Visa requirements for Chilean citizens


Visa requirements for Chilean citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Chile entering with a Chilean passport.
As of 2025, Chilean citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 175 countries and territories, ranking the Chilean passport
15th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index. The Chilean passport is the most powerful passport in Latin America and is the 3rd most powerful overall in the Americas, according to the Henley Passport Index.
As of 2024, the passports of Chile, Brunei, South Korea, and Israel are the only ones to allow visa-free access to all G8 countries.
Chile is also currently the only Latin American country that has both visa-waiver access to the United States and visa-free access to Canada. In addition, citizens of Chile do not need a passport when traveling to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, or Uruguay, where they may just use their Cédula de Identidad or identity cards.

Visa requirements

Visa requirements for holders of normal passports travelling for tourist purposes:
Chile is an associated member of Mercosur. As such, its citizens enjoy unlimited access to any of the Mercosur full members countries of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay or Uruguay and the other associated member countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru with the right to residence and work, with no requirement other than nationality.
Citizens of these nine countries may apply for a grant of "temporary residence" for up to 2 years in another country of the bloc. Then, they may apply for "permanent residence" just before the term of their "temporary residence" expires.
CountryVisa requirementAllowed stayNotes
Afghanistanno|Visa required

Territories or administrative subdivisions with different visa policies

Visa requirements for Chilean citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries not mentioned in the list above, recognized administrative subdivisions that operate on different visa policies and restricted zones:

Pre-approved visas pick-up

Pre-approved visas can be picked up on arrival in the following countries instead in embassy or consulate.
Pre-approved
visas pick-up
on arrival
Conditions
Bhutan

APEC Business Travel Card

Holders of an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) travelling on business do not require a visa to the following countries:
1 - Up to 180 days

2 - Up to 90 days

3 - Up to 90 days in a period of 180 days

4 - Up to 60 days
The card must be used in conjunction with a passport and has the following advantages:
  • No need to apply for a visa or entry permit to APEC countries, as the card is treated as such
  • Undertake legitimate business in participating economies
  • Expedited border crossing in all member economies, including transitional members