Temporary researcher status
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Investigación Temporal as of 2023-11-14[1][3][4] DL 1350 art. 29.1 lit. d names the combined calidad "Formación/Investigación Temporal"; Reglamento art. 73.2 separates the investigación limb and the TUPA runs it as its own procedure under the name recorded here |
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| Official name (English) | Temporary researcher status as of 2026-08-26[4] Translation. MIGRACIONES publishes no official English name |
| Legal basis | Decreto Legislativo 1350 art. 29.1 lit. d (as amended by Decreto Legislativo 1582); Reglamento aprobado por Decreto Supremo 007-2017-IN arts. 73.2 and 73.3, 73-B (application from abroad), 73-D (change of status in-country) and 73-F (extension of stay), incorporated by Decreto Supremo 002-2021-IN as of 2023-11-14[1][2][3][4] |
| Instrument type | national visa as of 2026-08-26[3][4] A temporary calidad migratoria allowing a single entry; no carné de extranjería is issued |
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. d, in Reglamento arts. 73 and 73-B, or in the published requirements |
| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2026-08-26[3][4] 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 | 90 days as of 2023-11-14[1][3][4] Reglamento art. 73.3: 90 days, a single entry, extendable once for the same period; DL 1350 art. 29.1 lit. d states the same 90 days with one extension |
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| How the initial term is set | fixed |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2023-11-14[1][3][4] Once only: Reglamento art. 73.3 reads "prorrogables por única vez y por el mismo plazo" |
| Renewal duration | 90 days as of 2026-08-26[3] The same 90 days |
| Maximum total duration | up to 180 days as of 2023-11-14[1][3] 90 days plus one extension of 90 days; the article allows no second extension |
| Work rights | full as of 2023-11-14[1][3] DL 1350 art. 29.1 lit. d defines the temporary calidad as permitting "las mismas actividades referidas en las calidades migratorias residente formación y residente investigación, pero sin ánimo de residencia". For the investigación limb those activities are, per Reglamento art. 87.2, any income-generating activity, dependent or independent, in the public or private sector. The work right is therefore read across from the residence twin, which is what the statute directs |
Permanent residence and citizenship
Requirements
| Job offer required | Yes as of 2026-08-26[3][4] The file follows the residence researcher procedure's shape: CONCYTEC's recognition of the applicant as a researcher and a letter from the host institution |
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| Labour-market test | No as of 2026-08-26[3][4] Nothing in Reglamento arts. 73 and 73-B or in the TUPA requirement list conditions the grant on the unavailability of a national candidate |
| Employer sponsorship | Yes as of 2026-08-26[3][4] A host institution and CONCYTEC's recognition |
| 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. 73-B from abroad; art. 73-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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Your next step
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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