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Employment:
There is a great range of Peruvian visas, both temporary and resident. If you are a British, Irish or other EU national, a Canadian, American or Australian national and you want to work and live in Peru there are at least 2 ways you can go about fulfilling the visa requirements.
I Tourist Visa »Workers Visa
- Enter Peru with a tourist visa. British, Irish and other EU nationals, nationals from Canada and USA, and nationals from Australia and New Zealand do not need to apply for a tourist visa when traveling as tourists to Peru. Tourist visas are simply obtained in the airport upon arrival in Peru or at Peruvian border crossings. They are given for a maximum of 90 days, although visas have been known to be as short as 30 days. You can tell the immigration officer upon entry that you would like to have the full 90 days, but the discretion lies with the officer.
- Once you have found a job you can apply for a workers visa from the Peruvian General Directorate of Immigration and Naturalization, Avenida España 734, Breña, Lima, 330-4111 www.digemin.gob.pe
You will need:
- Form F-004 – free
- 2 passport photographs
- Receipt of payment (Banco de la Nación) of fee for the right to request a visa - S/. 26.00.
- Valid passport and boarding and disembarkment card (TED - this is the paper you are given together with the stamp in your passport by the airport immigration officer when you enter the country) or valid foreign resident card (carné de extranjería)
International commercial exchange file (ficha de canje internacional)
Receipt of payment (Banco de la Nación) for change of immigration status US $ 200.00
- Annual foreign resident fee US $ 20.00
- Photocopy of work contract that has been approved by the company administrative authority, and legalized by a notary or authenticated by the Peruvian General Directorate of Immigration and Naturalization (DIGEMIN), for a period of up to one year (temporary visa) or a minimum of one year (resident visa) with the exception of cases outlined in Legislative Decree N° 689, its regulations and Supreme Decree N° 023-2001-TR.
- In the case of a contract signed in Peru, the applicant must have a valid immigration status or have special permission to sign contracts.
- Once all the administration is complete, Peruvian immigration authorities send the workers visa to a country of your choice (could be any of the neighbouring countries, or indeed your home country). You must travel to that country to pick the visa up from the corresponding Peruvian embassy. You can then re-enter Peru with a workers visa. This step of the process is unavoidable because it is not possible to change immigration status on a tourist visa.
- The process can take a while depending on the specific case in hand. But please be wary of offers to speed-up the process in exchange for more money. Such offers are generally illicit and should be reported to the appropriate authorities.
II Business Visa » Workers Visa
- Enter Peru with a business visa. Business visa holders can remain in Peru for up to 90 days. The requirements for obtaining business visas depend on the country you are travelling from. Contact the Peruvian embassy in that country for details.
- Then, once you are in Peru, apply for the workers visa from the Peruvian General Directorate of Immigration and Naturalization, Avenida España 734, Breña, Lima, 330-4111 www.digemin.gob.pe
You will need:
- Form F-004 – free
- 2 passport photographs
- Receipt of payment (Banco de la Nación) of fee for the right to request a visa - S/. 26.00.
- Valid passport and boarding and disembarkment card (TED) or valid foreign resident card (carné de extranjería)
- International commercial exchange file (ficha de canje internacional)
- Receipt of payment (Banco de la Nación) for change of immigration status US $ 200.00
- Annual foreign resident fee US $ 20.00
- Photocopy, either legalized by a notary or authenticated by the Peruvian General Directorate of Immigration and Naturalization (DIGEMIN), of the service contract between the foreign firm and the Peruvian person or firm receiving the service
- Document designating the worker, issued by the foreign firm and legalized in the Peruvian Consulate and the Ministry of Foreign Relations, which indicates the period of time that the worker’s services will be required in Peru
- If in a foreign (non-Spanish) language, the documents must be translated into Spanish by a certified translator
- The advantage of entering the country with a business visa is that you do not need to leave the country in order to change your immigration status to resident. Secondly, unlike tourists, business visa holders do not need to acquire special permission to sign contracts before they can sign their employment contract.
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