Apply for your Chile Customs SAG Declaration online
Expert-prepared SAG-Customs declaration, ready the moment the 24-hour window opens. One conversation covers every adult in your group.
Chile Customs SAG Declaration requirements
Every person over 18 entering Chile must file the Customs SAG Declaration (Declaración Jurada SAG-Aduana), a sworn customs form covering the plant and animal products, merchandise and currency they bring in. It applies to every nationality, including Chileans returning home, at all of the country's border controls, air, land and maritime alike.
It is a declaration, not a visa: there is no approval step and it grants no stay. The digital form opens only 24 hours before arrival, the shortest window of any travel document, and each adult files their own. Under-18s do not file separately; the accompanying adult includes them on their own form instead.
Required documents for the Chile Customs SAG Declaration
Requirements verified against official government sources
- A valid travel document
- Your travel details including port of entry
- Your declaration answers: plant and animal products, merchandise and currency
- A valid email address
Requirements may vary depending on nationality.
Chile Customs SAG Declaration pricing and validity
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- Who it's for
- Every traveller over 18 entering Chile, whatever their nationality, returning residents and Chilean citizens included. Under-18s do not file their own declaration: the accompanying adult includes them on their own form and takes responsibility for their baggage.
- When to file
- The digital form opens only 24 hours before arrival, the shortest window of any travel document. Filing at the border is also supported: QR codes are posted at the entry points and the form works offline once you have opened the portal while still connected.
- What it covers
- Wider than the name suggests: plant and animal products, general merchandise AND money — Customs takes the currency declaration on the same joint form, for cash and bearer instruments once they pass US$10,000 or the equivalent in another currency. Handicrafts of plant or animal origin count as declarable, and an incorrect declaration carries sanctions and fines.
- Ports of entry
- Effectively the whole country: SAG's air, land and maritime border controls alike, from the Andes passes to the northern crossings. Paper remains legally valid as an alternative.
- Delivery format
- A completed digital declaration shown to the SAG inspector on arrival. SAG states it does not need to be printed. There is no approval step; a declaration is filed, not adjudicated.
- Validity
- Valid for 30 days
- Entry
- Single entry
- Length of stay
- Stay up to 30 days per entry
- Processing time
- Get it in as fast as 15 minutes
How to apply for your Chile Customs SAG Declaration
Complete the online application
Answer a few simple questions in your own language about your trip and what you are bringing into Chile, for every adult in your group. You can save your progress and come back anytime.
We review your application
Select your preferred processing speed and pay securely. Our experts check your declaration answers, catching the mis-declarations that carry fines at the border.
We submit it for government processing
We're not the Chilean government, but we prepare your declaration for them on your behalf and are here for you if anything goes wrong.
Receive your Chile Customs SAG Declaration
We email your completed declaration for every adult in your group. Show it to the SAG inspector on arrival; SAG states it does not need to be printed.
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Chile visa FAQs
Quick answers to the most common questions about the Chile Customs SAG Declaration.
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Is the Chile Customs SAG Declaration a visa?
No. It is a sworn customs declaration covering the goods and currency you bring into Chile. It grants no right to enter or stay; visa rules are separate, and most visitors from the Americas and Europe enter Chile visa-free for up to 90 days.
Who has to file the Chile Customs SAG Declaration?
Every person over 18 entering Chile, whatever their nationality, Chilean citizens and residents returning home included. Under-18s do not file their own declaration: SAG requires the accompanying adult to include them on their own form and take responsibility for their baggage.
How early can I file the Chile Customs SAG Declaration?
The digital form opens only 24 hours before arrival, the shortest lookahead of any travel document in our catalogue. It cannot be prepared earlier on the government site; applying through iVisa means your details are ready the moment the window opens.
Can I file the Chile Customs SAG Declaration at the border?
Yes. Filing on arrival is explicitly supported: QR codes are posted at the entry points, and the form works offline once you have opened the portal while still connected so it loads on your device. If you have not preloaded it, use the paper form. Paper also remains legally valid. The declaration is a convenience to complete in advance, not a gate that can lock you out.
What must I declare on the Chile Customs SAG Declaration?
Three categories: products of plant or animal origin, general merchandise, and money. The scope is wider than the SAG name suggests, and the currency side is a Customs rule with its own threshold: you declare cash and bearer instruments once they pass US$10,000 or the equivalent in another currency. Handicrafts of plant or animal origin count as declarable too. Handicrafts of plant or animal origin count as declarable, which surprises travellers carrying souvenirs home from a previous stop.
What happens if my Chile Customs SAG Declaration is incorrect?
Failing to declare risk products, or declaring falsely, carries sanctions and fines under Chilean law; SAG says so explicitly. Baggage is inspected by canine units, X-ray or manual checks, so the declaration and the suitcase are compared in practice.
I am only carrying clothes. Do I still need to file the Chile Customs SAG Declaration?
Yes. The obligation is to complete the declaration itself, not to have something to declare. Every adult files, including travellers carrying nothing declarable.
Is the official Chile Customs SAG Declaration form free?
Yes. SAG states it is a free procedure, in Spanish, English and Portuguese. What you pay iVisa is a service fee for preparing every adult's declaration in one conversation, in your language, ready inside the 24-hour window.
iVisa vs. the official SAG site
Why travelers choose iVisa
On your own
- Each adult files individually; the form is personal and mandatory, with no way to add companions. Four adults means four separate filings.
- The digital form opens only 24 hours before arrival and cannot be prepared earlier.
- The form covers plants, animal products, merchandise AND currency, but the detailed declarable-goods lists are published in Spanish only, and mis-declaring carries fines.
- Handicrafts of plant or animal origin are declarable, a rule most tourists meet for the first time at the inspection belt.
- One conversation covers every adult in your group.
- We hold your details securely and file the moment the window opens.
- We walk you through what counts as declarable, in your language, before anything is filed.
- We ask the right questions up front, so nothing on your form surprises you at the inspection belt. SAG still inspects by canine team, X-ray or by hand, and it can refuse a risk product.
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