Religious-worker residence status
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Religioso as of 2023-11-14[1][5][6] Statutory name of the calidad migratoria in DL 1350 art. 29.2 lit. d; Reglamento art. 84 is headed "Calidad migratoria Religioso". TUPA headings: "Solicitud de Calidad Migratoria Religioso Residente", "Cambio de Calidad Migratoria a Religioso Residente" |
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| Official name (English) | Religious-worker residence status as of 2024-06-17[4] Translation. MIGRACIONES publishes no official English name |
| Legal basis | Decreto Legislativo 1350 art. 29.2 lit. d (as amended by Decreto Legislativo 1582); Reglamento aprobado por Decreto Supremo 007-2017-IN arts. 84, 84-A (application from abroad), 84-B (change of status in-country) and 84-C (extension), incorporated by Decreto Supremo 002-2021-IN; Reglamento art. 67.1 for the extraordinary work permit as of 2023-11-14[1][2][5][6] |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2021-03-24[2][5][6] A calidad migratoria evidenced by a carné de extranjería |
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][5][6] No minimum age condition appears in DL 1350 art. 29.2 lit. d, in Reglamento arts. 84 and 84-A, or in the published requirements; the TUPA exempts minors from the criminal-record certificate, which implies minors are contemplated |
| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2026-08-26[4][5][6] 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 | 365 days as of 2023-11-14[1][5][6] Reglamento art. 84.2: 365 days, extendable for the same period; DL 1350 art. 29.2 lit. d states the same 365 days |
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| How the initial term is set | fixed |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-08-26[5][6] Reglamento art. 84.2: "prorrogables por el mismo plazo" |
| Renewal duration | 365 days as of 2026-08-26[5][6] Reglamento art. 84.2 |
| Work rights | authorisation required as of 2023-11-14[1][2][5] DL 1350 art. 29.2 lit. d: the calidad allows religious or pastoral activity and complementary work in education, health and the like, but "No permite trabajar ni realizar actividades remuneradas ni lucrativas, salvo la previa emisión del Permiso de Trabajo Extraordinario otorgado por MIGRACIONES". Reglamento art. 67.1 (as amended by DS 002-2021-IN) makes that permit unusually generous for this calidad: for a religioso it is granted for the whole approved residence period and allows work in health and education, both employed and self-employed — against the ordinary 60 calendar days. The permit costs S/ 19.10 (TUPA code 07562) and is decided in 5 working days |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Yes as of 2024-11-27[2][3][5] 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' |
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Requirements
| Job offer required | Yes as of 2026-08-26[4][5][6] The file carries a request from the religious entity recognised by the Peruvian State that the applicant is genuinely and effectively joining, signed by its legal representative, naming the beneficiary and stating how long they will remain in the country, plus a sworn declaration of the representative's powers |
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| Labour-market test | No as of 2026-08-26[5][6] Nothing in Reglamento arts. 84 and 84-A or in the TUPA requirement list conditions the grant on the unavailability of a national candidate |
| Qualification requirement | none as of 2026-08-26[5][6] No qualification is required of the person. What is tested is the receiving body: a religious organisation or congregation registered with, or recognised by, the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights or the Peruvian State (Reglamento art. 84.1) |
| Employer sponsorship | Yes as of 2026-08-26[5][6] The religious entity is the sponsor and signs the request |
| Paid in-country | No as of 2023-11-14[1][5] The calidad itself carries no right to paid work; pay in Peru requires the separate extraordinary work permit under Reglamento art. 67.1 |
| Job-search route | No as of 2023-11-14[1][5] Not a job-search route |
Process
| Where to apply from | either as of 2021-03-24[2][5][6] Reglamento art. 84-A from abroad; art. 84-B is the in-country change |
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| Statutory processing time | 30 days as of 2026-08-26[4][6] 30 días hábiles (working days), negative administrative silence; the extension runs on 5 working days |
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Physical presence
| maximum consecutive absence | 183 days · to keep the permit as of 2021-03-24[2][5] Reglamento art. 63 lit. a (as amended by DS 002-2021-IN): a holder of a residence calidad migratoria loses it by being absent from Peru, without an authorisation to stay abroad, for more than 183 consecutive days within a 365-day period counted from the first departure during the residence granted. An authorisation to stay abroad (Reglamento art. 67.2) suspends the count |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2023-11-14[1][5][6] Family members do not ride on this permit: they apply for the separate familiar de residente calidad migratoria (Reglamento art. 89), which is open to the migratory family unit of any foreign national holding regular residence. DL 1350 art. 38 defines that unit as the spouse or the partner in a unión de hecho under the Civil Code; the couple's minor child; the couple's unmarried adult child up to 28 while in technical or higher education; the couple's unmarried adult child unable to support themselves through proven physical or mental disability; the minor child of one spouse or partner; that child as an adult where the same disability applies; and an ascendant of the couple. 'parent' in eligible_relations carries that ascendant limb, which is wider than a parent (grandparent is not separately named and is not asserted here) |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, unmarried partner, minor child, adult dependent child, parent, grandparent as of 2023-11-14[1][5] DL 1350 art. 38 lit. a–g, as amended by DL 1582 |
| Family may apply at the same time | Not established from a qualifying source as of 2026-08-26[5][6] Neither the Reglamento nor the TUPA states whether a familiar de residente application may be filed together with the principal's, or only after the principal holds residence. Reglamento art. 89.1 requires a proven family link with a foreign national already resident, which points at 'after', but the instruments do not say so and it is not asserted here |
| Family members' work rights | full as of 2023-11-14[1][2][5] Reglamento art. 89.5: the familiar de residente calidad allows the holder to enter and stay and to carry out lucrative activity, employed or self-employed; DL 1350 art. 29.2 lit. k says the same |
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Verification
| Sources cited | 6 |
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| 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 – 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 - [4] Solicitar calidad migratoria de residente para religioso — 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 - [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] 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