Investor 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)	Inversionista as of 2023-11-14^[1]^[5]^[6] Statutory name of the calidad migratoria in DL 1350 art. 29.2 lit. f. The Reglamento heads art. 86 "Calidad migratoria Inversionista"; the TUPA names the two procedures "Solicitud de Calidad Migratoria Inversionista Residente" and "Cambio de Calidad Migratoria a Inversionista Residente"
Official name (English)	Investor residence status as of 2024-04-22^[3] Translation. No official English name is published by MIGRACIONES
Legal basis	Decreto Legislativo 1350 art. 29.2 lit. f (as amended by Decreto Legislativo 1582); Reglamento aprobado por Decreto Supremo 007-2017-IN arts. 86, 86-A (application from abroad) and 86-B (change of status in-country) as of 2023-11-14^[1]^[2]^[5]^[6] Arts. 86-A and 86-B were incorporated into the Reglamento by DS 002-2021-IN and are the articles the current TUPA cites as base legal for the two procedures
Instrument type	residence permit as of 2021-03-24^[2]^[5]^[6] A calidad migratoria evidenced by a carné de extranjería. Where the application is made from abroad under art. 86-A the corresponding visa is authorised at the Peruvian consulate before entry, and the carné is issued after arrival

Who can apply

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. Nationals of Andean Community and Mercosur states have their own treaty-based residence routes (the calidad migratoria "Convenios internacionales", DL 1350 art. 29.2 lit. p), but they are not excluded from this one
Minimum age	Not applicable as of 2023-11-14^[1]^[5]^[6] No minimum age condition appears in DL 1350 art. 29.2 lit. f, Reglamento art. 86, or the published requirements
Criminal-record condition	Yes as of 2026-08-26^[2]^[3]^[5]^[6] The applicant must hold no police, criminal or judicial record in the country of origin or in any country of prior stay or residence, evidenced by a document from the competent authority covering the five years before arrival, plus an Interpol Ficha de Canje Internacional issued within the previous six months

Permit terms

Permit terms
Initial duration	365 days as of 2023-11-14^[1]^[5] DL 1350 art. 29.2 lit. f: "El plazo de permanencia es de trescientos sesenta y cinco (365) días"; Reglamento art. 86.3: "El plazo de otorgamiento y de permanencia es de trescientos sesenta y cinco (365) días prorrogables". Stated as a fixed term, not a ceiling
Renewable	Yes as of 2026-08-26^[3]^[5]^[6] "365 días prorrogables" (Reglamento art. 86.3). The TUPA carries a dedicated Prórroga de la Calidad Migratoria Inversionista Residente procedure
Renewal duration	365 days as of 2026-08-26^[6] The TUPA prórroga procedure grants "una prórroga por un plazo de trescientos sesenta y cinco (365) días"
Maximum total duration	Not applicable as of 2023-11-14^[1]^[5]^[6] No cap on the number of extensions or on total time on this calidad appears in DL 1350 art. 29.2 lit. f, Reglamento art. 86, or the TUPA prórroga procedure
Work rights	own activity only as of 2024-11-27^[4]^[5] Reglamento art. 86.1 lit. b: the foreign national "sólo podrá desempeñarse como Gerente o Director de su empresa", subject to the applicable labour and tax rules. The calidad therefore authorises paid activity only within the investment it was granted for; art. 86.2 additionally bars substantiating the investment through a transfer of shares

Permanent residence and citizenship

Permanent residence and citizenship
Counts toward permanent residence	Yes as of 2024-11-27^[2]^[4] Reglamento art. 65.4 (as amended by DS 002-2021-IN) lists inversionista among the calidades whose holders may change to permanente, and the authority's own change-of-status page names inversionista as one of four qualifying calidades. The qualifying period is the country default of three consecutive years

Requirements

Requirements
Investment options	Option: pe-inversionista-capital-empresa Asset class: business capital Minimum amount: PEN 500,000 one-off as of 2026-08-26^[3]^[5]^[6] Reglamento art. 86.1 lit. a: "Acreditar una inversión igual o superior de quinientos mil soles (S/ 500.000,00). El monto de inversión puede ser modificado mediante Resolución de Superintendencia." The current TUPA restates the same figure verbatim, and the authority's procedure page states S/ 500,000.00. The investment must be made by international transfer in a single act of disbursement through a financial or banking entity supervised by the Superintendencia de Banca y Seguros Holding period: Not established from a qualifying source as of 2026-08-26^[5]^[6] No holding or retention period for the investment is stated in Reglamento art. 86 or in the TUPA requirements Restrictions: The investment is made either into a newly constituted company (public deed of incorporation not more than three months old) or as a capital increase in an existing company (public deed of the increase not more than three months old, plus the company's last annual income tax return showing it operated in the prior fiscal year, plus its municipal operating licence number). The company and any capital increase must be registered with SUNARP. Reglamento art. 86.2: the investment may in no case be substantiated through a transfer of shares. Reglamento art. 86.1 lit. b confines the holder to acting as manager or director of the company
Source-of-funds checks	Not established from a qualifying source as of 2026-08-26^[5]^[6] No source-of-funds verification is stated as such. The instruments require the capital to arrive by international transfer in a single act of disbursement through an SBS-supervised financial entity, which is a traceability condition on the channel rather than a stated examination of the origin of the funds
Income requirement	Not applicable as of 2024-11-27^[4]^[5] No separate means test applies on top of the investment. Reglamento art. 86.1 lit. b requires the holder, as manager or director, to comply with the applicable labour and tax rules, but sets no income threshold

Process

Process
Where to apply from	either as of 2021-03-24^[2]^[6] Two distinct procedures. Reglamento art. 86-A is applied for from outside Peru ("Encontrarse fuera del país para la obtención de la calidad migratoria") with the visa authorised at the Peruvian consulate; art. 86-B is the change of calidad migratoria, which Reglamento art. 65.3 allows only from inside the country
Statutory processing time	30 days as of 2026-08-26^[3]^[6] 30 días hábiles (working days) for both the solicitud from abroad and the in-country change of status. The carné de extranjería service that follows a grant made on a solicitud carries its own 2-working-day clock
Fees	Kind: application Amount: PEN 57.60 as of 2026-08-26^[6] Solicitud de Calidad Migratoria Inversionista Residente, TUPA payment code 07567 Charged per: applicant Paid by: applicant Condition: Application made from abroad (Reglamento art. 86-A) Kind: card Amount: PEN 24 as of 2026-08-26^[6] Expedición del carné de extranjería for calidades granted on a 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; the in-country change procedure delivers the card without a separate fee Kind: application Amount: PEN 161.40 as of 2026-08-26^[3]^[6] Cambio de Calidad Migratoria a Inversionista Residente, TUPA payment code 07568; the carné de extranjería is the deliverable of this procedure Charged per: applicant Paid by: applicant Condition: Change of status applied for in-country (Reglamento art. 86-B) Kind: renewal Amount: PEN 20.20 as of 2026-08-26^[6] Prórroga de la Calidad Migratoria Inversionista Residente, TUPA payment code 07566, 5 working days; one extension of 365 days per application Charged per: applicant Paid by: applicant
Quota	Quota exists: No as of 2024-04-22^[3]^[5] No cap applies to this calidad. Reglamento art. 86.1 lit. b states expressly that the investor's post as manager or director of the company "no está incluida en las cuotas del Decreto Legislativo 689", the general ceiling on foreign employees

Physical presence

Physical presence
maximum consecutive absence	183 days · to keep the permit as of 2021-03-24^[2] Reglamento art. 63 lit. a (as amended by DS 002-2021-IN): a resident loses the calidad migratoria by being absent from Peru, without an authorisation to stay abroad, for more than 183 consecutive days within 365 days counted from the first departure during the granted residence period. There is no minimum-days-per-year rule

Family inclusion

Family inclusion
Family members may be included	Yes as of 2023-11-14^[1]
Eligible relations	spouse, unmarried partner, minor child, adult dependent child, parent, grandparent as of 2023-11-14^[1]
Family may apply at the same time	Not established from a qualifying source as of 2023-11-14^[1]
Family members' work rights	full as of 2023-11-14^[1] DL 1350 art. 29.2 lit. k: the familiar de residente calidad "Permite realizar actividades lucrativas de forma subordinada o independiente"

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Verification

Verification
Sources cited	6
of which official (tier 1)	6
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] Cambiar calidad migratoria residente – Cambiar a calidad migratoria inversionista
Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones (MIGRACIONES) / Plataforma del Estado Peruano · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2024-04-22 · Accessed 2026-08-26 · Archived copy
[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] Reglamento del Decreto Legislativo 1350, Decreto Legislativo de Migraciones (Anexo del Decreto Supremo 007-2017-IN) – texto original
Diario Oficial El Peruano / Ministerio del Interior · statute · Tier 1 · Published 2017-03-29 · Accessed 2026-08-26 · Archived copy · Amended by pe-ds-002-2021-in
[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