| mark_traveller18:07 UTC02 Apr 2007 | HI post, can anyone tell me transferring through, SANTIAGO from AUSTRALIA going directly onto BUENOS AIRES , do i have to pay the RECIPICAL fee off 100.00 aud or as i say passing directly through with conecting flight i dont jave to pay thanks.........mark..
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| esterosdelibera22:03 UTC02 Apr 2007 | Previous reports:
If you are simply transiting internationally at Santiago then you do not have to pay the reciprocity fee. I have done this a number of times, and only ever pay when actually entering Chilean territory via the airport border. As you know you do not need to pay the fee at land border. Having previous stamps in your passport makes no difference though, you still need to pay ( I have 14 Chile stamps, and still had to pay last time I went through the airport ). I actually like the sign they have saying "We welcome all people to our country free of charge, we only charge the citizens of countries whose government charges Chilean citizens to visit their country". I have paid the fee three times and chuckled to myself each time.
The fee does not apply if you stay in transit. The transit lounge is upstairs on the same level as you arrive when you leave the plane. If you go down the escalator then you will be heading to enter Chile. Remember that the reciprocity fee is only a kind of recompense for the exorbitant fees your governments charge Chileans for a visa.
The reciprocity fee pertains to Americans as well as Canadians entering Chile. In the case of Americans, it is US$ 100.00 but you get a visa valid for the life of the passport.
I am pretty sure that the fee is not for the life of the passport (for Australians at least). I first flew to Santiago in 2001 and had to pay it then. I went back to Santiago in 2003 and had to pay again (I showed them the stamp/receipt from 2001 but had to cough up again). I am not looking at the stamp in my passport right now, but from memory it said 90 days.
The reciprocity fee is US$56.00 for Australian passport holders and good for 90 days. Australia is the exception to the life of passport rule.
The reciprocity fee is not affected by where your flight originates from. If you are a US citizen and arriving in the Santiago airport on an international flight, you will have to pay the fee before passing through immigration. The only exception is that you have paid it before while using the same passport; the fee is good for the life of your passport. This fee is not charged when entering Chile overland.
Australia - 56.00 US$.
Canada --- 132.00 US$.
USA ----- 100.00 US$.
Mexico --- 15.00 US$.
Jorge Daniel Barchi.
Buenos Aires.
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| mark_traveller07:55 UTC03 Apr 2007 | O.K thanks, as alaways your imformation is fantastic thanks a lot...mark..
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