Chilean passport

  • Chilean passport
  • Pasaporte chileno
Front cover of a contemporary Chilean biometric passport.
TypePassport
Issued by Chile
First issuedSeptember 2013 (biometric passport)
16 December 2024 (new version)
PurposeIdentification
EligibilityChilean citizenship
Expiration10 years from issuance for all citizens regardless of age
Cost32 page passport: CLP $69.660
64 page passport: CLP $69.740

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.

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, only biometric passports are 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.