Effective May 1, 2014, the country of Chile joins 37 other countries who are part of the US’ Visa Waiver program. Chilean passport holders with bothan approved Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) and an e-passportwill be able to visit the United States without nonimmigrant visitor visas. Chilean nationals will no longer have toapply for a B1/B2 visa.
Chile is one of the most-preferredcounties in US immigration. Not only isChile now the first Latin American country to qualify for the Visa Waiverprogram, it is only one of five countries who may avoid the onerous H-1B cap byfiling a Trade Visa.
The five Trade Visa Countries are:Canada (TN), Mexico (TN, Australia (E-3), Singapore (H-1B1), and Chile (H-1B1).