1. If you have reached 18 years of age, you are a holder of Permanent Residence in force, and you have five years or more of residence in Chile, counting from the date you obtained the Electronic Stamping of the Temporary Residence that gave rise to the Permanent Residence that you maintain in force.

* According to Supreme Decree N° 5.142.

2. If you are a child of foreigners, you are 14 years of age or older, you are a holder of Permanent Residence, you have five years or more of residence in Chile (counting from the date you obtained the stamp of the Temporary Residence that gave rise to the Permanent Residence that you maintain in force), and you have a notarized authorization from your parents or whoever is in charge of your personal care.

3. If you are under 18 years of age, and your parents or one of them has the status of refugee recognized by Chile, and at least one of them has obtained the Nationalization letter, without the need to comply with any other legal requirement.

4. If you are a permanent resident and you can prove two years of continuous residence in the national territory (counting from the date you obtained the Temporary Residence stamp that gave rise to the Permanent Residence that you maintain in force), and that according to Law No. 21.325 on Migration and Foreigners, you have any of the following links with the Republic of Chile:

a. Being the spouse of a Chilean for at least two years and whose marriage is registered in Chile, provided that during the same period the provisions of Article 133 of the Civil Code are complied with (living in a common household).

b. Relative of Chileans by consanguinity up to the second degree inclusive or if you are adopted by Chileans.

c. Child whose father or mother, having been Chilean, has lost the Chilean nationality prior to your birth

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eres residente definitivo y puedes acreditar dos años de residencia continuada en el territorio nacional (a contar desde que obtuviste el estampado de la Residencia Temporal que dio origen a la Residencia Definitiva que mantienes vigente), y que según la Ley N° 21.325 de Migración y Extranjería, tengas alguno de los siguientes vínculos con la República de Chile: