Rentier residence status
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Rentista as of 2023-11-14[1][5][6] Statutory name of the calidad migratoria in DL 1350 art. 29.2 lit. n. The Reglamento heads art. 92 "Calidad migratoria de Rentista"; the TUPA names the two procedures "Solicitud de Calidad Migratoria Rentista Residente" and "Cambio de Calidad Migratoria Rentista Residente" |
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| Official name (English) | Rentier residence status as of 2024-04-22[4] Translation. No official English name is published by MIGRACIONES |
| Legal basis | Decreto Legislativo 1350 art. 29.2 lit. n (as amended by Decreto Legislativo 1582); Reglamento aprobado por Decreto Supremo 007-2017-IN arts. 92, 92-A (application from abroad) and 92-B (change of status in-country) as of 2023-11-14[1][2][5][6] Arts. 92-A and 92-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. 92-A the corresponding visa is authorised at the Peruvian consulate before entry |
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 but are not excluded from this one |
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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. n, Reglamento art. 92, or the published requirements. The route is not restricted to retirees: "pensión de jubilación o renta permanente" admits a permanent income stream as well as a retirement pension |
| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2026-08-26[4][6] The applicant files a sworn declaration of holding no police, judicial or criminal record nationally or internationally for the five years before arrival, plus an Interpol Ficha de Canje Internacional issued within the previous six months (minors exempt). The requirement is lighter in form than the investor route's, which asks for a document issued by the competent authority |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | Recorded at the source, but not reducible to a single value as of 2023-11-14[1][5] |
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| Renewable | Not applicable as of 2023-11-14[1][5] There is nothing to renew: the grant and the permitted stay are both indefinite (Reglamento art. 92.3). The carné de extranjería is a document with its own renewal cycle, which is not a condition on the calidad |
| Work rights | authorisation required as of 2023-11-14[1][2] The rentista calidad carries no grant of lucrative activity. DL 1350 art. 29.2 states such a right expressly for the calidades that have one – trabajador, investigación, familiar de residente, nómada digital – and lit. n says only that the calidad "Permite la residencia al extranjero que goza de pensión de jubilación o renta permanente". Paid work is available only through the separate permiso de trabajo extraordinario (Reglamento art. 67.1, as amended by DS 002-2021-IN), which authorises subordinate or independent income-generating activity for up to 60 calendar days |
Permanent residence and citizenship
Requirements
| Minimum income | USD 1,000 per month as of 2026-08-26[4][6] |
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| Qualifying income types | pension as of 2023-11-14[1][5][6] |
| Savings alternative | Not applicable as of 2026-08-26[5][6] No lump-sum or capital alternative to the income stream is provided; the instruments require a permanent income or life pension and nothing else |
| Work prohibited | No as of 2023-11-14[1][2] Work is not expressly forbidden; it is simply not authorised by the calidad. A holder may obtain the permiso de trabajo extraordinario under Reglamento art. 67.1, which allows subordinate or independent income-generating activity for up to 60 calendar days. See permit.work_rights |
Process
| Where to apply from | either as of 2021-03-24[2][6] Reglamento art. 92-A is the application made from abroad, with the visa authorised at the Peruvian consulate; art. 92-B is the change of calidad migratoria, which Reglamento art. 65.3 allows only from inside the country |
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| Statutory processing time | 30 days as of 2026-08-26[4][6] 30 días hábiles (working days) for both procedures |
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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. The article states no separate rule for rentista, whose grant is indefinite, so the general residence rule applies |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2023-11-14[1] |
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| 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" – so a rentista's family members may work although the rentista may not |
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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] Cambiar calidad migratoria residente – Solicitar cambio de calidad migratoria rentista residente
Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones (MIGRACIONES) / Plataforma del Estado Peruano · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2024-04-22 · 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