Chile immigration guide
Chile's main long-stay routes split by where the money comes from — capital invested in a Chilean business, recurring income from abroad, or a confirmed local job — each leading toward permanent residence afterward.
Chile's residency routes are organized around the source of an applicant's money rather than offered as one general category. One route is built for people investing capital directly into a Chilean business, reviewed by the national investment promotion agency before immigration processing begins. Another is for people living on recurring income — a pension, rental income, or investment returns — rather than salary, and requires that income to be regular and documented rather than a one-off transfer. A third covers people coming to work for a Chilean employer under a standard labor arrangement. Each route can lead to permanent residence after time spent on the underlying temporary status, provided the qualifying income or investment is kept in place.
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Requires capital placed directly in a Chilean business, with approval from the national investment promotion agency built into the process before the immigration application itself.
For people living on a pension, rental income, or investment returns rather than a salary — the income has to be recurring and documented, not a one-off transfer.
Check a proposal for this routeTied to a confirmed job with a Chilean employer, with the income floor for this route set by national wage law rather than a separate immigration rule.
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- 2026-06-22Chile's minimum monthly wage — the income floor behind the standard work-residency route — was raised to CLP 553,553 by Ley 21.830, published in the Diario Oficial on 22 June 2026 with retroactive effect from 1 May 2026. source
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