Peru country guide
MERCOSUR or regional mobility · Last checked 2026-08-07
Calidad Migratoria Residente por Acuerdos Internacionales
MERCOSUR temporary residence for an eligible national or qualifying family member
Peru’s international-agreement route includes a distinct MERCOSUR temporary-residence branch for eligible nationals and qualifying family members.
- Country
- Peru
- Applicant basis
- MERCOSUR temporary residence for an eligible national or qualifying family member
- Responsible authority
- Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones
- Official route status
- Current official route
- Information available
- Detailed guide
- Last checked
- 2026-08-07
Supported requirements
What the current source supports
- Establish nationality in an eligible MERCOSUR state or the qualifying family relationship described by the agreement.
- Provide the application form, valid passport or identity document, and birth, civil-status, or naturalization evidence when applicable.
- Provide the required criminal-record certificates from the country of origin and countries of residence during the prior five years, plus the stated declarations for international and Peruvian records.
- Apostille or legalize foreign documents and provide an accepted Spanish translation where required.
- Use the current consular or Migraciones channel that applies to the applicant’s location and representative circumstances.
Applicant scope
Who this route generally serves
- Generally designed for
- Eligible MERCOSUR nationals, and qualifying family members regardless of nationality, seeking the two-year residence described in Peru’s current TUPA.
- Legal basis named by the authority
- MERCOSUR Residence Agreement, Legislative Decree 1350 and its regulation, and TUPA procedure PA35007DC1.
Route lifecycle
What to confirm from application onward
- Financial basis
- No investment or income threshold is stated for the MERCOSUR temporary-residence procedure.
- Government service fees
- The current TUPA lists S/58.80 under payment code 07567. Confirm the live TUPA and payment channel before paying.
- Initial status
- Temporary residence for two years with multiple entries. The current TUPA states that this grant is not renewable.
- Renewal
- The two-year MERCOSUR temporary status is not renewable. Any later status requires a separate qualifying application.
- Dependents
- The TUPA extends the procedure to qualifying family members even when they do not hold a member-state nationality; approval remains applicant-specific.
- Work rights
- The agreement-based status permits a lawful activity compatible with the granted category. This page does not infer unrestricted occupational licensing or portability.
- Presence considerations
- No route-specific minimum physical-presence rule is stated in the cited TUPA procedure.
- Permanent residence
- Migraciones publishes a separate MERCOSUR status-change route for listed nationalities, generally filed within the 90 days before temporary status expires and subject to lawful-means and other requirements. It is not automatic.
- Citizenship relationship
- Naturalization is a separate process and is not established by MERCOSUR temporary residence.
Official evidence
Sources for this route
Texto Único de Procedimientos Administrativos (TUPA)Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones · ES · Last checked 2026-08-06Decreto Legislativo de Migraciones y Reglamento actualizados al 30/09/2025Diario Oficial El Peruano / Editora Perú · ES · Last checked 2026-08-06Cambiar a calidad migratoria por acuerdos MERCOSURSuperintendencia Nacional de Migraciones · ES · Last checked 2026-08-07Comunicado 17-2025 — intervención de apoderadoSuperintendencia Nacional de Migraciones · ES · Last checked 2026-08-07
General planning information only—not legal, tax, or investment advice. A listed route does not determine eligibility. Verify current rules with the responsible authority before acting.