The residence routes to Peru: rentista, employee or family member
If you want to live in Peru, you apply for a calidad migratoria from Migraciones, the Peruvian migration service. For retirees there is the rentista: a pension or fixed income of at least US$ 1,000 net a month, with a stay that has no end date. You then collect your carné de extranjería in Peru.
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You move to Peru with a calidad migratoria, a residence status granted by Migraciones, the Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones. If you live on a pension, you usually end up with the rentista. For that, Migraciones asks for a pension or fixed income from abroad of at least US$ 1,000 net a month, and the money has to come in through a bank under Peruvian supervision. The stay has no end date.
The rules are in Decreto Legislativo 1350 of 2017 and its regulation. For the rentista it says: el plazo de permanencia es indefinido. For most other statuses Migraciones grants 365 days, which you extend every year.
| Route | For whom | What you show | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rentista | retirees and people living on fixed income | a pension or fixed income from abroad of at least US$ 1,000 net a month | indefinite |
| Trabajador | people working for an employer in Peru | an employment contract approved by the Ministry of Labour | 365 days, renewable |
| Familiar de residente | partner or child of a Peruvian or of a foreign resident | the family tie | up to two years, work allowed |
| Inversionista | people investing in Peru or managing investments | the investment, as set out in the regulation | 365 days |
| Permanente | people who were resident for three uninterrupted years | the three years of residence | indefinite |
Which route suits you?
The rentista. The Migraciones page mentions a pensión de jubilación o renta permanente, from a Peruvian or foreign source. For foreign income you provide a document from the country of origin showing a net income of at least US$ 1,000 a month, plus a declaration that the money comes in through a bank supervised by the SBS, the Peruvian banking supervisor. Whether your AOW and your occupational pension may count together, the page does not say. Ask before you have the documents drawn up, and count with the AOW you will actually receive in Peru; see AOW, pension and tax.
The employee. Your employer first has the contract approved. How that works, and which quotas apply, is in working in Peru.
The family member. If you join a partner who is already resident, or a Peruvian partner, there is the familiar de residente. Under the law you may work with it, employed or self-employed.
Can you first go and look as a tourist?
Yes. The Netherlands is on the list of countries that do not need a tourist visa. According to the Cancillería list of July 2026 you get 90 days per 180 days, counted from your first entry. The border police decide when stamping how many days you actually get; you can see it in your digital Tarjeta Andina de Migración. You may not work as a tourist.
If you stay too long, Migraciones charges 0.1% of the UIT, the Peruvian unit of account, per day. In 2026 that unit is S/ 5,500, so S/ 5.50 a day.
How does the application work?
You apply for the rentista from outside Peru, online at the Agencia Digital of Migraciones. You first pay S/ 58.80 at the Banco de la Nación, then upload the documents as a single pdf. Migraciones decides within 30 working days and sends the decision to your electronic mailbox. The law provides that Migraciones passes an approved status on to Foreign Affairs, which issues the visa at the consulate; Peru has a consulate general in Amsterdam. Under article 102 of the regulation you collect the visa within 30 calendar days after Foreign Affairs has been informed of the approval.
You provide a certificate showing you have no criminal record in your country of origin and in every country where you lived in the five years before you came. Anything drawn up in the Netherlands gets an apostille from the district court; Peru is a party to the Apostille Convention.
If you are already in Peru, Migraciones lists a separate procedure, the cambio de calidad migratoria (S/ 161.40). There the proof of income must be legalised or apostilled, with an Interpol certificate added. Ask whether that route is open from your tourist status.
Read the absence rule before you choose. Under article 33 of the law you lose any residence status except the permanent one if you are outside Peru for more than 183 consecutive days within 365 days. If you want to spend the Dutch summer at home, stay below that. Being away longer for a justified reason is only possible with permission from Migraciones.
What do you do after arrival?
With your resident visa you apply in Peru for the carné de extranjería, your identity card as a foreigner. It costs S/ 24, you must be in Peru, and you provide an Interpol certificate no more than six months old. The card is valid for four years, for a permanent resident five years and for children three. Renewing costs S/ 22.10, thirty days before it expires. See registration and numbers.
When can you stay permanently?
After three years of uninterrupted residence you can apply for the calidad migratoria permanente. Migraciones mentions the employee, the investor, the researcher and the religious worker; the rentista already has a stay without an end date. During those three years you may not have been away for more than 183 consecutive days. How the steps fit together is in the route to Peru.
In Vertrekklaar this is phase 1 of 5 of the journey, step 1.1: the same steps, but for your situation — in your order, tickable, and with the deadlines watched. See the whole journey to Peru or go straight to step 1.1 in the open plan.
What this rests on
The facts in this article come from these official pages. Rules change. When in doubt, go by the source, not this article.
- Migraciones — applying for rentista status from abroad (US$ 1,000, S/ 58.80, 30 working days) — gob.pe
- Migraciones — switching to rentista from within Peru, with permanencia indefinida — gob.pe
- Decreto Legislativo 1350 and its regulation (Decreto Supremo 007-2017-IN), the migration statuses and the absence rule — cdn.www.gob.pe
- Cancillería — tourist visa exemption per country, July 2026 version (Netherlands 90 days per 180) — cdn.www.gob.pe
- Migraciones — applying for the carné de extranjería after arrival (S/ 24, Interpol certificate) — gob.pe
- Migraciones — renewing the carné de extranjería, valid for four or five years — gob.pe
- Migraciones — switching to permanent residence after three years — gob.pe
- Cancillería — the tourist visa, and who sets the length of stay on entry — gob.pe
- NederlandWereldwijd — Peru among the countries of the Apostille Convention — nederlandwereldwijd.nl
- NederlandWereldwijd — an apostille for a Dutch document is issued by the district court — nederlandwereldwijd.nl
- Migraciones — information for tourists, with the fine for overstaying — gob.pe
- SUNAT — the value of the UIT, S/ 5,500 in 2026 — sunat.gob.pe
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