Immigrant Visas for Peru

Updated 20 November 2010
An Immigrant Visa is a long-term resident visa. With this visa you don't have to renew your CE every year. You can also find info on the DIGEMIN site. BUT you still have to pay the yearly foreigner's tax. If you're interested in Peruvian citizenship, look here for the requirements.

***Be sure you ask at immigrations about your visa as rules and fees seem to change often. ***

After two full years with your Carne de Extranjeria ( You still have to pay your foreigner's tax during that time) you can apply for 'Inmigrante' status, which is a permanent visa with no expiry date. I'm not sure if you can get an inmigrante visa if you have a retirement visa. So you'll have to ask at Immigrations.

● Form F004 (Either click on the link and print it off the website. Ignore the description, just find F004, open the document and print it. Or get it for free at immigrations.) Check "Cambio de calidad migratoria a Inmigrante"
● Pay S/. 58.93
● Pay $300 if NOT married to a Peruvian to change your calidad migratoria. If you're married to a Peruvian, you're excepted from paying the $300
● Make sure your Tasa Anual and Prorroga have been paid
● Copy Passport
● Copy CE
● Letter to immigrations.
● Not have left Peru for more than 3 consecutive months in one year. Or no more than 6 non-consecutive months in a year.
● Present your first and most recent paystubs. They should show that you earn at least 10 UIT of the GDP (renta neta anual).
● INTERPOL background check

Additional requirements for those with marriage/family visas
If you have a marriage / family visa (This visa is for underage children of Peruvians, parents of Peruvian children, parents of special ed Peruvian children, or people who are married to a Peruvian/immigrant.) you have a couple more requirements to fulfill.

● Original marriage certificate (if married). If you got married outside of Peru, it has to be apostillised and translated. The marriage certificate has to show two years of marriage. (I imagine that there are exceptions to this rule. I would think that if you had residency for at least two years but you had two different residency statuses, then it would be ok to have been married for less than two years. For example, first you had a work visa and then changed it to a marriage visa. This is just what makes sense to me, it's best to check at immigrations to make sure. )
● Copy spouse's DNI (if married)
● Original birth cert of Peruvian children (if your visa is through your children). If they were born outside of Peru, it has to be apostillised and translated.
● Copy of Children's/Parent's DNI/Passport. (if your visa is through your children/parents). I'm not sure if you would need these documents, but you might want to take them just in case
Make copies of everything so that they can stamp your copies. Leave the originals at the Mesa de Partes at Immigrations come back when they tell you to. It supposedly takes one month to proceed. You must make sure that your passport and CE are still valid during the processing time. Then they will give you a new CE that says "inmigrante" .

Resources: Check out the Ultimate Peru List's recommended ebooks and The LA Jobs List's free list of schools in Peru.