Visa policy of Peru

Entry and exit stamps.

Visitors to Peru must obtain a visa from one of the Peruvian diplomatic missions unless they are citizens of one of the visa-exempt countries.

Visa policy map

Visa exemption

Holders of passports of the following countries and territories may enter Peru without a visa for tourist purposes for up to 90 days (unless otherwise noted):^[1]^[2]^[3]

European Union member states^{B 3} (except Ireland)

_{ID - May enter with an ID card.}
_{B - May enter without a visa for business purposes as well.}
_{1 - 180 days.}
_{2 - 180 days within 365-day period.}
_{3 - 90 days within 180-day period.}
_{4 - 90 days within 365-day period.}
_{5 - 60 days.}

Date of visa changes

1 June 1957: Belgium^[4]
1 March 1961: Mexico^[5]
1 May 1968: Israel^[6]
23 January 1970: Colombia^[7]
10 February 1972: Barbados^[8]
13 June 1982: South Korea^[9]
1 December 1991: Dominican Republic^[10]
19 July 1999: Thailand^[11]
4 July 2009: Israel^[12]
3 November 2010: Panama^[13]
20 June 2011: Russia^[14]
12 June 2013: Turkey^[15]
17 July 2014: Honduras^[16]
13 December 2015: Costa Rica^[17]
1 September 2017: Guatemala^[18]^[19]
8 November 2020: United Arab Emirates^[20]
1 October 2021: Mongolia
28 November 2023: El Salvador

Cancelled:

France: 1 April 1958 - 12 January 1982^[21]
Spain: 1 May 1959 - 15 February 1992^[22]
Sweden: 1 January 1959 - 1 January 1996^[23]
Venezuela: 15 June 2019^[24]

Citizens of Mainland China, India,^[25] and Macau may enter Peru without a visa for tourist or business trips of up to 180 days if they have either visa or resident permit from Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States or Schengen Area. In addition, the document must be valid for a minimum period of up to 6 months from the date of arrival in Peru.
Diplomatic, Official and Service Passport Holders of the Dominican Republic do not require a valid visa for up to 60 days.
Diplomatic, Official and Service Passport Holders (except Dominican Republic & Venezuela) do not require a valid visa for up to 180 days.
Special Passport Holders of Azerbaijan, Jordan and Singapore do not require a valid visa for up to 90 days.
Participants and members of the press of the XVIII Pan American Games (XVIII Juegos Panamericanos), which will take place from 26 July to 11 August 2019, can enter Peru with a visa attached on the reverse of their accreditation card.^[26]
Participants and members of the press of the VI Parapan American Games (VI Parapanamericanos), which will take place from 23 August to 1 September 2019, can enter Peru with a visa attached on the reverse of their accreditation card.^[26]

APEC Business Travel Card

Holders of passports issued by the following countries who possess an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) containing the "PER" code on the reverse that it is valid for travel to Peru may enter Peru without a visa for business trips for up to 90 days.^[3]

ABTCs are issued to citizens of:^[27]

Visitor statistics

Most visitors arriving in Peru on short-term basis were from the following countries of nationality:^[28]

Country	2017	2016	2015	2014
Chile	1,101,055	1,055,880	984,584	903,793
United States	598,685	586,479	545,212	514,227
Ecuador	288,987	318,172	256,127	223,995
Argentina	205,465	175,488	170,960	155,931
Colombia	200,812	189,754	165,384	151,876
Venezuela	196,495	59,192	42,111	48,411
Brazil	173,753	148,296	148,312	147,875
Bolivia	146,660	136,805	128,943	126,689
Spain	147,214	144,927	138,902	131,174
France	96,283	92,316	88,921	82,260
Mexico	93,763	87,443	76,368	67,016
Total	4,032,339	3,744,461	3,455,709	3,214,934

References

^ "Requerimientos de VISA para extranjeros". www.gob.pe.
^ "Países con los cuales el Perú ha suscrito convenios de supresión de visas en pasaportes diplomáticos, especiales, oficiales y de servicio".
^ ^a ^b "Visa Information". Timatic. IATA. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
^ Agreements 1957 treaties.un.org
^ Tratado gob.pe
^ Agreements 1968 treaties.un.org
^ Tratados Bilateral gob.pe
^ Tratados Bilateral gob.pe
^ Tratados Bilateral gob.pe
^ Tratados Bilateral gob.pe
^ Tratados Bilateral gob.pe
^ Tratados Bilateral gob.pe
^ Tratados Bilateral gob.pe
^ Tratados Bilateral gob.pe
^ Tratados Bilateral gob.pe
^ Tratados Bilateral gob.pe
^ Tratados Bilateral gob.pe
^ Noticia prensa gop.pe
^ "Sistema de Noticias-Cancillería Guatemala".
^ WAM/Rasha Abubaker (2020-11-08). "Emirates News Agency - Visa-free entry for UAE citizens travelling to Peru". Wam.ae. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
^ Tratados Bilateral gob.pe
^ Tratados Bilateral gob.pe
^ Tratados Bilateral gob.pe
^ Quigley, John (7 June 2019) [6 June 2019]. "Peru Toughens Entry Rules as Venezuelan Migrants Pour In: Migrants will need to apply for visa before leaving Venezuela". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
^ "Conditional Visa Exemption for Indian Citizens".
^ ^a ^b "Important Updates". IATA.
^ "ABTC Economy Entry Information" (PDF).
^ "datosTurismo". datosturismo.mincetur.gob.pe.

[1] "Requerimientos de VISA para extranjeros". www.gob.pe.

[2] "Países con los cuales el Perú ha suscrito convenios de supresión de visas en pasaportes diplomáticos, especiales, oficiales y de servicio".

[tim-3] "Visa Information". Timatic. IATA. Retrieved 17 December 2013.

[4] Agreements 1957 treaties.un.org

[5] Tratado gob.pe

[6] Agreements 1968 treaties.un.org

[7] Tratados Bilateral gob.pe

[8] Tratados Bilateral gob.pe

[9] Tratados Bilateral gob.pe

[10] Tratados Bilateral gob.pe

[11] Tratados Bilateral gob.pe

[12] Tratados Bilateral gob.pe

[13] Tratados Bilateral gob.pe

[14] Tratados Bilateral gob.pe

[15] Tratados Bilateral gob.pe

[16] Tratados Bilateral gob.pe

[17] Tratados Bilateral gob.pe

[18] Noticia prensa gop.pe

[19] "Sistema de Noticias-Cancillería Guatemala".

[20] WAM/Rasha Abubaker (2020-11-08). "Emirates News Agency - Visa-free entry for UAE citizens travelling to Peru". Wam.ae. Retrieved 2022-04-04.

[21] Tratados Bilateral gob.pe

[22] Tratados Bilateral gob.pe

[23] Tratados Bilateral gob.pe

[24] Quigley, John (7 June 2019) [6 June 2019]. "Peru Toughens Entry Rules as Venezuelan Migrants Pour In: Migrants will need to apply for visa before leaving Venezuela". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2022-04-04.

[25] "Conditional Visa Exemption for Indian Citizens".

[Important_Updates-26] "Important Updates". IATA.

[27] "ABTC Economy Entry Information" (PDF).

[28] "datosTurismo". datosturismo.mincetur.gob.pe.

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Visa Passport Travel document
Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros DR Congo Djibouti Egypt⁶ Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea-Bissau Guinea Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria R Congo Rwanda Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha¹ São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia Somaliland³ South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Anguilla¹ Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda¹ Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands¹ Canada Cayman Islands¹ Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Dutch Caribbean (Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, Sint Maarten) Ecuador El Salvador Falkland Islands¹ Greenland⁵ Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Montserrat¹ Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands¹ Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands¹ United States Puerto Rico⁴ Virgin Islands⁴ Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Abkhazia² ³ Afghanistan Akrotiri and Dhekelia¹ ² Armenia² Azerbaijan² Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong Macau Cyprus² East Timor Egypt⁶ Georgia² India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan² Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal North Korea Northern Cyprus² ³ Oman Pakistan Palestine³ Philippines Qatar Russia² Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea South Ossetia² Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan (Republic of China)³ Tajikistan Thailand Turkey² Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Europe	Abkhazia² ³ Akrotiri and Dhekelia¹ ² Albania Andorra Armenia² Austria Azerbaijan² Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Cyprus² Denmark Faroe Islands Greenland Estonia Finland France Overseas Georgia² Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan² Kosovo³ Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Overseas North Macedonia Northern Cyprus² ³ Norway Svalbard Poland Portugal Romania Russia² San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia South Ossetia² ³ Spain Sweden Switzerland Transnistria³ Turkey² Ukraine United Kingdom Overseas Vatican City
Oceania	American Samoa⁴ Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam⁴ Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Niue Northern Mariana Islands⁴ Palau Papua New Guinea Pitcairn Islands¹ Samoa Solomon Islands Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Historical	Artsakh² Russia²
¹ British Overseas Territories. ² These countries span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia. ³ Partially recognized. ⁴ Unincorporated territory of the United States. ⁵ Part of the Kingdom of Denmark. ⁶ Egypt spans the boundary between Africa and Asia.

v t e Visa requirements by citizenship
Visa Passport Travel document
Africa	Algerian Angolan Beninese Botswana Burkinabe Burundian Cameroonian Cape Verdean Central African Chadian Comorian Congolese (Democratic Republic) Congolese (Republic) Djiboutian Egyptian⁴ Equatorial Guinean Eritrean Ethiopian Gabonese Gambian Ghanaian Guinea-Bissauan Guinean Ivorian Kenyan Lesothan Liberian Libyan Malagasy Malawian Malian Mauritanian Mauritian Moroccan Mozambican Namibian Nigerian Nigerien Rwandan Saint Helena¹ Santomean Senegalese Seychellois Sierra Leonean Somali (Somaliland) South African South Sudanese Sudanese Swazi Tanzanian Togolese Tunisian Ugandan Zambian Zimbabwean
Americas	American Anguillan¹ Antigua and Barbuda Argentine Bahamian Barbadian Belizean Bermudian¹ Bolivian Brazilian British Virgin Islands¹ Canadian Caymanian¹ Chilean Colombian Costa Rican Cuban Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuadorian Greenlandic Grenadian Guatemalan Guyanese Haitian Honduran Jamaican Mexican Montserratian¹ Nicaraguan Panamanian Paraguayan Peruvian Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucian Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Salvadoran Surinamese Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands¹ Uruguayan Venezuelan
Asia	Abkhaz² ⁵ Afghan Armenian³ Azerbaijani² Bahraini Bangladeshi Bhutanese Bruneian Cambodian Chinese Hong Kongese Macanese Cypriot³ East Timorese Egyptian⁴ Emirati Georgian² Indian Indonesian Iranian Iraqi Israeli Japanese Jordanian Kazakhstani² Kuwaiti Kyrgyzstani Laotian Lebanese Malaysian Maldivian Mongolian Myanmar Nepalese North Korean Northern Cypriot³ ⁵ Omani Pakistani Palestinian Philippine Qatari Russian² Saudi Singaporean South Korean South Ossetian² ⁵ Sri Lankan Syrian Taiwanese⁵ Tajikistani Thai Turkish² Turkmen Uzbekistani Vietnamese Yemeni
Europe	Abkhaz² ⁵ Albanian Andorran Armenian³ Austrian Azerbaijani² Belarusian Belgian Bosnian and Herzegovinian British (BOTC · BN(O) · BOC) Bulgarian Croatian Cypriot³ Czech Danish Faroese Greenlandic Dutch Estonian (Non-citizens) EU Finnish French Georgian² German Greek Hungarian Icelandic Irish Italian Kazakhstani² Kosovar⁵ Latvian (Non-citizens) Liechtenstein Lithuanian Luxembourg Maltese Moldovan Montenegrin Monégasque North Macedonian Northern Cypriot³ ⁵ Norwegian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian⁹ San Marino Serbian Slovak Slovenian South Ossetian² ⁵ Spanish Swedish Swiss Transnistrian⁵ Turkish² Ukrainian Vatican City
Oceania	Australian Fijian Kiribati Marshallese Micronesian Nauruan New Zealand Palauan Papua New Guinean Pitcairn Islands¹ Samoan Solomon Islands Tongan Tuvaluan Vanuatuan
Other	Crew members Sovereign Military Order of Malta Green Card
¹ British Overseas Territories. ² Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Russia and the partially recognised republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia each span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia. ³ Cyprus, Armenia, and the partially recognised republic of Northern Cyprus are entirely in Western Asia but have socio-political connections with Europe. ⁴ Egypt spans the boundary between Africa and Asia. ⁵ Partially recognized. Immigration law

Visa policy map

Visa exemption

APEC Business Travel Card

Visitor statistics

See also

References