Peruvian Visas - Tourist visas in Peru

By South American Explorers Lima Club

Visa : new regulation ! No visa is required for countries of Western Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, or South Africa. Travelers from Fiji and India do need visas. Tourist cards are obtained on flights arriving in Peru or at border crossings. June 25th amendment: On June 25th a new regulation changed the tourist visa procedure:

Before the amendment of June 2008, a tourist had a 90 days on the initial visa and then could extend it three times (30 days each).
After the amendment of June 2008, no more extensions are possible but you can request 183 days at imigration. Officially, this period of 183 days is not a maximum stay per year, even if a rumor says so. You can renew your tourist Visa crossing the border and get another 183 days.

Consequently, if you want to stay as tourist long term, ask at the border for the maximum duration they can give you. You may be conceded a visa of up to 183 days, at the discretion of the border official, but remember, you will not be able to ask for an extension once you are in Peru.

Some members told us that instead of writing 183 on the Andean Card they just put their initial, but if they give you less they will right the exact amount of days.

US$ 1 per day fine
Note, that in the event you exceed the time you are allowed to stay in Peru as a tourist, you will have to pay a fine of US$ 1 per day when leaving the country. So far no limit is known about how big that fine can be... Nevertheless it would be wise to not stay more than 183 days consecutively.

Now be very careful you cannot pay the fine at every border, it should be a big crossing point like: Tumbes, Tacna, Yunguyo (Copacabana), Desaguadero or the Lima airport of course.