'Expatriation to Chile' Expat

Doug (200.23.36.144) - 08/10/05 16:43

Can anyone please email me with the income requirements for expatriation to Chile? I am talking about what you need to get a visa to live there permanently.

Doug

Comment #1 michelle (66.109.99.179) - 10/04/05 14:58

You just can't move to Chile like that. There are endless visa and re-entry requirements, you can only obtain a work visa for a year, so you should find somewhere else to move.

Comment #2 Beth (68.184.131.228) - 04/27/06 11:31

Doug: See Chile-yen.com. The ex-pats there certainly do not report the restrictions suggested by the previous reply you received. They are, however, selling an e-book...which is fairly interesting.

Comment #3 Robo Hollingsworth from High Wycombe, England - 01/26/07 07:11

I'm looking at a move to Chile early 2008. My employment history is leaisure based, having opened up bars and restaurants in this country. Saying that, I'm pretty multi-skilled and my Spanish is improving. Can anyone suggest some good places to begin looking for work etc...

Comment #4 John from New York City - 03/14/07 07:40

It might be best to plan a trip to visit and check out the requirements first hand!

Comment #5 Matt from Valparaiso (190.46.208.98) - 06/22/07 18:58

yes you can just move to chile like that. You can get a 'rentista' visa or pension visa. You need to be able to prove you can sufficient income from shares/stocks, rents from real estate or other income not directly from your job. The requirement is 'enough to live on'. The minimum wage here is classed as this amount and is around us$350 a month. You can organise your visa once already in Chile and you can do it by post. It takes around 3 months but the second you put the application in the post you're legally allowed to stay in the country until you get resolution from the authorities. You'll need to get bank statements, an accountant's letter etc Apostilled by your government (Foreign Office in the UK and state department in US) and then translated and legalised over here in Chile. Look up apostille on google.

If you're looking for a great place to invest, set up a bar or restaurant or just buy a really amazing property then you should think about Valparaiso and the surrounding area and coast. It's really beautiful here. have a look at my blog www. corrugatedcity. blogspot.com for more info about life over here (make sure all the spaces are taken out-i couldn't include the link normally without exceeding the max word length!).

Good luck,

Matt

Comment #6 Matt in Valparaiso from Valparaiso, Chile - 06/22/07 19:06

yes you can just move to chile like that. You can get a 'rentista' visa or pension visa. You need to be able to prove you can sufficient income from shares/stocks, rents from real estate or other income not directly from your job. The requirement is 'enough to live on'. The minimum wage here is classed as this amount and is around us$350 a month. You can organise your visa once already in Chile and you can do it by post. It takes around 3 months but the second you put the application in the post you're legally allowed to stay in the country until you get resolution from the authorities. You'll need to get bank statements, an accountant's letter etc Apostilled by your government (Foreign Office in the UK and state department in US) and then translated and legalised over here in Chile. Look up apostille on google.

If you're looking for a great place to invest, set up a bar or restaurant or just buy a really amazing property then you should think about Valparaiso and the surrounding area and coast. It's really beautiful here. have a look at my blog www. corrugatedcity. blogspot.com for more info about life over here (make sure all the spaces are taken out-i couldn't include the link normally without exceeding the max word length!).

Good luck,

Matt

Comment #7 steve from connecticut - 01/04/08 21:48

Matt, thank you -thank you. As we're interested in retiring to Chile, it is difficult to find pertinent info. We found CHIP (Chile info project)and it covers a lot of topics and various Visas, but never mentioned the "Pension Visa". We're flying into Santiago in February, and will start the process while we're down there. ANY other tips?

Steve

Comment #8 toron (24.85.229.241) - 01/31/08 00:53

i have been in canada for more then 3 decades now i feel its a very boring place .looking for pakistan my native land but americans natoos made a mess out there , there terrorisms took over pak , now these criminals will build a base close to FAT areas with the help of pervez bin ladan these killers want to kill all the muslims thats what their motives are .

chile ? must be a good country but i thought the same about this canada , that this would be a very nice country but now i know these are bunch of crooks & sukers of america jews etc .

Comment #9 george thetis (83.37.180.59) - 10/20/09 14:52

"marine surveyor"

moving to chile soon Valparaiso I believe, any information wellcome

Comment #10 braun (109.111.97.167) - 06/07/10 16:30

Expatriation is a heavy term, but I guess that there is where it is that there word expat came from, anyway.

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