Temporary assigned-worker status
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Designado Temporal as of 2023-11-14[1][3][4] DL 1350 art. 29.1 lit. f names the combined calidad "Trabajador/Designado Temporal"; Reglamento art. 75.4 separates the designado limb, and the TUPA runs it as its own procedure under the name recorded here |
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| Official name (English) | Temporary assigned-worker status as of 2026-08-26[4] Translation. MIGRACIONES publishes no official English name |
| Legal basis | Decreto Legislativo 1350 art. 29.1 lit. f (as amended by Decreto Legislativo 1582); Reglamento aprobado por Decreto Supremo 007-2017-IN arts. 75.4 to 75.7 (as amended by Decreto Supremo 002-2021-IN), 75-B (application from abroad), 75-D (change of status in-country) and 75-F (extension of stay) as of 2023-11-14[1][2][3][4] |
| Instrument type | national visa as of 2026-08-26[3][4] A temporary calidad migratoria; no carné de extranjería is issued and the TUPA charges no card fee |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | Not applicable No supranational free-movement bloc of the kind this field records applies to Peru |
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| Minimum age | Not applicable as of 2023-11-14[1][3][4] No minimum age condition appears in DL 1350 art. 29.1 lit. f, in Reglamento arts. 75 and 75-B, or in the published requirements |
| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2026-08-26[3][4] Every temporary-calidad procedure in the TUPA carries the same absence-of-record condition as the residence procedures: no police, criminal or judicial record in the country of origin or in any country of residence before entry. The applicant files a certificate issued by the competent authority showing no judicial, criminal or police record in the country of origin and in any country of residence over the five years before arrival (Reglamento art. 88-A req. 4 and the parallel requirement in every other residence procedure), plus, where MIGRACIONES requires it, an Interpol Ficha de Canje (DL 1350 art. 26.2). Minors are exempt from the certificate on several procedures |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 183 days as of 2023-11-14[1][3][4] Reglamento art. 75.6: 183 consecutive days or periods adding up to 183 within a year from first entry; DL 1350 art. 29.1 lit. f says the same |
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| How the initial term is set | matches the assignment |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-08-26[3][4] Reglamento art. 75.7; TUPA procedure "Prórroga de Permanencia de Designado Temporal" |
| Renewal duration | up to 183 days as of 2026-08-26[3][4] Reglamento art. 75.7: the same period |
| Work rights | employment only as of 2023-11-14[1][3] Reglamento art. 75.4: the holder is sent by a foreign employer to carry out a specific task or function requiring specialised professional, commercial or technical knowledge. DL 1350 art. 29.2 lit. b, the residence twin, states expressly that a designado may not carry out remunerated or lucrative activity on their own account, and art. 75.3 bars work for undertakings other than the contracting one |
Permanent residence and citizenship
Requirements
| Job offer required | Yes as of 2026-08-26[3][4] The engagement is with the foreign employer that sends the person; the file follows the shape of the residence designado procedure — a services or technical-cooperation contract between the foreign undertaking and the Peruvian recipient, and an individual designation document |
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| Labour-market test | No as of 2026-08-26[3][4] Nothing in Reglamento arts. 75 and 75-B or in the TUPA requirement list conditions the grant on the unavailability of a national candidate |
| Qualification requirement | equivalent experience as of 2023-11-14[1][3] Reglamento art. 75.4 defines the route by specialised professional, commercial or technical knowledge; no degree and no regulated-profession status is named |
| Employer sponsorship | Yes as of 2026-08-26[3][4] The foreign employer designates and the Peruvian recipient confirms the assignment |
| Job-search route | No as of 2023-11-14[1][3] Not a job-search route |
Process
| Where to apply from | either as of 2021-03-24[2][3][4] Reglamento art. 75-B from abroad; art. 75-D is the in-country change |
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| Statutory processing time | 30 days as of 2026-08-26[4] 30 días hábiles (working days), negative administrative silence; the extension of stay runs on 5 working days |
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Physical presence
| none stated | to keep the permit as of 2021-03-24[2][3] Reglamento art. 63 states the absence rule only for holders of a residence calidad migratoria ("si cuenta con calidad migratoria de residente"). This is a temporary calidad, so no absence rule attaches to it; what limits the stay is the permitted period itself. |
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Verification
| Sources cited | 4 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 4 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2021-03-24 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-26 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-26 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Decreto Legislativo 1582, que modifica el Decreto Legislativo 1350, Decreto Legislativo de Migraciones (texto de los artículos modificados, incl. art. 29 – tipos de calidades migratorias – y art. 38 – unidad migratoria familiar)
Diario Oficial El Peruano / Poder Ejecutivo · statute · Tier 1 · Published 2023-11-14 · Accessed 2026-08-26 · Archived copy - [2] Decreto Supremo 002-2021-IN, que modifica el Reglamento del Decreto Legislativo 1350 (arts. 12, 31-34, 43, 47, 51, 56, 58, 63, 64, 65, 67, 75, 87, 88, 156, 190; incorpora arts. 86-A, 86-B, 92-A, 92-B) y el Reglamento de la Ley 26574, Ley de Nacionalidad
Diario Oficial El Peruano / Ministerio del Interior · statute · Tier 1 · Published 2021-03-24 · Accessed 2026-08-26 · Archived copy - [3] MIGRACIONES: Ley y Reglamento — Decreto Legislativo 1130, Decreto Legislativo 1350 y el Reglamento aprobado por Decreto Supremo 007-2017-IN, texto consolidado con notas de modificación al pie (primera edición, junio 2023; incorpora las modificaciones del Decreto Supremo 002-2021-IN, del Decreto Supremo 003-2023-IN y del Decreto Supremo 004-2023-IN). Publicación oficial de la autoridad administradora; no lleva fecha de publicación en el diario oficial, por lo que el as_of de los valores que la citan es la fecha de acceso
Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones (MIGRACIONES) · statute · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-26 · Archived copy - [4] Texto Único de Procedimientos Administrativos de la Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones (TUPA 2023, modificado por Resolución de Superintendencia 150-2025-MIGRACIONES) – 286 pp., 53 procedimientos y los servicios prestados en exclusividad
Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones (MIGRACIONES) · fee schedule · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-26 · Archived copy