Visitors to Chile must obtain a visa from one of the Chilean diplomatic missions unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries.

Chile generally maintains a reciprocal visa policy with other countries.

Holders of passports of the following jurisdictions can visit Chile without a visa for up to 90 days (unless otherwise noted):^[1][2][3][4]

_{ID - May also enter with an ID card.
1 - For a stay of up to 30 days.}

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Date of visa changes

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2017) 1 January 1949: Switzerland[5] 15 April 1953: Norway[6] 2 November 1954: Netherlands[7] 1 December 1956: Belgium[8] 18 September 1966: Ecuador[9] 15 November 1969: Japan[10] May 1973: Yugoslavia (applies today to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia)[11] 24 December 1994: France[12] 18 January 2011: Russia[13] 21 October 2015: Ukraine [14] 1 January 2016: Taiwan [15] 11 August 2017: Vietnam[16][17] 16 December 2017: United Arab Emirates[18] e-Visa: 9 May 2020: Australia[19][20] Cancelled: 23 April 2018: Haiti[21] 29 December 2018: Mongolia[22] 22 June 2019: Venezuela[23]

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Citizens of China may apply for a no-fee tourist or business visa, or visit Chile without a visa for up to 90 days, if they are also in possession of may types of entry visa (excluding transit visas) issued by Canada or the United States with a validity of more than six months:^[24]

Citizens of India holding a valid US Visa, with current validity of six months, do not require a Chilean tourist visa (either Simple Tourism or Multiple Tourism or Multiple-Business).^[25]

Citizens of Dominican Republic holding a valid US Visa, with current validity of six months, do not require a Chilean tourist visa (either Simple Tourism or Multiple Tourism or Multiple-Business).^[26]

Citizens of Australia may obtain a visa online.^[27][19]

Consulted visa process is not required for citizens of Belarus, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kiribati, Laos, Maldives, Madagascar, Malawi, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Vanuatu, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Future changes

Chile has signed visa exemption agreements with the following countries, but they have not yet entered into force:

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Country	Passports	Agreement signed on
Azerbaijan[30]	Diplomatic, official, service	September 2018

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If a holder of a tourist visa wishes to extend their Visa, they can do so at Chile's Extranjería Department and there is a charge of $100 USD.^[31]

Another way of extending your tourist visa is to leave the country and come back in. This can only be done twice in succession. There is no fee to do so.

Most visitors arriving to Chile were from the following countries of nationality:^[32]

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Country	2017	2016	2015
Argentina	3,323,771	2,900,709	1,946,876
Brazil	544,857	438,915	455,965
Bolivia	479,690	437,154	419,822
Peru	394,204	403,605	359,857
United States	211,718	208,623	186,613
Venezuela	156,150	71,034	45,918
Colombia	133 341	119,324	105,317
Haiti	111,430	46,962	13,112
France	83,758	77,129	69,995
Spain	80 690	77,987	73,362
Germany	78,262	73,854	71,055
Uruguay	69,912	46,698	39,771
United Kingdom	54,714	51,611	46,520
Australia	51,978	50,968	46,010
Mexico	48,051	44,536	45,316
Italy	46,131	41,523	33,512
Ecuador	42,935	38,370	31,993
Canada	39,639	38,388	33,915
China	30,774	22,992	15,404
Paraguay	27,850	24,051	25,284
Total	6,263,341	5,448,975	4,287,546

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