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Youth Mobility / Working Holiday — Chile

PortugalYouth mobility

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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Which nationalities and age range can participate?

Applicants must hold a Chilean passport valid for over 12 months and be aged between eighteen (18) and thirty (30) inclusive on the date of the application.

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What combination of travel, work, study or training does the programme permit?

Work is incidental to the holiday: participants must not engage in work that is contrary to the purpose of the Memorandum and cannot work for more than six (6) months or have a permanent work contract, unless otherwise authorised. Participation in training courses or professional development courses is allowed for up to four (4) months.

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  • Chile - Additional conditions to be fulfilled
    Work is incidental to the holiday. Participants must not engage in work that is contrary to the purpose of this Memorandum. Participants cannot work for more than six (6) months or have a permanent work contract, unless otherwise authorized.
  • Chile - Additional conditions to be fulfilled
    The participation in training courses or professional development courses is allowed for the duration of up to four (4) months.

What are the defining limitations: quota, ballot, previous participation, employer limits, study limits or equivalent?

A numerus clausus is agreed in each bilateral instrument, but the official source does not give the figure. Participants cannot work for more than six (6) months or have a permanent work contract, unless otherwise authorised, and training or professional development courses are allowed for up to four (4) months. The official source does not state a previous-participation rule.

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Limits of the record
  • Chile's specific quota is not stated.
  • No rule on previous participation is stated for Chile.
  • Work limits (six months, no permanent contract) are in the passage cited by the protected R2 answer and are not restated here.

What funds, insurance, onward travel or similar preparation is particularly important?

Applicants must possess sufficient financial resources to support travel and the duration of their stay, including proof of a return ticket or proof of means of subsistence, and hold travel insurance and health insurance valid for the duration of the stay covering hospital costs and medical repatriation.

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  • Chile section
    Possess sufficient financial resources to support travel and the duration of their stay, including proof of return ticket or proof of means of subsistence;
  • Chile section
    Hold a travel insurance and health insurance valid for the duration of the stay covering hospital costs and medical repatriation;
  • Chile section
    Have no criminal record;

How long can the person stay, can the programme be extended or repeated, and what happens when it ends?

The maximum period of stay is 12 months for youth mobility participants. The official source does not state whether the programme can be extended or repeated for Chile, or what happens when the stay ends.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not explicitly state whether the programme can be extended or repeated for Chile.
  • The document does not specify what happens when the stay ends.
  • Youth Mobility introduction
    Citizens of Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, New Zealand, Peru, Republic of Korea, United States of America and Uruguay who wish to remain in Portugal, on holidays, for a maximum period of 12 months, under a Memorandum of Understanding signed between their country and Portugal, should fulfill the general requirements, as well as the documents referring to specific requirements necessary for the processing of a temporary stay visa.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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