Temporary Residency as a Rentista
Answer
The general rule applies to you
No exception is recorded for citizens of Venezuela on this topic. That is the answer, not a gap - everything below is the rule you get, unchanged.
81 exceptions recorded across 33 countries · none match Venezuela to Chile · Residency on passive income
Chile's passive-income route is narrower than most and, at the same time, has no published number. It is open only to income from two named sources - real estate or financial assets - which leaves out royalties, business distributions and remote salary. There is no fixed threshold: the test is that the income covers at least basic needs as measured by the social development ministry's indicators, assessed case by case. The permit runs up to two years, allows any lawful paid work, and counts towards permanent residency.
At a glance
- Qualifying income
- Real estate or financial assets only
- Income threshold
- No published figure
The test is 'at least basic needs' against Ministry of Social Development and Family indicators, assessed per applicant
- Where you apply
- From abroad
- Initial grant
- Up to 2 years
- Extension
- Up to 2 further years
- Paid work
- Permitted - temporary residents may work
- Counts towards permanent residency
- Yes
- Passport validity at application
- At least 1 year
- Age of a public document at filing
- No more than 60 days
30 days for documents issued by private bodies. Both limits are the migration service's, published on the page for this subcategory.
Requirements
- Constant income derived from the exploitation of real estate or of financial assets
- The income must be received regularly, not as a one-off
- It must cover at least the applicant's basic needs, measured against Ministry of Social Development and Family indicators
- Applied for from outside Chile, through the migration service's digital portal
- Passport valid for at least a year from the date of application
- Criminal record certificate from the country of origin, or from anywhere lived in the last five years, apostilled or legalised and no more than 60 days old
- For property income: proof of title, the lease or contract creating the regular payment obligation, and evidence of the payments received
- For financial assets: proof of title to the assets and evidence of the income they produce
In detail
A threshold that is a method, not a number
Argentina sets its rentista bar at five monthly minimum wages and Colombia at ten; Chile publishes no figure at all. The decree requires income sufficient for 'at least basic needs' measured against indicators estimated by the Ministry of Social Development and Family, and the general article on means of subsistence makes clear that the family group is counted in. The practical consequence is that the answer depends on how many people are coming with you, and that the migration service is the one applying the measure. Anyone quoting you a fixed peso or dollar figure for this route is quoting something other than the decree.
Two sources of income, and the list is closed
The permit is for income from bienes raíces or activos financieros. Real property and financial assets: that is the whole list. A remote salary is employment, not rent, and belongs to the paid-activity route; profits distributed by a company you run point at the investor subcategory. The proof requirements follow the same split, asking for title plus the contract that creates the recurring obligation on the property side, and title plus evidence of income produced on the financial side.
Renewal asks the same question again
The extension is not automatic. The decree requires current documentation showing you are still a rentista and still receiving resources sufficient to cover your residence in the country - which means the income has to survive the whole two years, not just the month of the application.
Country-level policy
Chile's migration law and the decree that lists every residence subcategory do not name a single country between them. We searched both consolidated texts for every neighbour, for Spain, Italy, Japan and Korea, for Mercosur and for the Andean Community, and there are no hits at all. That is not the same as saying Chile treats everyone alike. It means every rule that turns on your passport has been delegated somewhere else: to a treaty, to the supreme decree that fixes which nationalities need a consular visa, to the supreme decree that sets permit fees on a reciprocity basis, or to the transport ministry's licence treaties. If you are looking for what your nationality changes in Chile, the law is the wrong place to look.
Every Chilean residence route runs through the same gate. Permanent residency normally needs 24 months of temporary residency in a subcategory that admits the application, and that number is not fixed: time spent out of the country pushes it up on a published scale that reaches 48 months, while family ties, a pension, an investment or a recognised contribution can pull it down to 12. Once granted it is indefinite, but it lapses by itself after two continuous years abroad. This is the fact that decides how long each of the residence topics on this page actually takes.
What applies to you
Nothing changes for a citizen of Venezuela
We have no rule recorded that treats your citizenship differently here, so the general rule above is the one that applies to you. That is an answer, not a gap.
What the law says
«Artículo 57.- Podrán solicitar este permiso las personas extranjeras que cuenten con rentas constantes derivadas de la explotación de bienes raíces o activos financieros. En ambos supuestos, la cantidad debe percibirse de manera regular, y servir para satisfacer al menos las necesidades básicas del requirente durante su estancia en el país, según los indicadores estimados por el Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia.»Our translation - not official
Article 57.- Foreigners who have constant income derived from the exploitation of real estate or financial assets may apply for this permit. In both cases the amount must be received regularly and serve to satisfy at least the applicant's basic needs during their stay in the country, according to the indicators estimated by the Ministry of Social Development and Family.
Two closed categories, not a general passive-income test. Income from a business, from royalties or from remote employment is not named here.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
The National Congress Library's consolidated-law service. Publishes each norm as a dated, versioned consolidated text with amendment provenance in the margin and an explicit last-version date.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: Holds the text and nothing about how it is applied - no practice, forms, fees or processing times. It also does not follow delegation: Ley 21.325 art. 27 hands the visa-required country list to a supreme decree, and reading art. 27 tells you nothing about that list. Beware the printing view, where margin notes interleave into the middle of sentences, so a quotation taken from a rendered page will not match the stored text.
We re-read it every 60 days. More about this source
«Artículo 5º.- La suficiencia de medios de vida que permitan la subsistencia del solicitante de un permiso de residencia temporal, así como de su grupo familiar, en los casos que fuese exigido para la subcategoría migratoria correspondiente, será determinada conforme sus ingresos, los cuales no podrán ser inferiores al mínimo establecido para satisfacer las necesidades básicas de sus miembros, según los indicadores estimados por el Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia.»Our translation - not official
Article 5.- The sufficiency of means of subsistence for the applicant for a temporary residence permit, and for their family group, where required for the relevant migratory subcategory, shall be determined by their income, which may not be below the minimum established to satisfy the basic needs of its members, according to the indicators estimated by the Ministry of Social Development and Family.
This is where the missing number lives. The decree delegates the figure to another ministry's poverty indicators, and it scales with the size of the family group.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
The National Congress Library's consolidated-law service. Publishes each norm as a dated, versioned consolidated text with amendment provenance in the margin and an explicit last-version date.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: Holds the text and nothing about how it is applied - no practice, forms, fees or processing times. It also does not follow delegation: Ley 21.325 art. 27 hands the visa-required country list to a supreme decree, and reading art. 27 tells you nothing about that list. Beware the printing view, where margin notes interleave into the middle of sentences, so a quotation taken from a rendered page will not match the stored text.
We re-read it every 60 days. More about this source
«b. Certificado emitido por el organismo competente que dé cuenta de la titularidad del dominio del solicitante respecto del o los bienes de que se trate, debidamente legalizado o apostillado, según corresponda. Esto último no será necesario respecto de bienes raíces que se encuentren en Chile.»Our translation - not official
b. A certificate issued by the competent body evidencing the applicant's ownership of the property or properties concerned, duly legalised or apostilled as applicable. The latter shall not be necessary in respect of real estate located in Chile.
Chilean property qualifies and skips the apostille. Unlike Argentina's rentista rule, there is no requirement that the income arrive from abroad.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
The National Congress Library's consolidated-law service. Publishes each norm as a dated, versioned consolidated text with amendment provenance in the margin and an explicit last-version date.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: Holds the text and nothing about how it is applied - no practice, forms, fees or processing times. It also does not follow delegation: Ley 21.325 art. 27 hands the visa-required country list to a supreme decree, and reading art. 27 tells you nothing about that list. Beware the printing view, where margin notes interleave into the middle of sentences, so a quotation taken from a rendered page will not match the stored text.
We re-read it every 60 days. More about this source
«Artículo 72.- Vigencia. La vigencia de la residencia temporal será de hasta dos años, salvo para el caso de la subcategoría de trabajadores de temporada señalada en el número 4 del inciso segundo del artículo 70, la que podrá tener una vigencia de hasta cinco años cuando ésta establezca plazos de estadía anuales limitados. Este permiso podrá prorrogarse hasta por dos años adicionales.»Our translation - not official
Article 72.- Validity. Temporary residency shall be valid for up to two years, except for the seasonal worker subcategory referred to in number 4 of the second paragraph of article 70, which may be valid for up to five years where it sets limited annual periods of stay. This permit may be extended for up to two additional years.
About this source
The National Congress Library's consolidated-law service. Publishes each norm as a dated, versioned consolidated text with amendment provenance in the margin and an explicit last-version date.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: Holds the text and nothing about how it is applied - no practice, forms, fees or processing times. It also does not follow delegation: Ley 21.325 art. 27 hands the visa-required country list to a supreme decree, and reading art. 27 tells you nothing about that list. Beware the printing view, where margin notes interleave into the middle of sentences, so a quotation taken from a rendered page will not match the stored text.
We re-read it every 60 days. More about this source
«El decreto supremo señalado en el inciso primero definirá para cada subcategoría migratoria, la admisibilidad de la postulación a la residencia definitiva, siendo siempre admisible en las situaciones descritas en los numerales 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10 y 12 de este artículo.»Our translation - not official
The supreme decree referred to in the first paragraph shall define, for each migratory subcategory, whether an application for permanent residency is admissible, such application always being admissible in the situations described in numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10 and 12 of this article.
Number 12 is 'Jubilados y rentistas', so the law itself guarantees this route leads on to permanent residency - the decree cannot close it.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
The National Congress Library's consolidated-law service. Publishes each norm as a dated, versioned consolidated text with amendment provenance in the margin and an explicit last-version date.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: Holds the text and nothing about how it is applied - no practice, forms, fees or processing times. It also does not follow delegation: Ley 21.325 art. 27 hands the visa-required country list to a supreme decree, and reading art. 27 tells you nothing about that list. Beware the printing view, where margin notes interleave into the middle of sentences, so a quotation taken from a rendered page will not match the stored text.
We re-read it every 60 days. More about this source
Practical notes
The application is filed from outside Chile. There is no general route from a tourist stay into this permit.
Property located in Chile counts and does not need an apostille, so buying before applying is a workable sequence.
Documents from public bodies must be no more than 60 days old when filed, and documents from private bodies no more than 30 - which sets the order in which to collect them.
The pension version of this permit is a separate subcategory with different proofs; it is covered under the retiree topic.
- consolidatesDecreto 177 de 2022 - establece subcategorías de residencia temporal
Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (Ley Chile)
About this source
The National Congress Library's consolidated-law service. Publishes each norm as a dated, versioned consolidated text with amendment provenance in the margin and an explicit last-version date.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: Holds the text and nothing about how it is applied - no practice, forms, fees or processing times. It also does not follow delegation: Ley 21.325 art. 27 hands the visa-required country list to a supreme decree, and reading art. 27 tells you nothing about that list. Beware the printing view, where margin notes interleave into the middle of sentences, so a quotation taken from a rendered page will not match the stored text.
We re-read it every 60 days. More about this source
- adjudicatesExtranjeros jubilados y rentistas
Servicio Nacional de Migraciones (Chile)
About this source
The agency created by Ley 21.325 that grants, extends and revokes residence permits and decides nationalisation files. Its pages carry a per-page update date, which makes staleness visible without a diff.
Standing: Decides what it means
Cannot be cited for: Not the text of the law - its pages summarise and occasionally narrow it. Not fees, which sit on a separate schedule expressed relative to the minimum income. Not the visa-required country list, which it hands to the foreign ministry. Nothing on tax or health entitlement.
We re-read it every 45 days. More about this source
- consolidatesLey 21.325, Ley de Migración y Extranjería - texto consolidado
Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (Ley Chile)
About this source
The National Congress Library's consolidated-law service. Publishes each norm as a dated, versioned consolidated text with amendment provenance in the margin and an explicit last-version date.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: Holds the text and nothing about how it is applied - no practice, forms, fees or processing times. It also does not follow delegation: Ley 21.325 art. 27 hands the visa-required country list to a supreme decree, and reading art. 27 tells you nothing about that list. Beware the printing view, where margin notes interleave into the middle of sentences, so a quotation taken from a rendered page will not match the stored text.
We re-read it every 60 days. More about this source
- adjudicatesExtranjeros jubilados y rentistas - vigencia del pasaporte
Servicio Nacional de Migraciones (Chile)
About this source
The agency created by Ley 21.325 that grants, extends and revokes residence permits and decides nationalisation files. Its pages carry a per-page update date, which makes staleness visible without a diff.
Standing: Decides what it means
Cannot be cited for: Not the text of the law - its pages summarise and occasionally narrow it. Not fees, which sit on a separate schedule expressed relative to the minimum income. Not the visa-required country list, which it hands to the foreign ministry. Nothing on tax or health entitlement.
We re-read it every 45 days. More about this source
- adjudicatesExtranjeros jubilados y rentistas - vigencia de documentos públicos
Servicio Nacional de Migraciones (Chile)
About this source
The agency created by Ley 21.325 that grants, extends and revokes residence permits and decides nationalisation files. Its pages carry a per-page update date, which makes staleness visible without a diff.
Standing: Decides what it means
Cannot be cited for: Not the text of the law - its pages summarise and occasionally narrow it. Not fees, which sit on a separate schedule expressed relative to the minimum income. Not the visa-required country list, which it hands to the foreign ministry. Nothing on tax or health entitlement.
We re-read it every 45 days. More about this source
- adjudicatesExtranjeros jubilados y rentistas - vigencia de documentos de entidades privadas
Servicio Nacional de Migraciones (Chile)
About this source
The agency created by Ley 21.325 that grants, extends and revokes residence permits and decides nationalisation files. Its pages carry a per-page update date, which makes staleness visible without a diff.
Standing: Decides what it means
Cannot be cited for: Not the text of the law - its pages summarise and occasionally narrow it. Not fees, which sit on a separate schedule expressed relative to the minimum income. Not the visa-required country list, which it hands to the foreign ministry. Nothing on tax or health entitlement.
We re-read it every 45 days. More about this source