Visa Requirements for Visitors to Peru

All travellers to Peru will need a passport valid for at least 90 days following your departure date from Peru. However, we strongly recommend travelling with 6 months validity on your passport at all times.
Most destinations, including Peru, require that you have adequate un-used pages in your passport, allowing for any necessary stamps upon arrival and departure. We recommend that you have at least two free pages in Visas section of your passport before any international travel.

No tourist visa is required for citizens of countries in the EU, Asia, North & South America, the Caribbean, Norway, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Iceland, Andorra or Liechtenstein.

All citizens of countries NOT listed above are required to obtain a travel visa from the appropriate Peruvian consular representative before arrival in Peru.

If you are entering Peru for business or to study at a Peruvian University you must obtain a business or student visa before arrival in Peru.

Visitors entering Peru either by plane (usually into Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima) or by border-crossing will receive a tourist card (see above) which is free of charge allowing a visit of up to 90 days in Peru. Insist on getting the full 90 days. The tourist card must be handed back when you leave Peru so be sure to keep it in a safe place during your visit.

* if your tourist card is lost or stolen then you must get a new one at Oficina de Migraciones, Avenida Espana 700 and Avenida Huaraz, Brena, Lima (open Mon-Fri 9am-1pm). If you do not have a tourist card upon leaving the airport you will receive a fine.

Your tourist card can be extended by 30 days (up to 3 times) in Lima, Cusco, Puno, Puerto Maldonado and Iquitos at the relevant Oficina de Migraciones. The cost is around US$25. Alternatively you can just leave the country, returning the following day. You will then receive another 90 days. Tourists can stay up to a maximum of 6 months in any one year, after which time you must leave. If you overstay your visa then you may be subject to a fine of US$20 per day.

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