Can you bring a weapon to Chile?

• Weapons

  depends on specifics

  Firearms, ammunition, explosives and martial-arts implements (including bows, arrows, crossbows) need prior DGMN authorisation; foreign hunters and sport shooters apply for a temporary-import authorisation through a Chilean legal representative.

  Aduana 'Productos que requieren autorización o Visto Bueno': 'Armas de fuego, municiones, explosivos y sustancias químicas, inflamables y asfixiantes e implementos de artes marciales' require the Visto Bueno of the Dirección General de Movilización Nacional (DGMN); 'Los implementos para la realización de Artes Marciales ... requieren permisos de la DGMN, dentro de ellos arcos, flechas y ballestas, keibo, cadenas con puntas metálicas'. ChileAtiende/DGMN 'Autorización para la internación temporal de armas' (Ley 17.798; Decreto 83): available to foreign hunters, shooting federations and clubs, sportspeople, exhibitors and embassies; for hunting a legal representative must file a notarised document taking responsibility for the weapons while in Chile; applied for at DGMN offices; reply within 20 working days; validity 'En caso necesario, 180 días'; fee per DGMN schedule (amount not shown). Bringing a weapon without authorisation is an offence.

  Also covers: weapons, firearms, guns, rifles, shotguns, ammunition, hunting rifle, explosives, bows, arrows, crossbows, martial arts weapons, nunchaku

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  Source ChileAtiende / Dirección General de Movilización Nacional (DGMN) — Autorización para la internación temporal de armas (Ley N° 17.798; Decreto N° 83)Checked against the source on 2026-10-10

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