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.
Who it suits. For those who already have status and need to keep it.
What is included
- 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
- Reminders on key dates well in advance, not the week of the deadline
What the package does not include
Paid separately and directly, with no markup from us.
- The bank decides: the bank opens the account on its own terms and may refuse — we prepare the package and go with you
- Chile government fees: 85 $ for a visa for a Russian passport holder, 138,974 pesos (approx. 152 $) for permanent residence, 38,697 pesos (approx. 42 $) for naturalisation
- Apostille and translations of new documents
- Status reinstatement if it has already been lost — this is ’Urgent’
Since 12 February 2022, Law 21.325 has been in effect: a foreigner present in Chile on tourist status cannot apply for residency. Exceptions are narrow — family reunification, humanitarian cases, and those who arrived before that date. So the usual process doesn’t apply here: person who arrives on 90 visa-free days ’to look around and apply’ finds out only on arrival and has to leave and reapply again from the country of residence. That is why the residence permit is arranged before departure, and entry is only permitted after a positive decision. That is why the first package in the range is our most expensive: it delivers status, not preparation o them. The timelines are departmental: SERMIG reviews the temporary residence for up to twelve months, permanent — from one to two years, and we we state this before payment, not after.
About how people lose an already-granted permanent residence. Chile’s permanent residency cancelled if you are absent from the country for more than two consecutive years. To extend the period possible at a Chilean consulate — once, valid for two years. A person who has left ’just here for a couple of years on business,’ comes back to find the status no longer exists, and back to two years of waiting from the start. We track the absence counter.
About timelines we can’t control. According to the 2025 SERMIG report, the temporary residency is processed from zero to twelve months — realistically six eight after a clean submission — and permanent residence from one to two years. We are responsible for preparation, submission and management; no one can guarantee government processing times, and anyone who ives promises, promises what isn’t theirs to give.
Status extension, permanent residence application window monitoring, and absence counter.
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. SVOY initial consultation — 100 $, credited in the cost of support — the same as for Mexico and Argentina. It is paid from the first minute: a breakdown of the Chilean case — these are two dates that must align, a category matching your income and an honest answer on whether you can make it in time. We hand over the roadmap with a schedule and budget, even if the conclusion is negative.
Other points
Housing rental and purchase, documents, bank accounts and taxes, schooling, driving licence — 28 services in Chile, each has its own price.
Package «Renewing status» · Chile
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