Chile Launches Online APEC Business Travel Card Application Process

• Chile has launched a fully online application process for the existing APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC), allowing eligible Chilean nationals to apply online, free of charge through the National Migration Service portal.  

Chile Digitizes APEC Business Travel Card Application Process 

The National Migration Service (SERMIG), in partnership with the Undersecretariat for International Economic Relations (SUBREI), has launched a fully online application process for the existing APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC). The new system allows eligible Chilean nationals to apply online, free of charge through the government’s Digital Procedures Portal, replacing the previous paper-based process.  

While the ABTC program has long facilitated business travel across participating APEC economies, the latest change modernizes the way travelers apply for and receive the card.  

New Online ABTC Application Process 

Under the new process: 

• Applications can be completed entirely online through SERMIG’s Digital Procedures Portal.  
• Applicants must use their ClaveÚnica digital identity credentials.  
• The application process is free of charge.  
• The card is issued in digital format and remains valid for five years.  

According to the government, the digitalized process eliminates paper-based submissions and manual document scanning, reducing administrative burdens and processing times while enhancing cybersecurity and data protection standards.  

APEC Business Travel Card Benefits 

The APEC Business Travel Card is a business mobility tool established under the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum that facilitates short-term business travel among participating economies.  

Key benefits include: 

• Multiple short-term business trips to participating APEC economies.  
• Access to priority immigration lanes at major international airports.  
• Visa-free entry to participating economies that have granted advance authorization under the program.  

Eligible Chilean cardholders may travel visa-free for business purposes to 18 of the other 20 APEC economies, including key markets such as China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Mexico and Singapore.  

The card permits business-related stays of generally 60 to 90 days, depending on the destination economy.  

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