The Monjes de la Pacana rock pillar in the Atacama highlands, Chile

Who needs a visa for Chile?

Latin America and the Caribbean · Santiago

Photo: Diego Delso / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Of 198 nationalities, 93 enter Chile with no paperwork at all. The rest: 105 must be approved before they travel.

We have not found a Chile government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Chile's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 93

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

Visa required 105

You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.

About Chile

Region
South America
Capital
Santiago
Population
19,859,921 2025 · 65th of 197
Size
756,102 km² 37th largest of 199
Density
26 per km²
Language
Spanish
Currency
Chilean peso CLP
Borders
Argentina Bolivia Peru

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.