Chilean passport
A Chilean passport (Spanish: Pasaporte chileno) is an identity document issued to citizens of Chile to facilitate international travel. Chilean passports are valid for worldwide travel and facilitate the access to consular services whilst abroad. They are issued by the Registro Civil e Identificación.
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Front cover of a contemporary Chilean biometric passport. | |
| Type | Passport |
| Issued by | Chile |
| Purpose | Identification |
| Eligibility | Chilean citizenship |
| Expiration | 10 years from issuance for all citizens regardless of age |
| Cost | 32 page passport: CLP $69.660 64 page passport: CLP $69.740 |
Citizens of Chile do not need a passport when traveling to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. For these countries, they may use just their National ID cards called Cédula de Identidad.
Chilean passports are valid for a period of 10 years (since 1 February 2020) from the date of issue, and the validity may not be extended. Since the introduction of machine-readable passports, family passports are no longer issued.
Since September 2013, new biometric passports are being issued. The redesign was part of a program organized by the Ministry of Justice, where Chileans chose the passport's graphic identity and symbols through an online poll in 2012.