Peru Rentista Visa

Peru's rentista status is a residence status for foreigners who live on a retirement pension or another permanent income, from Peru or abroad. Migraciones, the national immigration authority, grants it online (gob.pe).

• Status: active
• Income: at least $1,000 a month net for income from abroad
• Fee: PEN 58.80 for the visa from abroad, or PEN 161.40 for a change of status inside Peru
• Decision: 30 days, counted in business days
• Length: indefinite, with no renewal of the status
• Work: paid activity is not allowed

Peru has no digital nomad visa open for applications yet. The Peru guide explains the Nomada Digital status that exists in law and the tourist stay rules.

Migraciones lists three conditions (gob.pe):

• Being outside Peru to obtain the status through the visa route. Foreigners already legally in Peru use the change-of-status route instead.
• No police, criminal or court records in the country of origin or in countries of earlier stay or residence.
• A retirement pension or permanent income, from a Peruvian or foreign source.

For income from abroad, the applicant must show a net permanent income of at least $1,000 a month and declare that the money enters Peru through a bank or financial institution supervised by the SBS, Peru's banking regulator. For income from a Peruvian source, the page asks for proof of the monthly income but states no minimum.

Family allowed: Yes. Under the Migraciones procedures manual (TUPA, 2018), the rentista must show $500 a month more for each family member or dependent (TUPA). Family members join under the separate family-of-resident status (Legislative Decree 1350 and Regulation).

Local work allowed: No. The 2018 procedures manual bars rentistas from paid or lucrative activity; the current gob.pe pages do not repeat or change the rule.

Visa from abroad (gob.pe):

• The completed and signed application form.
• A copy of a valid passport.
• A certificate from the competent authority showing no court, criminal or police records in the country of origin or countries of residence for the five years before arrival in Peru.
• For foreign income: a document from the country the income comes from proving at least $1,000 a month net, and a sworn statement that the money enters Peru through an SBS-supervised institution.
• For Peruvian income: a document proving the monthly permanent income.
• If a representative files, a power of attorney and the representative's ID.

Change of status inside Peru (gob.pe): the change-of-status form, the payment receipt, a valid passport, an Interpol record no older than six months (not required for minors) and a sworn statement of no police, court or criminal records for the previous five years.

• Visa from abroad: PEN 58.80, payment code 07567 (gob.pe).
• Change of status inside Peru: PEN 161.40, payment code 07568 (gob.pe).

Migraciones fees are tied to Peru's tax unit, so they can change each year. The foreigner ID card (carné de extranjería), apostilles, translations and the Interpol record cost extra.

Online through the Agencia Digital de Migraciones: from outside Peru for the rentista visa, or as a change of status from inside Peru for legal residents.

1. Log in to the Agencia Digital de Migraciones and verify personal details.
2. Pay the fee at any Banco de la Nación branch with the payment code: 07567 for the visa, 07568 for the change of status.
3. Upload the required documents as a single PDF.
4. Follow the case in the Migraciones electronic mailbox, which carries observations, notices and the result.

The official processing time is 30 days, counted in business days, for both routes (gob.pe). Actual waits can run longer. Migraciones decides whether to grant temporary or resident status based on the law, the documents and its own discretion.

Length: Indefinite; no renewal of the status is required. The Migraciones Regulation sets the grant and stay period as indefinite (Regulation, art. 92.3).

Residence: Rentista is already an indefinite residence status; the separate Permanente status is open after three consecutive years of legal residence (Regulation, art. 93.1).

The rentista status carries no special tax regime on official pages.

SUNAT, Peru's tax authority, treats a foreigner who stays in Peru more than 183 days in a 12-month period as domiciled for income tax (SUNAT). A rentista living in Peru will usually pass that test.

Rentistas should check how Peru and the country paying the pension treat that income, and whether a tax treaty applies.