Peru spouse and family visa (familiar residente)

The status covers foreigners with a proven family tie, as defined in Article 38 of Legislative Decree 1350, to a Peruvian citizen or to a foreigner legally resident in Peru. The Migraciones page lists spouses, members of a de facto union registered with Sunarp, adult children up to 28 who are single and in technical or higher education, single adult children with a permanent disability, and first-degree ascendants of the Peruvian or resident, or of their foreign spouse or partner. A Peruvian sponsor needs a valid DNI; a foreign sponsor needs updated data and valid residence. Applicants must be abroad and have no criminal, judicial or police records.

Spouses of Peruvians provide the marriage record: valid for 90 calendar days if registered in Peru, or for 180 days if registered at a Peruvian consulate and legalised by the RREE. A couple who married abroad therefore first registers the marriage at the Peruvian consulate. Spouses of foreign residents provide the Reniec marriage record (90 days) or, for a marriage abroad, a record legalised by the Peruvian consulate and the RREE or apostilled (six months).

Partners provide a sworn declaration that the de facto union is registered with Sunarp, giving the registry entry. Children aged 18 to 28 provide a legalised or apostilled birth certificate, a sworn declaration of being single and proof of enrolment; adult children with a disability add the official disability certificate; parents provide the birth certificate of their Peruvian or resident child. Everyone adds the form, fee receipt, passport copy and a five-year criminal record certificate.

Apply in the Migraciones Agencia Digital from abroad: choose the office nearest your future home, pay S/ 58.80 with code 07567 at Banco de la Nación using the passport you will travel with, and upload the PDFs. The answer comes within 30 working days. After arriving, apply for the carné de extranjería (S/ 24.00) with an Interpol record issued within six months. The status allows dependent or independent work and is extended for the same period that applies to your case. Relatives already resident in Peru on another status change to family resident inside the country for S/ 161.40.

Family residence is extended for the same period that applies to your case: two years for relatives of Peruvians and one year for relatives of foreign residents. Migraciones processes extensions and changes online through the Agencia Digital, and results are posted in your Buzón Electrónico. Minors apply with a parent or guardian, and people with a disability that prevents them from expressing their will apply with their legal support or safeguard, as provided by Supreme Decree 002-2021.