Partner visa (Reunificación familiar)

You can live in Chile for up to two years while your permission is valid.

You can get a Chilean identity card for foreign residents and use your permission to show you live in Chile legally.

You can access education in Chile.

Foreign children have equal access to preschool, primary and secondary school, and higher education is available on equal terms.

Free higher education depends on meeting separate conditions.

You can do paid work in Chile, whether you hold your permission in your own right or as a dependent.

Workers have the same labour rights as Chilean citizens, and special protections apply to children.

You can leave and return to Chile while your residence permission is valid.

You need the required valid passport or identity document and immigration documents.

You can vote in Chile after five years of residence, counted from when you obtained temporary residence.

You must be at least 18 and meet the other voting conditions, including having no disqualifying criminal sentence.

Residents and dependants can access healthcare on the same terms as Chilean citizens, following the health authority’s requirements.

Not every treatment is necessarily free.

You have equal treatment in social security and government benefits.

A particular benefit may depend on lawful residence, contributions, income or other conditions.