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Family-of-resident residence status

Route status

Active as of 2026-08-26[1][3][6]

Open to new applications under the rules recorded below.

Residency route facts

Identity

Identity
Official name (local)Familiar de residente as of 2023-11-14[1][5][6]
Statutory name of the calidad migratoria in DL 1350 art. 29.2 lit. k; Reglamento art. 89 is headed "Calidad migratoria Familiar Residente", and the TUPA runs four procedures under that heading — an application and a change of status, each in an adult version and a minor-child version
Official name (English)Family-of-resident residence status as of 2024-06-17[3]
Translation. MIGRACIONES publishes no official English name
Legal basisDecreto Legislativo 1350 arts. 29.2 lit. k and 38 (both as amended by Decreto Legislativo 1582); Reglamento aprobado por Decreto Supremo 007-2017-IN arts. 89, 89-A (application from abroad), 89-B (change of status in-country) and 89-C (extension), incorporated by Decreto Supremo 002-2021-IN as of 2023-11-14[1][2][5][6]
Instrument typeresidence permit as of 2021-03-24[2][5][6]
A residence calidad migratoria evidenced by a carné de extranjería

Who can apply

Who can apply
Nationals not served by this routeNot applicable
No supranational free-movement bloc of the kind this field records applies to Peru
Minimum ageNot applicable as of 2023-11-14[1][5][6]
No minimum age condition applies: the route is expressly open to minor children, with its own procedures for them, and to adult children within the limits of DL 1350 art. 38
Criminal-record conditionYes as of 2026-08-26[3][5][6]
The certificate of no judicial, criminal or police record is required, with an express exemption for minors and for people whose absolute incapacity prevents them expressing their will. 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

Permit terms
Initial durationRecorded at the source, but not reducible to a single value as of 2026-08-26[1][5][6]
How the initial term is setmatches the sponsor's permit
RenewableYes as of 2026-08-26[5][6]
The TUPA carries extension procedures for adults and for minor children (Reglamento art. 89-C)
Work rightsfull as of 2023-11-14[1][2][5]
Reglamento art. 89.5: the calidad allows the holder to enter and remain and to carry out lucrative activity, employed or self-employed. DL 1350 art. 29.2 lit. k says the same. No extraordinary work permit and no labour-contract approval step is needed to work on it, which makes it the widest work grant available to a dependant in the Peruvian system

Permanent residence and citizenship

Permanent residence and citizenship
Counts toward permanent residenceYes as of 2024-11-27[2][4][5][6]
Reglamento art. 65.4 (as amended by DS 002-2021-IN) lists the calidades whose holders may change to permanente — religioso, inversionista, trabajador, investigación, familiar de residente, consular, diplomático, oficial and familiar oficial — and this one is among them. DL 1350 art. 29.2 lit. o sets the condition: three years as a legal resident. The TUPA procedure is 'Cambio de Calidad Migratoria Permanente Residente'. The TUPA carries a dedicated procedure for this route, "Cambio de Calidad Migratoria Permanente Residente (Familiar Residente)", separate from the one covering trabajador, inversionista, investigación and religioso

Requirements

Requirements
Who can sponsorcitizen, permanent resident, temporary permit holder as of 2023-11-14[1][5][6]
DL 1350 art. 29.2 lit. k and Reglamento art. 89.1: the sponsor is a Peruvian national or a foreign national resident in Peru, and art. 89.2 requires a foreign sponsor to be in a regular migratory situation. Peru's own word is "residente", which spans both the indefinite permanente calidad and the renewable one-year residence calidades — hence both `permanent_resident` and `temporary_permit_holder`. What it does not span is a holder of a *temporary* calidad migratoria (DL 1350 art. 29.1, entry "sin ánimo de residencia"), who cannot sponsor at all. The mapping is recorded here because the vocabulary's three statuses do not line up with Peru's two
Eligible relationsspouse, unmarried partner, minor child, adult dependent child, parent, grandparent as of 2023-11-14[1][5][6]
Sponsor income requirementNot applicable as of 2023-11-14[1][5][6]
No income, maintenance or accommodation condition on the sponsor appears in DL 1350 arts. 29.2 lit. k or 38, in Reglamento art. 89, or in any of the four TUPA requirement lists, which are exhaustive on their face. What MIGRACIONES may assess instead is the genuineness of the relationship: DL 1350 art. 29.2 lit. k gives it the power to evaluate the "solvencia/arraigo del vínculo matrimonial o unión de hecho" — the soundness or rootedness of the marriage or union — which is a discretionary test of the bond, not a financial threshold
Sponsor accommodation requirementNo as of 2023-11-14[1][5][6]
No accommodation condition appears in the statute, the Reglamento or the TUPA requirement lists
Sponsor waiting periodNot applicable as of 2023-11-14[1][5][6]
No qualifying period is imposed on the sponsor before the family member may apply. Neither DL 1350 art. 38, nor Reglamento art. 89, nor the TUPA requires the sponsoring resident to have held residence for any minimum time — only, where the sponsor is a foreign national, that the residence be current and regular (art. 89.2)
Pre-entry language testNo as of 2023-11-14[1][5][6]
No language condition appears anywhere in the route. Peru imposes no language test on any residence calidad
Sponsor and relation matrix
    • Sponsor status: citizen
    • Relation: spouse
    • Resulting condition: Residence granted for up to two years (Reglamento art. 89.6). The stay remains valid while no ground of extinction in the Reglamento applies (DL 1350 art. 29.2 lit. k). Marriage certificate valid for 90 days if registered in Peru, or 180 days if registered at a Peruvian consulate and legalised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    • Sponsor status: citizen
    • Relation: minor child
    • Resulting condition: Residence granted for up to two years; the minor-child procedures are separate, the criminal-record certificate is not required of a minor, and representation follows Reglamento art. 56-C
    • Sponsor status: citizen
    • Relation: adult dependent child
    • Resulting condition: Residence granted for up to two years. Eligible while unmarried and either under 28 and in technical or higher education — proved by a certificate of enrolment — or unable to support themselves through proven permanent disability
    • Sponsor status: citizen
    • Relation: parent
    • Resulting condition: Residence granted for up to two years. DL 1350 art. 38 lit. g covers an ascendant of the couple
    • Sponsor status: permanent resident
    • Relation: spouse
    • Resulting condition: Residence granted for one year, renewable, and the sponsor's own residence must be current and regular (Reglamento arts. 89.2 and 89.6). Marriage abroad: certificate legalised or apostilled, valid for six months; unión de hecho proved by a sworn declaration of its registration with SUNARP
    • Sponsor status: temporary permit holder
    • Relation: spouse
    • Resulting condition: Same one-year grant: Peru draws the line at residence, not at its length, so a sponsor on a renewable one-year residence calidad qualifies on the same terms as one holding the indefinite permanente calidad. A holder of a *temporary* calidad migratoria cannot sponsor at all

Process

Process
Where to apply fromeither as of 2021-03-24[2][5][6]
Reglamento art. 89-A from abroad; art. 89-B is the in-country change of calidad, which art. 65.3 allows only from inside Peru
Statutory processing time30 days as of 2026-08-26[3][6]
30 días hábiles (working days), negative administrative silence; the extension runs on 5 working days
Fees
    • Kind: application
    • Amount: PEN 58.80 as of 2026-08-26[6]
      Solicitud Calidad Migratoria de Familiar Residente para mayores de edad, TUPA payment code 07567; the minor-child version carries the same fee under its own procedure code
    • Charged per: applicant
    • Paid by: applicant
    • Condition: Application filed from abroad
    • Kind: card
    • Amount: PEN 24 as of 2026-08-26[6]
      Expedición del Carné de Extranjería para calidades migratorias otorgadas mediante Solicitud de Calidad Migratoria Residente, TUPA payment code 07561, 2 working days
    • Charged per: applicant
    • Paid by: applicant
    • Condition: Card issued after a grant made on an application from abroad
    • Kind: application
    • Amount: PEN 161.40 as of 2026-08-26[6]
      Cambio de Calidad Migratoria por la de Familiar Residente (para personas extranjeras mayores de edad), TUPA payment code 07568; the minor-child version carries the same fee
    • Charged per: applicant
    • Paid by: applicant
    • Condition: Change of calidad migratoria applied for in-country
    • Kind: renewal
    • Amount: PEN 20.20 as of 2026-08-26[6]
      Prórroga de la Calidad Migratoria Familiar Residente (para personas extranjeras mayores de edad) and Prórroga de Calidad Migratoria Familiar Residente (para el caso de hijo o hija menor de edad) — two procedures, both TUPA payment code 07566, 5 working days, same fee
    • Charged per: applicant
    • Paid by: applicant
    • Condition: Extension of the residence period
Quota

Physical presence

Physical presence
maximum consecutive absence183 days · to keep the permit as of 2021-03-24[2][5]
Reglamento art. 63 lit. a (as amended by DS 002-2021-IN). The second paragraph singles this route out: for the familiar de residente calidad held through a link with a Peruvian, the 183 consecutive days are counted within the residence period granted rather than within a 365-day window from the first departure

Family inclusion

Family inclusion
Family members may be includedNo as of 2023-11-14[1]
Eligible relationsNot applicable
DL 1350 art. 38 bars a holder of this calidad from extending it to their own relatives
Family members' work rightsNot applicable
No dependent route attaches to this one

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Verification

Verification
Sources cited6
of which official (tier 1)6
Oldest as-of date2021-03-24
Newest as-of date2026-08-26
Reviewed on2026-08-26
Schema version1.1

Sources

  1. [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. [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. [3] Solicitar calidad migratoria de familiar residente para mayores de edad — ficha del procedimiento en la sede digital de MIGRACIONES
    Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones (MIGRACIONES), via gob.pe · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2024-06-17 · Accessed 2026-08-26 · Archived copy
  4. [4] Cambiar calidad migratoria residente – Solicitar cambio a calidad migratoria permanente residente
    Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones (MIGRACIONES) / Plataforma del Estado Peruano · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2024-11-27 · Accessed 2026-08-26 · Archived copy
  5. [5] 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
  6. [6] 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

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