Foreigners engaged in lawful remunerated activities

The period of validity of the permit will be counted from the entry of the foreigner into the country. Regardless of the above, the time limit for the employer to comply with its duties of notarization and electronic registration of the contract, regulated in Articles 9 and 9 bis of the Código del Trabajo (Labor Code), will be counted from the opportunities established in each of those precepts.

From the moment you enter the national territory, you will have a period of 45 calendar days to submit to SERMIG a notarized copy of the employment contract and the proof of the electronic registration of the same, under the terms of Article 9 bis of the Código del Trabajo (Labor Code).

This contract must have been signed with the employer who submitted the formal offer mentioned above.

The form and content of the employment contract must comply with the provisions of the Código del Trabajo (Labor Code) and may have as its object any kind of employment, unless it is contrary to morality, safety, or public health, or its exercise is prohibited by requirement of the national interest and a law so declares.

In the context of freedom of contract, the parties may voluntarily agree that the employer will finance the foreign worker's return ticket after the contractual relationship between them has expired.

The loss of the job that served as the basis for receiving the permit or a voluntary change of employer will not, by itself, be grounds for its revocation; therefore, if you already have a Residencia Temporal permit, you may change employer without the need to inform SERMIG, except for 90-day permits granted with a job offer (see details in the next question).

In case you have not complied with the contract signed with the employer who sent the formal offer, the SERMIG, together with the termination of the 90-day permit, will order you to leave the national territory. This is regardless of the civil or criminal liability that may be imputed to the natural or legal person who issued the job offer that ultimately did not prosper.

If you want to enter the national territory to engage in lawful remunerated activities for your own, and that does not correspond to the immigration subcategory of investor, you will have to comply with the following requirements:

• Prior to your entry to Chile, you must have a contract with a Chilean, or a permanent resident, one of the contracts regulated in the civil or commercial regulations in which the foreigner provides their intangible services or specialized professional services, and provided that the period in which such services are to be done exceeds 90 calendar days. If a shorter stay is required, the provisions of the decree that establishes the subcategories of Permanencia Transitoria will be applied.
• This contract must be executed at the competent Consulate by the provisions of the Reglamento Consular. Without this additional information, SERMIG will not issue a permit in process certificate.

Yes, you can. To do so, if you will apply for the Prórroga de Residencia Temporal (Extension of Residencia Temporal permit), you must certify that you continue to engage in lawful remunerated activities.

Yes, you may be granted a Residencia Temporal permit as a dependent of the holder of this immigration subcategory, if your condition is included in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 74 of Law No. 21.325.

For more information on the requirements, visit the page about dependent status.