Do Germany passport holders need a visa to visit CL?

German ordinary passport holders do not need a visa for tourism in Chile and may stay up to 90 days. Germany is on Chile's visa-exemption list, so holders of an ordinary German passport can travel to Chile for tourism, business meetings, or short visits without obtaining a visa in advance. On arrival, the Chilean Investigative Police (PDI) admit travelers under a "Permanencia Transitoria" (transitory stay) permit for up to 90 days and issue an electronic Tarjeta Unica Migratoria (Migration Card) that records the entry and the date by which the traveler must leave. There is no reciprocity fee for German citizens (the former reciprocity fee only ever applied to a handful of nationalities such as the US, and has since been phased out), and no electronic travel authorization or ETA is required. The passport should be valid for the duration of the stay, and immigration officers may ask for proof of onward or return travel and evidence of sufficient funds. The 90-day period can in principle be extended once for a further 90 days through the migration service, and the officer at the border retains discretion to grant a shorter stay. Chile is in South America and is not part of the Schengen area, so the Schengen 90/180 rule and ETIAS do not apply to entering Chile.