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Peru tourist stay 2026: requirements and cost

Peru has no working digital nomad visa: the 365-day 'nómada digital' status added to the migration law in November 2023 (Decreto Legislativo 1582) was never regulated and Migraciones lists no procedure for it. Remote workers use the tourist stay, capped by law at 183 days a year: in practice 90 days extendable once for US, UK, Canadian and Australian passports and 90 in any 180 for EU citizens.

Official name: Calidad migratoria temporal de turista (Decreto Legislativo N° 1350, artículo 29.1); the calidad migratoria 'nómada digital' of Decreto Legislativo N° 1582 is in the law but not yet regulated. Facts updated 2026-10-13 · Not yet reviewed by a person · Dataset 2026.10.7.

Who can apply
Any nationality
Any nationality can enter as a tourist, with or without a visa. The Foreign Ministry's exemption table (version of 16 July 2026) waives the tourist visa for most of the Americas, Europe and Oceania and for Japan, South Korea, Israel, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, the UAE and South Africa, among others; most African passports and many Asian ones need a consular tourist visa. The nómada digital status would be open to any foreigner employed by a company domiciled outside Peru, but its conditions have never been issued, so nobody can apply for it.
Minimum income
no fixed minimum
Fee
free
No fee for visa-exempt entry
Processing time
none
Initial stay
3 months, renewable up to 6 months
Where to apply
In the country
Nothing to apply for before travel if your passport is on the exemption table: present a passport valid for at least six months at the border. Visa-required nationals apply at the Peruvian consulate for their country (form DGC-005; the Foreign Ministry launched an electronic visa through its e-SAMI system in August 2026). Extensions, changes of status and the free permit to sign documents are filed online at the Agencia Digital de Migraciones (agenciavirtual.migraciones.gob.pe).

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Who can apply

Any nationality can enter as a tourist, with or without a visa. The Foreign Ministry's exemption table (version of 16 July 2026) waives the tourist visa for most of the Americas, Europe and Oceania and for Japan, South Korea, Israel, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, the UAE and South Africa, among others; most African passports and many Asian ones need a consular tourist visa. The nómada digital status would be open to any foreigner employed by a company domiciled outside Peru, but its conditions have never been issued, so nobody can apply for it.

What you need

  • Passport valid for at least six months on entry (Andean Community and Mercosur citizens may enter with a national identity card)
  • Return or onward ticket and proof of funds, in case the border officer asks
  • Tarjeta Andina de Migración virtual, downloaded free after entry, as proof of your authorised stay during police or Migraciones checks
  • For a consular tourist visa: form DGC-005, passport, return ticket or reservation, criminal-record certificate, hotel or tour booking or an invitation letter legalised by the Foreign Ministry, a recent bank statement, two 3.5 x 4.5 cm photos and the US$30 fee
  • For a later rentista residence: application form, passport copy, criminal-record certificates for the countries you lived in during the last five years, proof of a permanent net income of at least US$1,000 a month and a sworn statement that it enters Peru through an SBS-supervised bank

Income proof: There is no income test for the tourist stay; a consular tourist visa needs a recent bank statement, and border officers may ask for an onward ticket and funds. The nómada digital regulation that would have set an income threshold was never issued, so figures quoted by third-party sites are not official. The closest residence route for passive income, rentista residente, requires documented permanent net income of at least US$1,000 a month from abroad, paid into Peru through a bank supervised by the SBS.

Family: There is no dependant status for tourists: each family member enters on their own passport under their own exemption or visa. The nómada digital article of the law says nothing about family members. Once you hold a residence status, a spouse, children and parents can be brought in through the familiar de residente status requested at the Agencia Digital.

Cost and timeline

Minimum incomeno fixed minimum
FeefreeNothing to pay at the border. A consular tourist visa costs 30 soles consulares (US$30 at the Phoenix consulate's tariff). The Andean tourist extension costs S/ 17.70 (about US$5), the rentista residence S/ 58.80 when requested from abroad or S/ 161.40 as a change of status inside Peru (about US$17 and US$47), and overstaying is fined 0.1% of the UIT per day, S/ 5.50 in 2026 (UIT of S/ 5,500), about US$1.59 a day. Soles converted at the BCRP interbank selling rate of 2026-10-09, S/ 3.454 per US dollar.
Processing timenoneNo application: the tourist status is granted on entry with a passport stamp or e-gate record, and MigraCheck pre-registration is optional. The Phoenix consulate quotes about 7 calendar days for a tourist visa after the interview. Agencia Digital procedures such as the Andean extension or a change to a residence status are decided within 30 working days and notified to your electronic mailbox.
Stay3 months, renewable up to 6 months

How to apply

In the country. Nothing to apply for before travel if your passport is on the exemption table: present a passport valid for at least six months at the border. Visa-required nationals apply at the Peruvian consulate for their country (form DGC-005; the Foreign Ministry launched an electronic visa through its e-SAMI system in August 2026). Extensions, changes of status and the free permit to sign documents are filed online at the Agencia Digital de Migraciones (agenciavirtual.migraciones.gob.pe).

  1. Check the Foreign Ministry's exemption table for your passport: 90 days extendable once (US, UK, Canada, Australia, Japan and most others), 90 days in 180 (EU and Schengen), 183 days (Mexico, El Salvador, Qatar) or a consular visa.
  2. If you need a visa, book the consulate by email, submit form DGC-005, passport, return ticket or booking, criminal-record certificate, hotel booking or legalised invitation, a recent bank statement and two photos, and pay 30 soles consulares (US$30); allow about a week after the interview.
  3. Enter Peru with a passport valid for at least six months (optionally pre-register in MigraCheck to use the e-gates), ask the officer for the full period you want, and download your Tarjeta Andina de Migración virtual to see the days granted.
  4. Count your days: the ceiling is 183 in the 365 days from your first entry (90 in each 180 for EU citizens); leaving and re-entering does not reset the count, and each day over costs 0.1% of the UIT. Andean citizens extend online for S/ 17.70; other nationals should request the extension through the Agencia Digital before the stamp expires.
  5. For a longer stay, apply at the Agencia Digital for a residence status that fits you, such as rentista (US$1,000 a month of permanent income), worker (a Peruvian employer or a one-year service contract with a Peruvian company) or family, and watch gob.pe/migraciones for the nómada digital procedure, which does not exist yet.

After you arrive

Renewal: The law caps tourist stays at 183 calendar days accumulated in the 365 days from your first entry, with an extension to complete 183 days when a shorter period was stamped unless a visa-exemption agreement sets a shorter term or bars extensions. The Foreign Ministry table gives US, UK, Canadian, Australian, Japanese and most other exempt passports 90 days extendable once by the same period, EU and Schengen citizens 90 days in any 180, and Mexicans, Salvadorans and Qataris 183 non-extendable days; the border officer records the days granted, visible on your Tarjeta Andina de Migración virtual. The unregulated nómada digital status would give up to 365 days, extendable.

Residence: Tourist days do not count toward residence. Residence statuses (worker with a Peruvian employer or a one-year service contract with a Peruvian company, rentista with at least US$1,000 a month of pension or permanent income, investor, family member, student, researcher) are requested online at the Agencia Digital de Migraciones for 365 days, renewable; the Reglamento grants permanent residence after three consecutive years of residence in Peru.

Taxes

A foreigner becomes a Peruvian tax resident (domiciliado) after more than 183 days of presence in any 12-month period (article 7 of the income tax law), and the change takes effect from the following 1 January; residents pay progressive rates of 8 to 30 percent on their work income plus foreign-source income. Non-residents are taxed only on Peruvian-source income, which under article 9 includes income from personal work carried out in Peru, at a flat 30 percent withheld by a domiciled payer; a foreign employer is not a withholding agent, so a salary earned while working remotely from Peru as a tourist sits in a grey zone, and the tourist status itself does not permit paid work. Keep your stay under the 183-day ceiling and take advice.

In practice

  • Decision on nomadVisa: false. Decreto Legislativo 1582 (14 November 2023) added a 'nómada digital' temporary status to the migration law: up to 365 days, extendable, for people employed by a company domiciled abroad, with no Peruvian-source income allowed. It left the conditions to a regulation the Executive was to issue within 182 days, which has not been published; Migraciones said in November 2023 that the status will only be granted once the regulation and a TUPA procedure exist, and its catalogue of 71 procedures on gob.pe had no such entry on 13 October 2026. Sites quoting a US$1,000 income requirement or consular steps for this status describe a proposal, not a rule.
  • The tourist status 'does not allow working or carrying out paid or profit-making activities' (article 29.1 of the law), so working remotely for foreign clients as a tourist is tolerated rather than permitted: keep your payroll and clients outside Peru and do not invoice Peruvian companies.
  • Border officers decide the days and many Western passports get 90 by default, so ask for the full period at the counter and check the TAM virtual at once. The 183-day count runs from your first entry in the year, so a hop to Chile or Bolivia does not reset it; the exemption table says extensions for the 90-day group are granted once, and only the Andean extension has a published online procedure.
  • The Agencia Digital de Migraciones is where extensions, changes of status and the free permit to sign contracts are filed: pay the fee first at Banco de la Nación or págalo.pe with your passport number, upload one PDF, and expect a decision within 30 working days in your electronic mailbox.
  • Lima (Miraflores, Barranco), Cusco and Arequipa have the coworking scenes; Cusco sits at about 3,400 m and Arequipa at about 2,300 m, so plan the first days accordingly.

For your passport

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  • EU, EEA, CH:Visa-free for 90 days in every 180-day period counted from your first entry, under the EU–Peru short-stay visa waiver (Decreto Supremo 022-2016-RE); Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein are on the same line of the Foreign Ministry table. There is no 183-day stay for this group.
  • US, GB, IE, CA, AU, NZ, JP, KR, IL, ZA, AR, BR, CL, UY, PY, SG, MY, TH, PH, ID, AE:Visa-free for 90 days, extendable once by the same period within 365 days of your first entry (Decreto Supremo 23-95-RE and bilateral agreements), so up to 180 days a year; Migraciones' own notices speak of up to 183 days. Ask for the full period at the border and request any extension through the Agencia Digital before the stamp expires.
  • MX, SV, QA:Visa-free for 183 calendar days in any 365 from your first entry, continuous or in several visits, not extendable (Mexico under Decreto Supremo 012-2024-RE, El Salvador under Decreto Supremo 028-2023-RE, Qatar under a 2023 bilateral agreement).
  • CO, EC, BO:Andean Community: enter with a national ID, 90 days as a tourist, extendable online at the Agencia Digital for S/ 17.70 up to 180 days a year; the Estatuto Migratorio Andino also offers temporary and permanent residence procedures (S/ 58.80 and S/ 161.40).
  • TR, RU, UA, GE:Visa-free for 90 days in each 180 counted from your first entry, per the Foreign Ministry table; no 183-day stay.
  • CN, IN:Visa-free for up to 180 days in 365 only if you hold a visa valid for at least six months for the US, Canada, the UK, Australia or a Schengen state, or permanent residence in one of them; otherwise a consular tourist visa.
  • All other passports:Most African passports and many Asian ones (Vietnam, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, Morocco) need a consular tourist visa: US$30, up to 183 days in 12 months, about a week at the consulate, decided case by case. Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela always need a visa, with a waiver for Venezuelans holding permanent residence in Colombia, Chile or Mexico.

Cities in Peru on Nostos

  • Lima
    Balanced score 63 · $1,178/month
  • Tarapoto
    Balanced score 62 · $1,350/month
  • Trujillo
    Balanced score 60 · $1,383/month
  • Máncora
    Balanced score 60 · $1,350/month
  • Huaraz
    Balanced score 53 · $1,350/month
  • Cusco
    Balanced score 51 · $1,383/month
  • Arequipa
    Balanced score 50 · $1,383/month
  • Puno
    Balanced score 50 · $1,350/month
  • Iquitos
    Balanced score 45 · $1,350/month

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Frequently asked

Who can apply for the Peru tourist stay?
Any nationality can enter as a tourist, with or without a visa. The Foreign Ministry's exemption table (version of 16 July 2026) waives the tourist visa for most of the Americas, Europe and Oceania and for Japan, South Korea, Israel, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, the UAE and South Africa, among others; most African passports and many Asian ones need a consular tourist visa. The nómada digital status would be open to any foreigner employed by a company domiciled outside Peru, but its conditions have never been issued, so nobody can apply for it. Peru has no working digital nomad visa: the 365-day 'nómada digital' status added to the migration law in November 2023 (Decreto Legislativo 1582) was never regulated and Migraciones lists no procedure for it. Remote workers use the tourist stay, capped by law at 183 days a year: in practice 90 days extendable once for US, UK, Canadian and Australian passports and 90 in any 180 for EU citizens.
How much income do you need for the Tourist stay (digital nomad status not yet operational)?
There is no income test for the tourist stay; a consular tourist visa needs a recent bank statement, and border officers may ask for an onward ticket and funds. The nómada digital regulation that would have set an income threshold was never issued, so figures quoted by third-party sites are not official. The closest residence route for passive income, rentista residente, requires documented permanent net income of at least US$1,000 a month from abroad, paid into Peru through a bank supervised by the SBS.
How much does the Tourist stay (digital nomad status not yet operational) cost and how long does it take?
The fee is free (No fee for visa-exempt entry); Nothing to pay at the border. A consular tourist visa costs 30 soles consulares (US$30 at the Phoenix consulate's tariff). The Andean tourist extension costs S/ 17.70 (about US$5), the rentista residence S/ 58.80 when requested from abroad or S/ 161.40 as a change of status inside Peru (about US$17 and US$47), and overstaying is fined 0.1% of the UIT per day, S/ 5.50 in 2026 (UIT of S/ 5,500), about US$1.59 a day. Soles converted at the BCRP interbank selling rate of 2026-10-09, S/ 3.454 per US dollar. Processing time: none. No application: the tourist status is granted on entry with a passport stamp or e-gate record, and MigraCheck pre-registration is optional. The Phoenix consulate quotes about 7 calendar days for a tourist visa after the interview. Agencia Digital procedures such as the Andean extension or a change to a residence status are decided within 30 working days and notified to your electronic mailbox.
How long can you stay in Peru on the Tourist stay (digital nomad status not yet operational), and can it be renewed?
3 months, renewable up to 6 months. The law caps tourist stays at 183 calendar days accumulated in the 365 days from your first entry, with an extension to complete 183 days when a shorter period was stamped unless a visa-exemption agreement sets a shorter term or bars extensions. The Foreign Ministry table gives US, UK, Canadian, Australian, Japanese and most other exempt passports 90 days extendable once by the same period, EU and Schengen citizens 90 days in any 180, and Mexicans, Salvadorans and Qataris 183 non-extendable days; the border officer records the days granted, visible on your Tarjeta Andina de Migración virtual. The unregulated nómada digital status would give up to 365 days, extendable.
Does the Tourist stay (digital nomad status not yet operational) lead to permanent residence in Peru?
Not by itself. Tourist days do not count toward residence. Residence statuses (worker with a Peruvian employer or a one-year service contract with a Peruvian company, rentista with at least US$1,000 a month of pension or permanent income, investor, family member, student, researcher) are requested online at the Agencia Digital de Migraciones for 365 days, renewable; the Reglamento grants permanent residence after three consecutive years of residence in Peru.
Can family members come with you on the Tourist stay (digital nomad status not yet operational)?
There is no dependant status for tourists: each family member enters on their own passport under their own exemption or visa. The nómada digital article of the law says nothing about family members. Once you hold a residence status, a spouse, children and parents can be brought in through the familiar de residente status requested at the Agencia Digital.
Do you pay tax in Peru on the Tourist stay (digital nomad status not yet operational)?
A foreigner becomes a Peruvian tax resident (domiciliado) after more than 183 days of presence in any 12-month period (article 7 of the income tax law), and the change takes effect from the following 1 January; residents pay progressive rates of 8 to 30 percent on their work income plus foreign-source income. Non-residents are taxed only on Peruvian-source income, which under article 9 includes income from personal work carried out in Peru, at a flat 30 percent withheld by a domiciled payer; a foreign employer is not a withholding agent, so a salary earned while working remotely from Peru as a tourist sits in a grey zone, and the tourist status itself does not permit paid work. Keep your stay under the 183-day ceiling and take advice.
Where do you apply for the Tourist stay (digital nomad status not yet operational)?
In the country: Nothing to apply for before travel if your passport is on the exemption table: present a passport valid for at least six months at the border. Visa-required nationals apply at the Peruvian consulate for their country (form DGC-005; the Foreign Ministry launched an electronic visa through its e-SAMI system in August 2026). Extensions, changes of status and the free permit to sign documents are filed online at the Agencia Digital de Migraciones (agenciavirtual.migraciones.gob.pe).
Does Peru have a digital nomad visa in 2026?
On paper only. Decreto Legislativo 1582 of November 2023 created a 'nómada digital' status with stays of up to 365 days, extendable, for employees of companies based outside Peru, but its conditions were left to a regulation that has never been published and Migraciones has no application procedure or fee for it. Until that changes, the realistic option is the tourist stay, or a residence status such as rentista if you have US$1,000 a month of permanent income.
How long can I stay in Peru as a tourist?
The law allows up to 183 days in the 365 days from your first entry, but the exemption agreement for your passport sets the practical limit: 90 days extendable once for US, UK, Canadian, Australian, Japanese and most other exempt passports, 90 days in any 180 for EU and Schengen citizens, and 183 non-extendable days for Mexicans, Salvadorans and Qataris. The officer stamps the period granted, and overstaying costs 0.1% of the UIT (S/ 5.50 in 2026) per day.
Can I switch from tourist to a residence status inside Peru?
Yes for the statuses that have an in-country change procedure at the Agencia Digital, such as worker, rentista, investor, family member or student: pay S/ 161.40, upload the file and wait up to 30 working days. The rentista status can also be requested from abroad for S/ 58.80. There is no procedure, inside or outside Peru, for the nómada digital status.

Sources

  1. Decreto Legislativo N° 1582, que modifica el Decreto Legislativo N° 1350, Decreto Legislativo de Migraciones, Diario Oficial El Peruano (busquedas.elperuano.pe) · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Article 29.2(i) nómada digital: subordinate remote work for a company domiciled abroad, no Peruvian-source income, granted by Migraciones, conditions set in the Reglamento, up to 365 days extendable; article 29.1(h) tourist: no work, 183 days in 365 from first entry, extension to complete 183 unless an agreement says otherwise; third final provision gives the Executive 182 days to amend the Reglamento
  2. Nueva calidad migratoria 'nómada digital' facilitará a extranjeros teletrabajar desde el Perú, Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones, gob.pe · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Press note of 20 November 2023: 365 days extendable, for remote workers of companies domiciled abroad; the status will only be granted once the regulation is published and the procedure is added to the TUPA
  3. Trámites y servicios de la Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones, Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones, gob.pe · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Catalogue of 71 procedures and services; none for the nómada digital status on the retrieval date
  4. Requerimientos y exoneración de visas para ciudadanos extranjeros que cuenten con pasaportes ordinarios (16-07-2026), Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, gob.pe · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Country table: 90 days extendable once within 365 (DS 23-95-RE group), 90 days per 180 (EU agreement group), 183 non-extendable (Mexico, El Salvador, Qatar), China and India 180 days with a qualifying visa, visa required for most of Africa and parts of Asia
  5. Solicitar visa de turista para ingresar al Perú, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, gob.pe · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Consular tourist visa: up to 183 days in 12 months, documents (form DGC-005, criminal record, booking or invitation, bank statement, photos), about 7 days, 30 soles consulares (US$30) at the Phoenix consulate, US citizens exempt
  6. Migraciones brinda recomendaciones a turistas extranjeros que llegan al Perú, Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones, gob.pe · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Press note of 8 June 2024: passport valid six months, tourist permit of up to 183 days, fine of 0.1% of the UIT per day of overstay, TAM virtual, free permit to sign documents via the Agencia Digital
  7. Información fundamental para turistas en Perú, Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones, gob.pe · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Six-month passport validity, Andean and Mercosur ID entry, TAM virtual, overstay fine, Andean extension online up to 180 days a year (page updated 19 November 2024)
  8. Migraciones: ciudadanos del bloque andino pueden prorrogar su permanencia como turistas, Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones, gob.pe · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Andean tourist extension of up to 90 days (180 a year) through the Agencia Digital for S/ 17.70; Andean temporary and permanent residence S/ 58.80 and S/ 161.40; TUPA of 74 procedures published 22 October 2023
  9. Solicitar calidad migratoria para rentista residente, Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones, gob.pe · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Rentista residence requested from abroad through the Agencia Digital: permanent net income of at least US$1,000 a month, criminal-record certificates, S/ 58.80, 30 working days
  10. Cambiar calidad migratoria residente: solicitar cambio de calidad migratoria trabajador residente, Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones, gob.pe · retrieved 2026-10-13 · In-country change of status for workers: Peruvian employer with active RUC, one-year contract or one-year service contract for independents, S/ 161.40, 365 days extendable, 30 working days
  11. Texto Único Ordenado de la Ley del Impuesto a la Renta, Capítulo II (artículos 6 a 13), SUNAT · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Article 7(b): foreigners are domiciled after more than 183 days in any 12-month period; article 9(f): income from personal work carried out in Peru is Peruvian-source
  12. Texto Único Ordenado de la Ley del Impuesto a la Renta, Capítulo VII (tasas), SUNAT · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Article 53: progressive scale of 8, 14, 17, 20 and 30 percent on work income and foreign-source income of domiciled individuals
  13. Tributación de personas no domiciliadas, SUNAT, gob.pe · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Non-domiciled individuals taxed only on Peruvian-source income; 30 percent withholding on independent and employment income paid by a domiciled payer
  14. MEF establece en S/ 5500 el valor de la UIT para el año 2026, Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas, gob.pe · retrieved 2026-10-13 · UIT of S/ 5,500 from 1 January 2026 (Decreto Supremo 301-2025-EF), the base of the daily overstay fine

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