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TEMPORARY VISA OF INTERNATIONAL ORIENTATION

Wed, 22 Aug 2018 18:48:06 +0000

TEMPORARY VISA OF INTERNATIONAL ORIENTATION

Aimed to foreigners with a Postgraduate Degree from one of the best 150 academic institutions according to Exempt Resolution 2619/2018 of February 08, 2018.
Allows to live and work in Chile for up to 12 months, period after which the applicant may choose to extend it for another 12 months or to apply for Permanent Residency.
This visa can only be applied for outside Chile.

This visa will be granted to professionals holding a Postgraduate Degree from one of the best 150 foreign academic institutions by OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) sub-area used by Becas Chile to assign the score to applicants, according to the Exempt Resolution 2619/2018, of February 08, 2018, of the Executive Director of the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research of the Ministry of Education (http://immichile.cl/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/REX-2619-2018_completo.pdf).

The applicants must prove to be professionals and their academic level through the correspondent Degree or Certificate, duly legalized or apostilled.

There will be 300 visas available from August 01, 2018 to July 31, 2019, which will be granted by strict order of application.

Requirements

1. The application must be made online at https://tramites.minrel.gov.cl (“Sistema de Atención Consular Electrónico”) through the correspondent Chilean Consulate of the country of origin or residency of the interested. The visa can only be applied for outside Chile.

2. A Criminal Record Certificate issued in the country of origin or residency.

3. Comply with the rest of requirements established on the Decree 172/1977 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which amends the text of the Consular Regulation, that are applicable.

4. Foreigners prevented from entering Chile according to Article 15, with the exception of numbers 4 and 5, and Article 16, with the exception of number 4, both of the Decree Law 1094/1975, are excluded from this process, and won’t be able to apply for this visa.

5. Graduate and Postgraduate students who have already been beneficiaries of scholarships of International Cooperation of Chile (AGCID) and up to two years after having returned to their countries of origin, are excluded from this process, and won’t be able to apply for this visa.

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How to extend your temporary visa

Thu, 18 Jan 2018 21:54:36 +0000

If you don’t comply with the requirements to apply for the Permanent Residency you must apply for an extension, otherwise you will have to leave the country.

The reasons for not being able to apply for the Permanent Residency may be:

You were granted a temporary visa with less than a year of duration.
You don’t want to obtain Permanent Residency and just want to extend your stay in Chile for another year.

What you will need to extend your temporary visa:

Application form: filled and signed; AND,
Copy of your passport: Identification pages, passport number, grant and expiry dates, passport page with the entry stamp, and tourist visa when applicable); AND,
Copy of the last Tourism Card: If you lost it, you can obtain a duplicate at International Police; AND,
One recent photograph: size 3×2 cm, in color, containing full name and passport number; AND,
Specific documents required in respect to the type of your temporary visa (which you had to send with your application)If you had two or more employment contracts during the length of you temporary visa, you will need:
• Validity certificate of your employment contracts, issued by your employers (notarized). They will have to show the date of start, RUT of the employer and mention the amendments made to the contract which gave origin to the visa (when applicable).

• Certificate issued by the AFP and ISAPRE/FONASA showing the payments made during the length of the visa; AND,
If you are a Colombia, Perú or Dominican Republic national and over 18 years of age, you will also need to present:• Colombia: A valid Judicial Background Certificate.
• Perú: A Consultar Certificate of Criminal Records.

• Dominican Republic: A valid Certificate of NO Criminal Records obtained at the Consulate of the Dominican Republic in Chile.

If you apply within the Metropolitan Region, the application is made by mail, and if you had two or more contracts during the length of your visa, you will need to send 3 recent photographs intead of just 1.

If you apply from outside the Metropolitan Region, the application is made in person, you won’t have to fill and sign the application form, and you will have to present 2 copies of your passport, 2 copies of your last Tourism Card, 2 recent photographs and 2 copies of your Identity Card (cédula de identidad), instead of 1.

Source: REQUISITOS DE PRÓRROGA TEMPORARIA and REQUISITOS DE PRÓRROGA TEMPORARIA EXTRANJERO CON DOS O MÁS CONTRATOS – Departamento de Extranjería y Migración – http://bit.ly/2qwHJ3Y | http://bit.ly/2qx5AAw

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