New Contribution System for Self-Employed Workers
Immigration Bill Update
Municipal Patents in Chile
Supreme Court Comments on the Migration Law Draft
On May 20th of 2013, president Sebastián Piñera introduced a migration bill with the purpose of replacing the current regulation about the matter, which dates from 1975. A few months later that same year, the congress ordered the Supreme Court of Justice to issue a report with their opinions in the matter, especially about articles […]
Amount of foreign workers allowed to work in Chilean companies
When addressing the role of foreigners in the Chilean workforce, we find the main belief that all companies have a limit of foreign workers who can work within it. It’s important to clarify that the current chilean legislation on the matter, when regulating the number of foreign workers who can serve the same employer, indicates that 85% […]
Visa of Opportunities: Temporary Residency Visa for Entrepreneurs and Investors
This type of Visa is granted to entrepreneurs or foreign investors who have an investment project in Chile. The application process started on August 1st and ends on November 30th 2018, with 1000 vacants. The procedure to obtain this Visa is based on a Score System, explained below. We remark that the candidate must be […]
Opportunity Visa: Temporary Residency Visa for Workers (or people who want to search for Jobs in Chile)
As indicated in the article published by our team on July 12th, two new temporary visas have been incorporated in order to encourage foreigners who wish to work and live in our country. Since August 1st, foreign citizens can apply to an “Opportunity Visa”, which can be: Temporary Residency Visa for Workers (or to search for […]
National and International Orientation Visa or Residence Permit
As a part of the new migratory legislation directed to provide a safe, coordinated and regular migration, on Wednesday, August 1st the government incorporated two new visas to the temporary visa system for foreigners that migrate to our country in order to enroll on postgraduate courses, and for foreign graduated scholars from selected universities. These […]
New chilean Migration Law
A few months ago the Chilean president, Sebastián Piñera, announced a series of modifications to the new migration bill which will create a secure and standardized new migration procedure which includes the modification of the current migration policy along with the creation of new visa types. The fundamental issues that President Piñera referred to, are […]