

• Residence: selecting the grounds, preparing the file, applying from your country of residence
• Permanent residence: monitoring the application window and managing the process through to a decision
• ⚠️ Absence counter: Chilean permanent residence is revoked if you are outside the country more than two consecutive years
• Naturalization after five years of residence
• and also 2

from · Chile4 990 $

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The child is starting school

The academic year here runs from March to December

Chile is in the Southern Hemisphere: the academic year starts in March and ends in December, and bookings run from October through December. Anyone who plans relocation follows a familiar calendar — arriving in September to find that that the academic year is ending.

• Recognition of your school diploma and transcripts: reconocimiento de estudios
• Finding a school or nursery by area, language, and budget
• Accompaniment for scheduling and document submission
• ⚠️ Calendar: academic year March–December, enrollment October–December

Chile590 $

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Renewing status and tracking the clock

Two years of absence — and the permanent residence you waited for is cancelled

In a country with a long road to a passport, this package is not a window-dressing afterthought, and its economy. Residence permit renewal, the 90-day window before applying for permanent residence, counter of absences and monitoring of rule changes. Everything that discovered when it is already too late.

• Renewal of temporary residence and change of basis if it has changed
• ⚠️ Application window: permanent residence can only be applied for within 90 days before the residence permit expires
• ⚠️ Absence counter: permanent residence is revoked after more than two years outside the country in a row. The term can be extended at a consulate — once, for two years
• Tracking rule changes: there have been two major ones in recent years — Act 21.325 in 2022 and the Registro Civil circular of April 2026
• and also 1

Chile690 $

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Getting my child a US high school diploma

American online school · grades 1–12

Texas private school: curriculum and lessons in Russian, fully online from any country. The result is a High School Diploma and an Official Transcript.

• Daily lessons with teachers or your own schedule
• Assessments twice a year on Homeschool
• Final exams online and in Russian
• Knowledge testing and trial days — free of charge

per year · worldwidefrom €700

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Prices are in US dollars and are all-inclusive — nothing is added on top. Chilean government fees are paid separately and directly to the authority: $85 for a visa for Russian citizens, 138,974 pesos (approx. $152) for permanent residence, 38,697 pesos (approx. $42) for naturalisation. Fees are set in UTM and converted to pesos at the exchange rate on the day of payment. Chile’s 19% IVA is included in the service provider’s price and is not shown as a separate line item. Prices are listed by the country where the rate has been confirmed: in Chile composition, documents and rules of their own, and the cost is calculated separately.

SVOY initial consultation — 100 $, credited toward the cost support — the same as for Mexico and Argentina. It is paid from the first minute, and we explain why: the breakdown of the Chilean case — these are two dates that must align; the calculation categories matching your income and an honest answer on whether you qualify at all. We hand over the roadmap with a calendar and budget, even if the conclusion turns out to be ’it won’t work this time.’

How Chile differs from the thirteen countries where we already work

• Status is arranged before departure. Since 12 February 2022, Law 21.325 prohibits a tourist from within Chile to apply for residency. Exceptions are narrow: family reunification families, humanitarian cases, and those who entered before that date. That means the order here is reversed — first the dossier and submission from the country where you live, then a SERMIG decision, and only then the flight. That is why the first package in our lineup the most expensive: it confers status, not preparation for it.
• The child will become Chilean only if the mother is already a resident. Birthright citizenship exists in Chile, but with a condition — and that is the main mistake made by those who travel to give birth. A child born to tourist parents registered as ’hijo de extranjero transeúnte’: to claim o citizenship, he will only be able to apply within one year after of majority. From 13 April 2026, circular N°014 Registro Civil explicitly requires the clerk to verify status r parents’ passport and migration card. And residency maternity takes six to twelve months and is filed from abroad — count backwards from the due date, with a safety margin.
• There is no citizenship by investment here. We say this in the first line, not in a footnote. Neither the programme for investment, nor does a golden visa exist in Chile, and the visa investor requires at least $500,000 in production investment and grants only residency. There is one path to a passport: residence permit, then Permanent residence after twenty-four months — or after twelve, if r a Chilean-born child — then five years and naturalization. The passport itself, however, opens 161 countries visa-free.
• Two years of absence — and the permanent residence you waited for is cancelled. Chilean permanent residence is not open-ended in the sense that it is usually understood: it lapses if you are out of the country for more than two consecutive years. The term can be extended at the consulate — once and for two years. A person who left ’for a couple of years on business’, reverts to a status that no longer exists, and to two years o waits from scratch. We keep this counter.
• There is no income threshold in the law at all. The market quotes figures and sells them as a guarantee: ”from a thousand dollars a month and you’ll be approved.’ In Chilean law no fixed threshold — SERMIG requires ’regular income or sufficient savings’ and decides in aggregate. That is why we do not promise approval based on the amount, and we compile a dossier that the authority will have no questions about.
• A company for zero — but not for everyone. Chile really does allow you to register an SpA in a single day and free of charge, through the Empresa en un Día portal using a standard charter. Access requires a Clave Única, which is issued against a Chilean RUT — to only those who already have a cédula. For everyone else he notarial route through a representative remains available: 150,000–300,000 pesos to the notary. We say this upfront, not after the fact.
• The academic year runs from March to December. Chile is in the Southern Hemisphere, and that upends familiar planning: school enrollment runs from October to December. Those who relocate ’by September,’ arrives at the end of the school year. Recognition atestat, school search and enrollment we calculate based on the Chilean calendar, not the Russian one.
• We charge for ongoing management, not for the submission itself. You can submit the documents yourself — the complexity starts after that submission: SERMIG requests, timelines, follow-up documents, errors that cause in which the case is returned. Our price covers having the case handled to the outcome, and we explain that difference before you pay.

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