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Residencia Temporal – Rentista y Jubilado o Pensionado. Chilean temporary residence based on sufficient passive income from owned assets; the first request is made outside Chile.

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Residencia Temporal – Rentista y Jubilado o Pensionado

Residence permission if the competent authority approves the application, with registration and renewal under its current conditions.

Who qualifies

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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Does it fit your family?

2 questions, from the program’s own rules.

Steady monthly income, from any source?

Not legal advice.

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What it takes.

Time
Processing depends on complete documents and the issuing office’s workload.
Cost
Current government charges are confirmed before payment; translation and legalization costs are separate.
The hard part
Proving that the income, employment and personal circumstances meet the competent authority’s requirements.
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Citizens by 2033.

If your first permit is issued in 2027 and you keep living there, this is the road.

  1. 2027
    First residence permit

    2 years, renewable for 2 years at a time.

  2. 2029
    Permanent residence

    At least 24 months on a temporary residence that allows it (retiree, rentier and investor permits do). The regulation may lengthen this to up to 48 months for thin income, absences or infractions, or shorten it to no less than 12 months for pensions, rents, investments or family ties. Permanent residence lapses after more than 2 years in a row abroad.

  3. 2032
    Apply for citizenship
  4. 2033
    Citizenship
Time away
Five years of continuous residence counted from the stamping of the temporary residence that led to your permanent residence; you must hold permanent residence when you apply. The law sets no day count: the Interior Minister decides whether trips abroad broke the continuity, and the police report lists every entry and exit.
Two passports
Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.
  • Permanent residence after 24 months (the regulation may shorten this for pensioners and rentiers); the 5-year citizenship clock counts from this first temporary permit.
  • How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.
The law behind these dates
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Living there.

Time you must spend there
Follow the entry, registration and expiry dates stated in the issued permission.
Tax
Tax treatment depends on where you live and earn income.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

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Start today.

  1. Read the competent authority’s official requirements.Open serviciomigraciones.cl ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • Proof of how you will support yourselves
    • Request your FBI Identity History Summary
    • Health cover for the move
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Postern can’t run this for you yet.

Tell us the number of applicants in your household before this application can be offered.

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