Visa requirements for Peruvian citizens

Peruvian citizens can enter all 29 Schengen states without a visa, for up to 90 days in any 180-day period across the whole area.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Peru and 93 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

10 countries ask holders of the Peruvian passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Peru without one: Australia, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, Nauru and 5 others.

The reverse holds for 40 countries: holders of the Peruvian passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Peru (Albania, Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina and 35 others).

29 countries ask holders of the Peruvian passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 5 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Peru.

24 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Peru, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country.

The United States refused 21% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Peru in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 69 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 127 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Visa-free travel with the Peruvian passport

By continent, the Peruvian passport is visa-free in 43 countries in Europe, 25 countries in the Americas, 15 countries in Asia, 4 countries in Africa and 4 countries in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Peruvian citizens are allowed in Antigua and Barbuda (180 days), Costa Rica (180 days), Ecuador (180 days), El Salvador (180 days), Fiji (120 days) and Vanuatu (120 days).

Visa on arrival

Peruvian citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros and 28 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Peruvian citizens enter Australia, Azerbaijan, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad and 29 others. Israel, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, South Korea, Suriname and the United Kingdom ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Peru’s neighbours

Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia, Brazil and Colombia admit Peruvian citizens without a visa.

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Brazilian passport ranks 44th (150 destinations), the Chilean passport ranks 45th (149 destinations), the Colombian passport ranks 74th (118 destinations), the Ecuadorian passport ranks 102nd (86 destinations) and the Bolivian passport ranks 118th (72 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 103 can enter visa-free and 95 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for Peru.