In most of the countries you will find diplomatic missions, which usually refers to an embassy and/or a consulate. Diplomatic bodies represent other country interests in Chile, with the aim of strengthening international relations between the states and providing services for their citizens in Chile.

Embassies and consulates are considered legal territories of their home countries. They are not "foreign territory" but they are protected and considered the property of the country using them, meaning that Chile does not have jurisdiction over the embassy or consulate of another country.

What is the difference between Embassy and Consulate

The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations international treaty defines the diplomatic mission’s purpose and framework. The various diplomatic missions offer several services and carry out different missions. For example:

• Embassy: This is the primary diplomatic representation of a country’s government and is headed by an ambassador. An embassy is the main location for a diplomatic presence of one country in another. A country has at most one embassy in another country, and is always established in the capital city of the host country. In the absence of a consulate in a country, the embassy has also a consular section to carry out all the relevant consular services (see below).
• Consulate General: This is a diplomatic mission, headed by a consul that provides a full range of services such as: issuing passports/visas, keeping birth and marriage records, assisting expats, providing legal information, translations etc. It can be located in any major city of the host country, although often in the capital city (in certain cases, in the same building as the embassy). In major countries and large territories, you often have more than one consulate.
• Honorary Consulate: It supplements the Consulate to provide a limited range of consular services and is headed by an honorary consul. They help nationals abroad. For example, in the event of a hospital stay, missing person, death, natural disaster or another emergency. They can also issue emergency travel documents and consular declarations for which the applicant is required to appear in person.

NB: You will usually apply for a visa at the Consulate of the country you want to visit. However, if there is no such representation in Chile, you can apply for a visa at the embassy.

Where to find Consulates and Embassies in Chile

Not all countries have an Embassy and/or a Consulate as it depends of the political situation, the relationship with the host country, the size of the country, and the number of foreign citizens living there.

In some cases, countries can share representations and you can be assisted by the services of another embassy or consular service to get the information you need.

We recommend you register/contact your country’s embassy at your destination. It is a free service provided by any diplomatic mission and it will allow them to record information about your upcoming trip abroad. It can be used to assist you in case of an emergency.

Registration will also allow you to get routine information from your nearest embassy or consulate, as citizen residing abroad.

The Chilean capital, Santiago de Chile hosts 72 embassies.

There are also 157 consulates and two other representation located in Chile.

All consulates and honorary consulates are located in Santiago de Chile, except for those countries who own an embassy in the capital of Chile and might have another diplomatic mission outside the capital.

You will find below a list of selected countries (the list is not exhaustive) that have a diplomatic mission in Chile. The list includes embassies, consulates, honorary consulates, and sometimes other official representations for you to be able to get information and services.

Embassies and Main Consulates in Santiago de Chile

China

Embassy of China in Chile

Address: Pedro de Valdivia 550 Avenue, Providencia
Tel: (+562) 223 398 80
Email: chinaconsularchl@gmail.com  
Opening hours: From Monday to Friday: 09:00 - 12:30 and 13:00 - 17:30

The consular section provides a range of consular services such as document authentication and legalization processing, as well as notary certification and marriage registration, visa affairs, and consular protection to all Chinese living abroad.

Honorary Consulates: In addition to the embassy in Santiago de Chile, China another honorary consulates Iquique (chinaconsul_iqu_cl@mfa.gov.cn)

France

French Embassy in Chile

Address: Condell Avenue 65, Santiago
Tel: (+562) 247 080 00
E-Mail: consulat.santiago@gmail.com
Social Media: https://twitter.com/ambafrancecl and https://www.instagram.com/franciaenchile/ and https://www.facebook.com/embajadafranciaenchile

The French embassy in Chile provides reception of the public (consular affairs), register of French nationals established outside France, identity cards and passports, civil status: marriages, births..., other steps (legalization of signature, driver's license...), elections, national service and assembly of French nationals abroad.

Honorary Consulates: In addition to the embassy in Santiago de Chile, France has other honorary consulates in La Serena (consulatlaserena@gmail.com), Valparaíso, Concepción (consulat.concepcion@gmail.com), Temuco (agenceconsulairetemuco@gmail.com), Osorno (consulhonoraire.osorno@gmail.com) and Punta Arenas. 

Germany

German Embassy in Chile

Address: Las Hualtatas 5677, Vitacura, Santiago de Chile
Tel: (+562) 246 325 00
E-Mail: info@santiago-de-chile.diplo.de
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/EmbajadaAlemanaSantiago and https://twitter.com/AlemaniaenCL and https://www.instagram.com/alemaniaenchile/
Opening hours: Monday to Thursday: 07:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday: 7:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.

The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Chile provides passports and ID cards’ services, nationality, family and inheritance matters, criminal records, visa and entry, lawyers, doctors and translators and customs service, etc.

Honorary Consulates: In addition to the embassy in Santiago de Chile, Germany has other honorary consulates in Antofagasta (antofagasta@hk-diplo.de), Concepción (concepcion@hk-diplo.de), La Serena (la-serena@hk-diplo.de), Puerto Montt (puerto-montt@hk-diplo.de), Punta Arenas (punta-arenas@hk-diplo.de), Termuco (temuco@hk-diplo.de), Valdivia (valdivia@hk-diplo.de) and Vina del Mar (vina-del-mar@hk-diplo.de).        

Japan

Embassy of Japan in Chile

Address: Ricardo Lyon 520, Providencia, Santiago de Chile
Tel: (+562) 233 922 00
E-Mail: consuladojp@sg.mofa.go.jp
Social Media: https://twitter.com/ShibuyaEmbJpChi and https://www.facebook.com/EmbajadadeJaponenChile/
Opening hours: Monday to Friday: 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m and 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m

The Japanese embassy provides a range of consular services such as visa and passport processing as well as document legalization.

Russia

Embassy of Russia in Chile

Address: Americo Vespucio Norte Avenue 2127, Vitacura, Santiago
Tel: (+562) 220 862 54
E-Mail: embrusia-chile@mid.ru and santiago@dks.ru for the Consular Section
Social Media: https://twitter.com/EmbRusChile and https://www.facebook.com/Embajada.de.Rusia.en.Chile and https://www.instagram.com/embruschile/
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

For services such as issues of citizenship of the Russian Federation, visa and passport processing as well as document legalization, it is requested to visit the Consular Section located in the same building, under appointment.

Honorary Consulates: In addition to the embassy in Santiago de Chile, Russia has another honorary consulate in Valparaiso.

Spain

Embassy of Spain in Chile

Address: Av. Andrés Bello 1895, Providencia. Santiago de Chile
Tel: (+562) 223 527 61*
E-Mail: emb.santiagodechile@maec.es
Social Media: https://twitter.com/EmbEspanaChile and https://www.instagram.com/espanaenchile/ and https://www.facebook.com/EmbEspanaChile
Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM

Consulate of Spain in Chile

Address: Avda. Nueva Providencia 2353, Piso 9º, ​​​ProvidenciaSe abre en ventana nueva
(esquina con calle Mardoqueo Fernández, entre las calles Suecia y Los Leones).
Tel: (+562) 226 66 330 00
E-Mail: cog.schile.info@maec.es  
Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. by appointment only

The embassy of Spain in Chile offers 24-hour attention for Spanish citizens in emergency situations, such as accidents, disappearances, catastrophes and situations of need, danger of death, serious illness, sudden physical disability or serious attack on freedoms.

THEY ARE NOT CONSULAR EMERGENCIES: visa, nationality, legalization, civil registration, or passport procedures (except in case of loss or theft and with the return trip from Chile imminent).
*Consular Emergency Telephone 24 hours: ​+56992492861​​

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

British Embassy in Chile

Address: El Bosque Norte Avenue 0125, Las Condes, Santiago
Tel: (+562) 237 041 00
E-Mail: Info.Chile@fcdo.gov.uk
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/British.Embassy.Santiago/ and https://twitter.com/ukinchile and https://www.instagram.com/ukinchile/ and
Opening hours: Monday to Friday: 9:30am to 12:30pm: by appointment only

The British Embassy in Chile provides services to British nationals living and visiting the country. Some of the services are: emergency travel document replacement, notarial and documentary services, marriage, consular fees, etc.

USA (United States of America)

Embassy of the United States of America in Chile

Address: Andrés Bello Avenue 2800, Las Condes, Santiago
Tel: (+562) 233 030 00
E-Mail: SantiagoUSA@state.gov
Social Media: https://www.youtube.com/santiagopress and https://twitter.com/EmbajadaEEUUcl and https://www.facebook.com/EmbajadaEEUUChile
Opening hours: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM from Monday to Friday

The US representation in Chile provides a range of consular services such as regular passport applications and renewals, Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBA), and notarial services, assistance on death of a U.S. Citizen and emergency financial assistance, etc.

Honorary Consulates in Chile

Contact directly the Embassy/Consulate website for more information.
For countries with no consulates or embassies in Chile, the Honorary Consulates are supervised by diplomatic representations located in other country, often Buenos Aires, in Argentina for Chile.

General Consulates and embassies in Santiago de Chile

• Argentina (ehile@mrecic.gov.ar)
• Australia (consular.santiago@dfat.gov.au)
• Belgium (santiago@diplobel.fed.be)
• Brazil (brasemb.santiago@itamaraty.gov.br)
• Canada (stago-consular@international.gc.ca)
• Denmark
• India (cons.santiago@mea.gov.in)
• Mexico (consultasconsulares@emexico.cl)
• Spain (emb.santiagodechile@maec.es)

Honorary Consulates in Antofagasta

• Argentina (cantotramites@mrecic.gov)
• Canada
• Spain (chespana.antofagasta@gmail.com) ​  

Honorary Consulates in Concepción

• Argentina
• Denmark
• Mexico
• Spain (chespana.concepcion@gmail.com)

Honorary Consulates in Puerto Montt

• Argentina (cconc@mrecic.gov.ar)
• Spain (chespana.puertomontt@gmail.com)

Honorary Consulates in Punta Arenas

• Argentina (caren@mrecic.gov.ar)
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Spain (chespana.puntaarenas@gmail.com)

Honorary Consulates in Valparaiso

• Argentina (cvalp@cancilleria.gob.ar)
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Denmark
• Spain (chespana.valparaiso@gmail.com)