The Chamber of Deputies and Deputies Chile approved a reform of the Migration Law what are you looking for strengthen the rules for the entry, stay and nationalization of migrants that arrive in the country. The initiative, which must now continue its legislative process in the Senatemodifies 56 articles and includes new grounds for expulsion to existing ones such as repeated absences in a year for annoying noises, street commerce or traffic violationsin order to improve migration management and ensure better coexistence.
The rule expands the causes for which the National Immigration Service can and must deny entry to a foreigner, adding to the existing prohibitions having been convicted in Chile or the foreigner for domestic violence.
The reform also aims increase the residence period from five to ten yearsas requirements to receive the Chilean nationalizationwhich may be revoked if the person in question is convicted of a crime or has repeated offenses.
Regarding the causes for expulsion from the country, crimes such as sexual exploitation, hired assassination, illegal use and carrying of weapons, and offenses such as making annoying noises, causing fights, carrying out street commerce, throwing waste or objects from a vehicle, parking in an illegal place, carrying an expired driver’s license or preventing the exercise of the functions of municipal inspectors.
This being the case, and if the law is approved in the Senate – as everything indicates -, the State will have to expel foreigners who have been convicted in the previous year for 3 or more offenses contemplated in the Penal Code, or 6 or more infractions issued by local police courts.
It should be noted that today the Migration Service, To expel a foreigner, you must first weigh the seriousness of the crimeyour criminal record, the period you have been living in the country regularly and their family networks in Chile.
According to the libel issued by the congressmen, this reform to The Migration Law protects and respects the Human Rights of immigrants, although “without prejudice to the rights of nationals”, since the same economic and social conditions exist for everyone, “the immigration situation will not be a circumstance of advantage with respect to nationals.”
Due to this, those who are in an irregular situation in Chile and want to continue receiving free care in health centers must quickly obtain their DNI, since with this initiative “The respective health facilities must require enrollment.”
Finally, in the education item, foreigners maintain their right to preschool, basic and secondary education for minors living in the country, but is removed the second paragraph of article 17 of the Migration Law, which indicates that “Foreigners will be able to access higher education institutions on equal terms with nationals. Likewise, they will be able to opt for free university admission.”
