Can you handle the visa yourself?
You totally can. The immigration service even tells you not to use third parties.
But how long do you want to spend learning the Chilean immigration process? This is a one-off process — you won't reuse it every month. And even two years later, when you need to renew, the rules may have changed.
Chile has around a dozen visa categories. For each one, you must collect 15-20 documents, translate them, and get them apostilled or legalized through the correct path. Then you submit the application online — on a platform that sometimes times out or rejects submissions without clear error messages. If you forget a document or make a mistake, you easily lose 2-4 months.
Here are the mistakes foreigners typically make: not knowing whether to apostille or legalize, sending the wrong document type, missing translations, missing a deadline after not receiving a notification (because the immigration platform doesn't always work), or applying for a visa category that appears on the platform but is a dead-end in the law — wasting 3-4 months before having to restart from scratch.
How do I know? Because many people contact me after trying on their own, not understanding the letter they received from immigration.
What I do for you
I determine the best visa for your situation and your family. I send you the details of which documents to collect, check that everything is in order, and file the application. I monitor your case with independent tracking tools — useful when the immigration platform doesn't send notifications as it should.
If you need to start working quickly, I can file a temporary visa application and a work permit as a tourist almost simultaneously. This allows you to work legally in Chile while the 2-year visa is processed.
The Expat.cl guarantee
If your first visa application is rejected, I handle the resubmission at no additional cost. I review the rejection reason, prepare the appeal or new application, and resubmit.
