Entry to Chile from abroad – 2021
Protected Borders Update
* From November 1 *
Entry and Exit of Chile:
- Minors: As of November 1st, minors under 6 years of age may leave the country as long as upon return, both they and those who live and travel with them carry out a 7-day quarantine.
- Complete vaccination scheme: In addition, from the same date, all people who have their complete vaccination scheme validated by Minsal and who comply with the other requirements may enter the country by quarantining only for the time it takes to obtain the result. of the PCR test carried out after arriving in Chile.
Requirements and Measures when entering Chile:
Chileans and resident foreigners:
Chileans and resident foreigners may enter the country through any border crossing with their sworn statement in C19.cl and a negative PCR for up to 72 hours before boarding.
If they do not have their Mobility Pass, the obligation to carry out a seven-day quarantine is maintained, both for them and for the people who cohabit in their residence. This means that no one can enter or leave the declared address for isolation during this period.
Foreign:
- All foreigners who wish to enter Chile, and who have already validated their vaccination scheme on the website mevacuno.gob.cl, must submit an affidavit at least 48 hours before boarding on the website C19.cl. Along with this, they must have a negative PCR up to 72 hours before the trip.
- In addition, they must have medical insurance with a minimum coverage of USD $ 30,000.
- Upon entering the country, they must be kept in isolation until they have the result of the PCR test carried out after entering Chile.
- The steps enabled for the entry of foreigners are the Arturo Merino Benítez Airport, the Iquique airport, and the Antofagasta airport.
Standards that are maintained:
- The obligation of travelers is maintained to use private transport and go directly from entering the country to the declared address to perform quarantine until obtaining the result of the PCR test.
Foreigners without a Mobility Pass:
- Foreigners may also enter the country without a Mobility Pass, as long as they fall within some of the grounds included in Decree 102 of the Ministry of the Interior and Public Security, that is, crews, foreigners in transit, diplomatic personnel, etc. In these cases, mandatory isolation will be extended for seven days.
For Chileans and foreigners residing in Chile
I. Entry and Exit from Chile
Who can enter Chile?
- Chileans and foreigners residing in Chile through any authorized border crossing.
Who can leave Chile?
Chileans and foreigners residing in Chile, with:
- Mobility pass enabled (does not include minors without mobility pass)
- Border crossings:
– Arturo Merino Benítez Airport
– Iquique Airport
– Antofagasta Airport
- or Exceptional permit to leave the country, obtained at a virtual police station and approved
- Border Crossings: Any open border crossing
- Grounds for obtaining permission:
– Humanitarian character
– Essential steps for the traveler’s health
– Fundamental steps for the proper running of the country
– Reside abroad
The mobility pass or virtual police station permit will be required at the international police control.
II. Requirements and Measures when entering Chile
Entry Requirements to Chile
Affidavit: The traveler must complete the «Affidavit of Travelers» form electronically and up to 48 hours before boarding. In this form, you will provide contact information, health and travel history, and also accept the conditions of entry. It is available at www.c19.cl, and will be required by the operator of the means of transport when boarding it, and by the health authority when entering the country. Children under two years of age are exempt from this requirement.
PCR test: The traveler must attach a negative result of a PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 to the Affidavit of Travelers. This negative test result may not be older than 72 hours from the taking of the sample until the departure time of the last flight with the final destination to Chile in case of entering by air. In case of entering by land, it may not be older than 72 hours from the taking of the sample to the entry into Chile. It will be required by the operator of the means of transport when boarding it, and by the health authority when entering the country. Children under two years of age are exempt from this requirement. If a person presents a persistent positive result due to having been infected with the virus in the last month, they can attach two positive PCR results, where the sampling of one must have been carried out up to 72 hours before shipment or entry and the other must have been made with more than 14 days of difference with the date of shipment or entry, but with less than a month from the same.
Sanitary measures when entering Chile
Strict Isolation at Declared Domicile
- People with a Mobility Pass or validation (temporary and definitive) of the Minsal of vaccines received abroad (detail in point III of this document)
– 5 days of isolation: 120 hours from the sanitary customs control at the point of entry into the country.
- People without a Mobility Pass or without validation of the Minsal of vaccines received abroad
– 7 days of isolation: 168 hours counted from the sanitary customs control at the point of entry into the country.
REQUIREMENTS:
- All the cohabitants who are in the declared address to perform the isolation must also perform the same isolation, that is, no one can enter or leave the home during that period.
- They must arrive at the declared address by private transport and directly from entering the country without the possibility of spending the night or interacting with other people. Collective public means of transport may not be used, including trains, buses, and airplanes. The transfer in minor public transport (taxis) or the use of private transfer companies that work in airports is allowed, for journeys of less than two hours under the strict sanitary protocol. In this case, you can only share a vehicle with the same group with which you traveled. In the event that the place of isolation is more than two hours from the point of entry into the country, the driver of the means of transport must isolate himself for the same days. Once you arrive at the place of isolation, you must notify the health authority of your arrival and location through the self-report c19.
- The information of the place of isolation and the detail of the cohabitants must be entered in the Sworn Declaration of the Traveler prior to entering the country, available at www.c19.cl. If you voluntarily prefer a hotel for isolation, you cannot leave the room during the isolation period.
TO CONSIDER:
The isolation of the traveler is equivalent to that carried out by positive cases and close contacts (but without a medical license). This means that, during their isolation, the traveler and his co-inhabitants CANNOT:
- Leave home
- Leaving the hotel room (in case you voluntarily decide to isolate yourself in a hotel).
- Receive visits
- Go for a pet walk
- Go out to work
- Attend educational establishments
- Use the public transport
- Use a Health passport or mobility pass
Traveler Tracking for 14 days
Self-report:
- Every person entering the country must complete a self-report of symptoms form for 14 days, where they must complete a survey of health status and location.
- That person who presents symptoms of coronavirus, must remain in isolation, report her symptoms in the form that she will receive in her email, and wait for the contact of the health authority.
- In the event that the symptoms are fever greater than 37.8ºC, sudden loss of smell, or sudden loss of taste, the traveler should go to a health center as soon as possible, using their mask and avoiding using public transport, complying with all pertinent sanitary measures. If you have any questions, call Salud Responde at 600 360 7777.
Testing:
The traveler may undergo several diagnostic tests for COVID-19, either at the same point of entry into the country or in any of the following 14 days. Diagnostic tests can be PCR and/or antigen tests. They may also be subjected to genotyping studies.
Inspection:
- Travelers who are fulfilling mandatory isolation will be inspected in person at the declared place for compliance with it, at any day and time while the isolation lasts. The inspector will verify that all the co-inhabitants declared in the traveler’s affidavit (C19) are in the domiciles and that there are no other undeclared persons in the domicile. In the case of a hotel, the inspector will verify that the person is in the room.
- In case of failing to comply with any of the previous measures, the traveler will be sanctioned according to the provisions of Book X of the Health Code, the Penal Code, and Law No. 20,393, as appropriate. The amount of the fine applied to the sanitary summary for infractions to current regulations can reach up to 1000 UTM ($ 50,000,000).
- In addition to the health summary, the mobility pass will be blocked for any traveler or co-inhabitants who do not comply with current health measures.
Isolation for positive cases:
Travelers who are positive in any of the tests carried out in the 14-day traveler follow-up period, and their close contacts must necessarily perform isolation in the place and for the period of time that the Health Authority determines. Includes minors.
III. Validation of Information on Vaccines Received Abroad
It is the process by which Chileans and foreigners residing in Chile can request Chilean validation of their vaccination data received abroad, in order to obtain the Mobility Pass.
What vaccines can be validated in our country?
All vaccines have been approved by the Chilean Public Health Institute (ISP), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the European Medicines Agency (EMA ). Currently, these correspond to those of Moderna, Pfizer / BioNTech, Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), Oxford / AstraZeneca, Sinopharm, Sinovac, CanSino, and Generium (Sputnik-V) laboratories.
What information must be attached to validate the vaccination received abroad?
The user must enter the platform mevacuno.gob.cl/
- Go to the menu «My vaccines».
- Complete the «COVID-19 vaccines abroad» form
- You must enter with your RUT
- Complete your email, it is important that you complete it well, as it will be the means of communication on the steps to follow
- Complete the country of vaccination of your 1st dose
- A vaccine with which you were inoculated as 1st dose
- A lot number of the 1st dose (this field is not mandatory)
- Date of inoculation of the 1st dose
- Health establishment where you inoculated with the 1st dose
- Country of vaccination of your 2nd dose
- Vaccine received as of 2nd dose *
- The lot number of your 2nd dose (this field is not mandatory) *
- 2nd dose vaccination date *
- Health establishment where you inoculated with the 2nd dose *
- Attach a photo of the Chilean Identity Card on both sides or of the Passport where your RUT number is indicated (that proves the type of document of the application).
- Attach the Proof or Certificate of vaccination in the country of vaccination. This can be a digital document with an advanced electronic signature or a QR code that certifies that the information is issued by an official government body; or a physical validation (card, certificate, or vaccination ticket). If you have one that contains an advanced electronic signature or QR, the process will be faster.
- Attach a document that proves the stay in the country where you were vaccinated, such as a Flight ticket, page of entry and/or exit from the country where you were vaccinated, hospital document of the stay, or certificate of address.
- In addition, you can attach the result of an examination carried out in an authorized laboratory in Chilean territory, which certifies that you have positive IgM / IgG antibodies against coronavirus, carried out at least 14 days after completing the vaccination process.
- Annex: any document or proof that complements the application entered.
- * If you were inoculated with a single-dose vaccine, these fields are not displayed.
What are the possible results of a validation request?
When a person requests the validation of their vaccination abroad, there are 3 possible answers:
Incomplete:
The application is rejected for being incomplete or inconsistent. The user must complete their request through the link that will be sent by email.
Valid:
After submitting a complete and verifiable application by electronic means, the application is accepted and the applicant’s data is added to the registry of mevacuno.gob.cl, where you can download your proof of vaccination, and with this the Mobility Pass.
Temporarily valid:
If a person presents a consistent, but not verifiable, electronic history, they can temporarily enter the vaccination registry and have a mobility pass enabled only for 30 days from entering the country. In order to permanently validate your registration, you must attach the result of the examination carried out in an authorized laboratory in Chilean territory, which certifies that you have positive IgM / IgG antibodies against coronavirus, carried out at least 14 days after completing the vaccination process. You must attach it through the link received in the reply email. With this, you can indefinitely extend your Mobility Pass.
Before leaving the country, you must be clear about the measures that you will have to comply with upon return and know that they are under constant evaluation, so they can be modified according to the epidemiological scenario. It will be the responsibility of the person to comply with the health regulations in force at the time of entering the country.
For foreigners NOT RESIDENTS in Chile
I. Entry and Exit from Chile
Who can enter Chile?
Non-resident foreigners in Chile, with:
- Chilean mobility pass: consists of a certificate of vaccination against coronavirus previously validated in Chile (detail in point III of this document)
- Border crossings:
– Arturo Merino Benítez Airport
– Iquique Airport
– Antofagasta Airport
- Exceptions that are contained in Decree 102 of the Ministry of the Interior.
– Border crossings: any open border crossing
Who can leave Chile?
Non-resident foreigners in Chile who leave the country with their passport from the country of origin through any authorized border crossing.
II. Requirements and Measures when entering Chile
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS TO CHILE
Affidavit: The traveler must complete the «Affidavit of Travelers» form electronically and up to 48 hours before boarding. In this form, you will provide contact information, health and travel history, and also accept the conditions of entry. It is available at www.c19.cl, and will be required by the operator of the means of transport when boarding it, and by the health authority when entering the country. Children under two years of age are exempt from this requirement.
PCR test: The traveler must attach to the «Affidavit of Travelers» a negative result of a PCR test for SARS-CoV-2. This negative test result may not be older than 72 hours from the taking of the sample until the departure time of the last flight with the final destination to Chile in case of entering by air. In case of entering by land, it may not be older than 72 hours from the taking of the sample to the entry into Chile. It will be required by the operator of the means of transport when boarding it, and by the health authority when entering the country. Children under two years of age are exempt from this requirement. If a person presents a persistent positive result due to having been infected with the virus in the last month, they can attach two positive PCR results, where the sampling of one must have been carried out up to 72 hours before shipment or entry and the other must have been made with more than 14 days of difference with the date of shipment or entry, but with less than a month from the same.
Travel Medical Insurance: This requirement is only for foreigners not residing in the country. The traveler must attach to the Affidavit of Travelers a certificate of medical insurance that covers the expenses that may cause medical assistance, hospital care, and repatriation, during their entire stay in the country, including coverage of any expenses originated by Covid- 19. The minimum amount of coverage for health benefits must be USD $ 30,000.
SANITARY MEASURES WHEN ENTERING CHILE
Strict Isolation at Declared Domicile
- People with a Mobility Pass (with validation by the Ministry of vaccines received abroad (detail in point III of this document)
– 5 days of isolation: 120 hours from the sanitary customs control at the point of entry into the country.
- People without a Mobility Pass (Only for non-resident foreigners who comply with an exception listed in the second article of Decree 102 of 2020 of the Ministry of the Interior – https://www.bcn.cl/leychile).
– 7 days of isolation: 168 hours counted from the sanitary customs control at the point of entry into the country.
REQUIREMENTS
- All the cohabitants who are in the declared address to perform the isolation must also perform the same isolation, that is, no one can enter or leave the home during that period.
- They must arrive at the declared address by private transport and directly from entering the country without the possibility of spending the night or interacting with other people. Collective public means of transport may not be used, including trains, buses, and airplanes. The transfer in minor public transport (taxis) or the use of private transfer companies that work in airports is allowed, for journeys of less than two hours under strict sanitary protocol. In this case, you can only share a vehicle with the same group with which you traveled. In the event that the place of isolation is more than two hours from the point of entry into the country, the driver of the means of transport must isolate himself for the same days. Once you arrive at the place of isolation, you must notify the health authority of your arrival and location through the self-report c19.
- The information of the place of isolation and the detail of the cohabitants must be entered in the Sworn Declaration of the Traveler prior to entering the country, available at www.c19.cl. If you voluntarily prefer a hotel for isolation, you cannot leave the room.
TO CONSIDER:
The isolation of the traveler is equivalent to that carried out by positive cases and close contacts (but without a medical license). This means that, during their isolation, the traveler and his co-inhabitants CANNOT:
- Leave home
- Leaving the hotel room (in case you voluntarily decide to isolate yourself in a hotel).
- Receive visits
- Go for a pet walk
- Go out to work
- Attend educational establishments
- Use the public transport
- Use a Health passport or mobility pass
Traveling tracking for 14 days
Self-report:
- Every person entering the country must complete a self-report of symptoms form for 14 days, where they must complete a survey of health status and location.
- That person who presents symptoms of coronavirus, must remain in isolation, report her symptoms in the form that she will receive in her email, and wait for the contact of the health authority.
- In the event that the symptoms are fever greater than 37.8ºC, sudden loss of smell, or sudden loss of taste, the traveler should go to a health center as soon as possible, using their mask and avoiding using public transport, complying with all pertinent sanitary measures. If you have any questions, call Salud Responde at 600 360 7777.
Testing:
- The traveler may undergo several diagnostic tests for COVID-19, either at the same point of entry into the country or in any of the following 14 days. Diagnostic tests can be PCR and/or antigen tests. They may also be subjected to genotyping studies.
Inspection:
- Travelers who are fulfilling mandatory isolation will be inspected in person at the declared place for compliance with it, at any day and time while the isolation lasts. The inspector will verify that all the co-inhabitants declared in the traveler’s affidavit (C19) are in the domiciles and that there are no other undeclared persons in the domicile. In the case of a hotel, the inspector will verify that the person is in the room.
- In case of failing to comply with any of the previous measures, the traveler will be sanctioned according to the provisions of Book X of the Health Code, the Penal Code, and Law No. 20,393, as appropriate. The amount of the fine applied to the sanitary summary for infractions to current regulations can reach up to 1000 UTM ($ 50,000,000).
- In addition to the health summary, the mobility pass will be blocked for any traveler or co-inhabitants who do not comply with current health measures.
Isolation for positive cases:
Travelers who are positive in any of the tests carried out in the 14-day traveler follow-up period, and their close contacts must necessarily perform isolation in the place and for the period of time that the Health Authority determines. Includes minors.
III. Validation of information on vaccines received abroad
It is the process by which non-resident foreigners in Chile can request Chilean validation of their vaccination data received abroad, in order to obtain the Mobility Pass.
What vaccines can be validated in our country?
All vaccines have been approved by the Chilean Public Health Institute (ISP), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the European Medicines Agency (EMA ). Currently, these correspond to those of Moderna, Pfizer / BioNTech, Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), Oxford / AstraZeneca, Sinopharm, Sinovac, CanSino, and Generium (Sputnik-V) laboratories.
What information must be attached to validate the vaccination received abroad?
The user must enter the platform mevacuno.gob.cl/
- You must create an account with an email and password.
- Check your email and confirm your email in the notification that you will receive from the mevacuno.gob.cl/ platform.
- Refresh the site mevacuno.gob.cl/:
- When entering go to the menu «My vaccines»
- Complete the form «Non-resident foreigners validation of vaccines»
- You must enter with the document number that was registered when you got vaccinated (Passport – DNI)
- Complete your email, it is important that you complete it well, as it will be the means of communication on the steps to follow
- Complete the country of vaccination of your 1st dose
- A vaccine with which you were inoculated as 1st dose
- The lot number of the 1st dose (this field is not mandatory)
- Date of inoculation of the 1st dose
- Health establishment where you inoculated with the 1st dose
- Country of vaccination of your 2nd dose
- Vaccine received as 2nd dose *
- Lot number of your 2nd dose (this field is not mandatory) *
- 2nd dose vaccination date *
- Health establishment where you inoculated with the 2nd dose *
- Attach a photo of the identification document (with identification number) that must coincide with the one that was registered in the vaccination (Passport – DNI)
- Attach Proof or Certificate of vaccination in the country of vaccination. This can be a digital document with an advanced electronic signature or a QR code that proves that the information is issued by an official government body or a physical validation (card, certificate, or vaccination ticket). If you have one that contains an advanced electronic signature or QR, the process will be faster.
- Attach a document that proves the stay in the country where the vaccination was carried out, such as Flight ticket, entry and/or exit page of the country where the vaccination was carried out hospital document of the stay, or certificate of residence
- You can also attach attachments such as any document or proof that complements the application entered.
* If you were inoculated with a single-dose vaccine, these fields are not displayed.
What are the possible results of a validation request?
When a person requests the validation of their vaccination abroad, there are 3 possible answers:
Incomplete:
The application is rejected for being incomplete or inconsistent. The user must complete their request through the link that will be sent by email.
Valid:
After submitting a complete and verifiable application by electronic means, the application is accepted and you can download your Mobility Pass. Validation will have a maximum duration of 45 days to enter the country. After this period, you will have to request a new validation.
Temporarily valid:
If a person presents a consistent, but not verifiable, electronic record, they can temporarily obtain the mobility pass, which will be enabled only for 30 days from entering the country. In order to permanently validate your registration, you must attach, within 90 days, the result of the examination carried out in an authorized laboratory in Chilean territory, which certifies that you have positive IgM / IgG antibodies against coronavirus, carried out at least 14 days after completing the vaccination process through the link received in the reply mail.
The validation will have a maximum duration of 45 days to enter the country. After this period, you will have to request a new validation.
Before traveling from the country, you must be clear about the measures that you will have to comply with and know that they are in constant evaluation so they can be modified according to the epidemiological scenario. It will be the responsibility of the person to comply with the health regulations in force at the time of entering the country.
MORE INFORMATION
IMPORTANT: The safe conduct for foreigners referred to in the Protected Borders document is exclusively for the cases detailed in the second article of Decree 102 of the Ministry of the Interior and Public Security. Chilean consulates do not issue safe conduct for foreigners for private reasons or visits to Chile.
Source: ministry of foreign affairs