According to the National Migration Service, the document was withdrawn by the government of President Gabriel Boric and, consequently, it will be necessary to wait for the Undersecretary of the Interior to re-enter the decree so that the Comptroller’s Office can make its decision and thus enter into force. .
“Until the supreme decree that defines the migratory subcategories is issued, the migratory categories established in Decree Law No. 1,094 of 1975, which establishes regulations on foreigners in Chile (Temporary Visa, Visa Subject to Contract and Student Visa) will govern.” , says the National Migration Service on its website.
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The Ministry of the Interior of the current administration withdrew from the comptroller the decree that established the migratory subcategories of temporary residence of new visas. In the decree presented by Sebastián Piñera, 16 types were defined, among them: visa for humanitarian reasons (such as permission for victims of human trafficking, domestic violence, or for unaccompanied children); for family reunification, for refugees and political exiles; for job opportunities; for investors, or for foreigners seeking to settle in the country in order to study in educational facilities.
According to The Mercurythe issue was criticized by the opposition, from where they argued that due to this, in the midst of the migratory crisis that is shaking the north of the country, a 1975 rule now governs with old requirements and that “hinders” the development of the new legislation .
“I think it’s a very bad sign, especially at this time when we are facing a serious migration crisis in the north and we need this new legislation fully operating to try to order what is happening,” Senator Luz Ebensperger (UDI) told the morning paper. .
“The Government, deep down, with the withdrawal of this decree that established the new migratory subcategories, is trying to make this new law fail – the legislator warned – in some way, it is bending the hand of Congress, because as when they were part of Parliament did not have the necessary votes to reject these regulations and approve the ones they wanted, today that they are the Government they are using their powers to make it a dead letter”.
