Peru visa and entry requirements

How your entry route is decided

1. Visa-free for tourism: EU and Schengen passports, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and most of Latin America.
2. Chinese and Indian nationals are exempt if they hold someone else's visa. A valid visa or residence permit from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia or a Schengen state allows visa-free entry for up to 180 days.
3. Everyone else needs a consular visa in advance. Peru operates no visa on arrival of any kind, so arriving without one means being refused entry and flown back.

Passport rule: valid at least 6 months from the date of arrival, with at least one blank page.

The number of days is not up to you

Peruvian law allows a tourist up to 183 days in any 365, but the officer at the desk grants 30, 60 or 90 days and writes it on the stamp by hand. Two things follow:

• Read what they wrote before you walk away. People plan a 90-day trip and are given 30.
• There is no extension from inside Peru. If you need longer than you were given, you must leave the country and re-enter within the annual allowance.

Entry formalities

• The entry record is digital, the Tarjeta Andina de Migracion (TAM Virtual). The officer scans the passport, logs the entry and stamps you in - there is no paper card to keep. You can look your record up later on the Migraciones Agencia Virtual portal.
• Proof of onward travel is checked, and airlines enforce it at the gate. They will deny boarding without a verifiable onward ticket.
• Declare cash or instruments over the equivalent of USD 10,000 to SUNAT.

Overstaying

• The fine is 0.1% of the UIT tax unit per day - about S/ 5.15 a day on the 2024 UIT value of S/ 5,150, and it moves each year as the UIT is reset.
• Fines are paid online through the Migraciones portal before you fly. They are not payable at the gate.
• Entering overland without getting a physical stamp is illegal. An unstamped entry that is never regularised, or an unpaid overstay, leads to refusal of exit, formal deportation and a re-entry ban of up to 15 years.