Residency 2026

True

Those are some big changes...

Can you explain this --- Legalizations are no longer accepted if "notarized".  They must be legalized by the original issuing authority

For example a statement of pension income must be legalized at source.  Not taken elsewhere to be notarized as authentic

Again none of this has changed, by law, yet!

@planner

They dont need to, they make up the rules as they go...

"I am told the Director of Investment is no longer accepting 200,000 US or equivalent for investor residency, it's now 500,000 US or equivalent."

@DRVisitor

Absolutely agree with you! 

Good afternoon, Hoping that someone can point me in the direction of a certified translator for my documents. Im in the Santiago area but willing to travel. Thank you. ive called a few places but you know how that goes. Thanks again in advance.

Well after being given the runaround by DGM in trying to do my residency by myself this past December and basically throwing in the towel and letting my residency visa expire. I’m happy to report that I was referred to a great lawyer from a friend of mine in the capital. It took him all of three weeks to get everything done, submitted and approved. I have also received my Medical appointment date. I can not tell you what a relief it is to finally get to this point after all the headaches and BS from DGM.

@DRforme

Congratulations! Sorry you got the runaround when doing it by yourself. Truth is...the runaround is on the checklist...well, it is implied. In the end, you made it. When it is time to renew the residency, it is so much easier. You can definitely do that by yourself without getting the runaround.