International agreements — MERCOSUR temporary residence
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Convenios Internacionales — Residencia Temporaria por MERCOSUR as of 2023-11-14[1][3][4] DL 1350 art. 29.2 lit. p names the calidad "Convenios internacionales"; the Reglamento heads art. 94 "Calidad migratoria Convenios Internacionales" and arts. 94-A and 94-C give this limb its published name, which the TUPA repeats as "Solicitud de Calidad Migratoria Convenios Internacionales – Residencia Temporaria por MERCOSUR" |
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| Official name (English) | International agreements — MERCOSUR temporary residence as of 2026-08-26[4] Translation. MIGRACIONES publishes no official English name |
| Legal basis | Decreto Legislativo 1350 art. 29.2 lit. p (as amended by Decreto Legislativo 1582); Reglamento aprobado por Decreto Supremo 007-2017-IN arts. 94, 94-C (application from abroad), 94-A (change of status in-country) and 94-B (change to MERCOSUR permanent residence), arts. 94-A and 94-B amended by Decreto Supremo 004-2023-IN of 28 April 2023; Acuerdo sobre Residencia para Nacionales de los Estados Partes del MERCOSUR as of 2023-11-14[1][2][3][4] |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-08-26[3][4] A residence calidad migratoria; the carné de extranjería is the deliverable on the Andean twin and the visa is authorised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on this one |
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. This route is itself the treaty-based one |
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| Minimum age | Not applicable as of 2026-08-26[3][4] No minimum age condition appears in Reglamento arts. 94, 94-A or 94-C, or in the published requirements; the procedure contemplates minors through arts. 56-B and 56-C |
| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2026-08-26[3][4] The file carries a certificate of no judicial, criminal or police record from the country of origin or of residence over the five years before arrival in Peru, a sworn declaration of no international criminal or police record, and a sworn declaration of no Peruvian record |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | 2 years as of 2026-08-26[3][4] Reglamento arts. 94-A and 94-C: residence for two years |
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| How the initial term is set | fixed |
| Renewable | No as of 2026-08-26[3][4] This two-year residence cannot be extended. To stay on, you must apply for MERCOSUR permanent residence in the 90 days before it runs out. Reglamento art. 94-C is express: "Este procedimiento no está sujeto a renovación". The temporary residence is not extended — the onward step is the change to MERCOSUR permanent residence under art. 94-B, which must be filed within the 90 days before the temporary residence expires. A holder who misses that window has no extension to fall back on |
| Work rights | Not established from a qualifying source as of 2026-08-26[1][3][4] |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Yes as of 2026-08-26[3][4] Reglamento art. 94-B and the TUPA procedure "Cambio de Calidad Migratoria Convenios Internacionales – Residencia Permanente por MERCOSUR": the holder of a current MERCOSUR temporary residence obtained under the agreement may change to permanent residence, applying within the 90 days before expiry. Note that this is the agreement's own permanent residence, reached without the three years of legal residence DL 1350 art. 29.2 lit. o requires for the permanente calidad, and not through Reglamento art. 65.4's list — which is why the two-year route can reach permanence faster than any domestic one |
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Requirements
| Job offer required | No as of 2026-08-26[3][4] The requirement list is identity, civil status, criminal-record certificates and declarations. No employment, no employer and no means test appears in it |
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| Labour-market test | No as of 2026-08-26[3][4] No test of national availability appears in the requirement list |
| Employer sponsorship | No as of 2026-08-26[3][4] No sponsor of any kind is required; eligibility rests on nationality |
| Job-search route | No as of 2026-08-26[3][4] Not a job-search route. It is recorded in the work family as a deliberate placement decision, not because it requires work — see the work coverage note |
Process
| Where to apply from | either as of 2026-08-26[3][4] Reglamento art. 94-C is filed from abroad at a Peruvian consulate — or in Peru through a legal representative, which the article states expressly — and art. 94-A is the in-country change of calidad |
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| Statutory processing time | 30 days as of 2026-08-26[3][4] 30 días hábiles (working days) on all three procedures, negative administrative silence |
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Physical presence
| maximum consecutive absence | 183 days · to keep the permit as of 2021-03-24[2][3] Reglamento art. 63 lit. a, second paragraph (as amended by DS 002-2021-IN), states a different reckoning for calidades granted under international agreements administered by MIGRACIONES: the 183 consecutive days are counted within the residence period granted, rather than within a 365-day window from the first departure |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2026-08-26[2][3][4] Reglamento arts. 94-C, 94-D and 94-E state that the route extends to members of the applicant's family even where they do not hold the nationality of a member state, and art. 94-A records that it applies to the holder and to family members (family reunion). This is materially more generous than the ordinary Peruvian pattern, where dependants must obtain the separate familiar de residente calidad |
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| Eligible relations | Not established from a qualifying source as of 2026-08-26[3][4] |
| Family members' work rights | Not established from a qualifying source as of 2026-08-26[3][4] |
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