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Originally Posted by ktmclaire
Hi all, would appreciate some help in some (still!) confusion i have.
Its to do with obtaining a RUT. More recent searches on the net have revealed that i need to first register my visa at the police station as the first stage of obtaining a RUT. For example the following website details the process quite nicely.
How To Get a Chilean RUT/RUN Number in Santiago, Chile
However there is one problem which im sure many share. I dont need a visa! Im from the UK and will not be stamped a visa on entry.
Now how do i obtain a RUT to buy a bike without a visa?
Does anyone have any knowledge/ recent experience of buying a bike in Chile without having a visa stamped in your passport?
Is there some other stamped document/ certificate i need to take the place of the visa? Can i skip the register the visa step and go straight for the RUT as previously described at the start of this thread?
Any help/ advice would be much appreciated as i may be starting to panic, my flight to Santiago is on the 2nd Jan 2015... thanks
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Hi Claire, I think I know what's gone on here - basically it's really confusing, but in Chile there are two separate tax/identity numbers, one is the RUT (Rol Unico Tributario) - this is all you need to buy a motorbike and it's really easy to get, you don't need your visa stamped or anything - and the other one is a RUN (Rol Unico Nacional) - this is also the Chilean identity card called a cedula, foreigners can get it as well if they have a work or study visa, but the confusing part is that everyone seems to refer to the latter card as the 'RUT' as well. I have no idea why.
But so basically that page 'How to get a RUT/RUN in Santiago' is actually about how to get the proper Chilean ID card, which you don't need to buy a bike.
To get the (real) RUT you need for the purchase just go to a Servicio de Impuestos Internos office after you arrive (I think there are about four in Santiago and you need to go to the one corresponding to your address) and they will give you a temporary RUT number on a piece of paper you can use to buy a bike, then three months later you can pick up the card. I'm fairly sure that with the temporary one you can only make the purchase through a public notary, and not through the Registro Civil.
Best of luck with everything
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