After getting your transcript legalized, getting a student visa at your local Chilean Consulate is nothing. Well, not nothing.
This is a copy of what I received from the Chilean consulate in Boston, specifying what you need to have to get the visa while still in the US at their specific consulate:
1. Valid USA passport, or valid foreign student passport for non U.S. citizens.The passport must
be valid for a period of six months after the end of the period for which the visa has been
requested.
2. Four (4) passport photographs in color, 1 ½ inches square., full face, no eyeglasses.
3. A medical certificate that applicant has no communicable diseases, (vaccine preventable),
issued within 30 days of coming to this Consulate to get the visa, issued by applicant's school
health service or private physician, on issuer's letterhead.
4. An HIV Negative test report, issued within the same time period.
5. For a Visa Estudiante (Student Visa) a police report from the state police or state criminal
records authority where you reside stating that applicant has no criminal record other than
minor traffic violations. The report should indicate a statewide search. Fulbright Scholars
need only State Police Reports. An FBI check is required for those seeking a Visa Residente
Temporario (Temporary Resident Visa) or Visa Sujeto a Contrato with the right to work in
Chile. An added requirement for the Visa Sujeto a Contrato is the contract must be approved
in advance by the Ministry of the Interior and you sign a duplicate signed original in front of
the Consul here.
6. Letter of acceptance from Chilean educational institution or employment contract (TRV) .
7. Letter of economic independence/support, if under 18 years of age; or a statement from the
educational sponsor, e.g. AFS, Butler, Tufts, etc.
8. Visa processing fee of $140.00, subject to change, in cash or check drawn on the Bank of
America payable to Philip C.Garber, Consul.
9. Students under the age of eighteen (18) require a parental/guardian Autorización Notarial
(Notarial Authorization) signed before the Consul by both parents. If not , we can send you a
blank form to be signed before a notary public, whose signature must be legalized either by the
Clerk of the Superior Court or the Secretary of State of the state where first signed, and then
legalized in the Chilean Consulate, for which additional charges apply.
10. The actual visa form and the visa entry in the passport will be done when the applicant appears
in person at the Consulate with all of the above items completed. No visas are issued through
the mail. An appointment in advance is required. Our public hours are Monday-Thursday,
9:00A.M. to Noon, (US holidays excepted). Under special circumstances, an applicant may be
received outside normal business hours by appointment.
be valid for a period of six months after the end of the period for which the visa has been
requested.
2. Four (4) passport photographs in color, 1 ½ inches square., full face, no eyeglasses.
3. A medical certificate that applicant has no communicable diseases, (vaccine preventable),
issued within 30 days of coming to this Consulate to get the visa, issued by applicant's school
health service or private physician, on issuer's letterhead.
4. An HIV Negative test report, issued within the same time period.
5. For a Visa Estudiante (Student Visa) a police report from the state police or state criminal
records authority where you reside stating that applicant has no criminal record other than
minor traffic violations. The report should indicate a statewide search. Fulbright Scholars
need only State Police Reports. An FBI check is required for those seeking a Visa Residente
Temporario (Temporary Resident Visa) or Visa Sujeto a Contrato with the right to work in
Chile. An added requirement for the Visa Sujeto a Contrato is the contract must be approved
in advance by the Ministry of the Interior and you sign a duplicate signed original in front of
the Consul here.
6. Letter of acceptance from Chilean educational institution or employment contract (TRV) .
7. Letter of economic independence/support, if under 18 years of age; or a statement from the
educational sponsor, e.g. AFS, Butler, Tufts, etc.
8. Visa processing fee of $140.00, subject to change, in cash or check drawn on the Bank of
America payable to Philip C.Garber, Consul.
9. Students under the age of eighteen (18) require a parental/guardian Autorización Notarial
(Notarial Authorization) signed before the Consul by both parents. If not , we can send you a
blank form to be signed before a notary public, whose signature must be legalized either by the
Clerk of the Superior Court or the Secretary of State of the state where first signed, and then
legalized in the Chilean Consulate, for which additional charges apply.
10. The actual visa form and the visa entry in the passport will be done when the applicant appears
in person at the Consulate with all of the above items completed. No visas are issued through
the mail. An appointment in advance is required. Our public hours are Monday-Thursday,
9:00A.M. to Noon, (US holidays excepted). Under special circumstances, an applicant may be
received outside normal business hours by appointment.
This is quite possible, but again, time consuming. They actually charged me $150 or $160 at the consulate, so I'm guessing this is already outdated. A simpler option would be to get a tourist visa when you enter Chile, then go to the appropriate authorities to get your student visa when you are in Chile. This way you do not need to get an HIV test, and you may be able to skip some of the other steps, as well. However you will need to pay the $140 reciprocity tax upon entering the country if you decide to do it this way, which for all I know means that you end up spending almost $300 (visa cost and reciprocity tax). I didn't have to pay the reciprocity tax because I already had my student visa. You can find good information and links here.
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