Children and adolescents

In order to better identify foreign youth residing in Chile and who have been admitted by a court with criminal jurisdiction to centers or programs run by the SENAME or any of its collaborating agencies, both Servicios will coordinate their efforts to regularize the immigration status in the country of foreign nationals and protect their rights.

To ease the process of applying for residence permits, SENAME officials have access to the SERMIG's Portal de Trámites Digitales, through which the necessary documentation must be submitted to obtain the residence permit, in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 21 325 of Migración y Extranjería and Decree No. 177 of 2022, which establishes the subcategories of Residencia Temporal.

To maintain reciprocal collaboration between SERMIG and the Servicio Nacional de Protección Especializada a la Niñez y Adolescencia - Mejor Niñez (SPE), a collaboration agreement is in force where it is stated that, if possible, the SPE will take institutional measures, to ease the timely entry into the specialized social protection system for children and adolescents of immigrant and/or refugee families whose rights have been violated or who have broken the law, regardless of the immigration status of the children and adolescents or their family members.

Aiming to simplify the residence permit application process, SPE officials have access to the SERMIG's Portal de Trámites Digitales, where the required documentation must be submitted to obtain the residence permit in accordance with Law No. 21. 325 of Migración y Extranjería and Decree No. 177 of 2022, which establishes the migratory subcategories of Residencia Temporal, particularly that for humanitarian reasons for children and adolescents who are not accompanied by their parent or guardian in the country, among other violations.