[7] The following year, the government decreed that indigenous populations were free and able to participate equally, as were other inhabitants of the nation.

The 1823 constitution primarily established birthright nationals as those born within the country or to nationals of the country, if they resided in the territory, and those born abroad to fathers of Chilean descent or foreign fathers, who were working in the service of the government.

[14] Slavery was outlawed and those who engaged in the slave trade were prohibited from obtaining nationality in Chile under the Constitution.

[8] The Chilean Civil Code of 1855, recognized equal rights between the sexes except in the case of married women.

[16] Under the code, married women were legally incapacitated and their civil rights were subject to their husbands' authority.

In the case that the child's parents were foreigners, it had to declare within reaching majority, its intent to choose Chilean nationality.

During the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, Decree 175, issued in 1973, allowed for nationality to be revoked for engaging in activities from abroad which opposed his regime.