What kind of exchange could you do even if you were both in Chile?
And what kind of notary statement would be of any value?


I wish i could give you definitive info about what you need to do, but i cant.

But i will tell you a story to give you an idea of how things work down here.

A few months ago i was riding from Santiago to Argentina via Libertadores pass.
At the top, where the border control is, i wasnt paying attention and stayed on the truckers road and so missed the border crossing, as they do their paperwork elsewhere. The signage is very easy to miss and the usual border control guy must have been taking a pee. I was 65 km into Argentina when i became totally aware of my mistake. I turned around but this time was directed into the border control area by an officer.

But my papers were all wrong as they showed i was still in Chile but i was coming in from the Arg side. What to do? Well, i just rode past the cars in the line, pretended i owned the place, and rode through and out the other side without stopping. No one made a move. They noticed me but didnt care. I was a little worried they might shoot me.

I rode back a ways into Chile and waited 10 minutes to go back and cross through properly this time.

No one mentioned what had happened, not sure if they had really noticed, or cared.

This has no bearing on your case, just trying to say sometimes you dont want to overthink these things.