Tourist Information of Tacna, Peru
-A border city to Arica, Chile
Procedures at immigration counter, from Tacna to Arica
Out from Peru
Hand out your immigration card of Peru to the counter.
In to Chile
You should to write down 2 documents, “Tourist Card” and “Custom Declaration Card”. After you pay your ticket of bus o shared taxi in the bus terminal of Tacna, your driver will pick your passport up. Don’t worry about it, he’ll make these documents for you and back it to you soon with these documents which are half ready. Fill up some information by yourself and sign them.
Tourist Card(TARJETA DE TURISMO) is important for tourists. If you lost this card, you can’t out from Chile without fine. Show this card in the hotel, you are exempted to pay tax.
Information of the border between Tacna, Peru and Arica, Chile
The immigration at the border opens 24 hours a day, 7days a week. From Tacna to Arica, it takes 1 hours by shared taxi and bus. But if you get on the big bus, sometimes you should wait longer for other passengers. Not to bring fruits and vegetables, if you have them, you are fined.