Chile Forum

Groschi wrote:
The passport and foreign licence only works if you are in Chile no more than 3 month.

Groschi wrote:

Zenth wrote:Get an International Drivers License prior to coming to Chile. They're good for one year. That, along with your passport will keep the cops happy. Worked for me two or three times the past ten years.

Look, if you are in the country say 8 months, the cop knows that you are either a tourist who is illegal (in the country for more than 3 month) or you have a temp. visa or residencia definitiva, in the first case you are in trouble for staying in the Chile for more than the 3 month on a tourist visa, or in the other case if you are hiding the fact that you actually living in chile you are driving without valid driving licence (as you must have a chilean driving licence while living here, temp. visa or definitiva).
The passport and foreign licence only works if you are in Chile no more than 3 month.