Peru Visas, Taxes and Money for Digital Nomads

Citizens of the US, Canada, the UK, the EU, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and many other countries can visit Peru without a visa. Check whether your passport needs one before you book.

• How long: the immigration officer sets your stay on arrival, usually 90 days. The legal maximum is 183 days in any 365-day period, counted across all your visits, and officers rarely grant more than 90 at once. If you need more time, ask politely at the desk, with an onward ticket to show.
• Entry record: at airports, entry is recorded digitally on the Tarjeta Andina de Migración (TAM) rather than a passport stamp. You can check the number of days granted on the Migraciones website. At land borders, make sure you get stamped in.
• Extensions: most nationalities can’t extend a visitor stay inside Peru. Leaving and coming back doesn’t reset the 183-day limit, and repeated border runs draw questions.
• Passport: it should be valid for at least six months from arrival.

An overstay is fined per day, at 0.1% of the tax unit (UIT), about S/ 5.50 a day in 2026. You pay when you leave, and airlines may not let you board until you do. Long or repeated overstays can lead to an order to leave and a ban on returning.

Visitor status doesn’t allow paid activity in Peru, which means work for Peruvian employers or clients. The law doesn’t specifically address remote work for a foreign employer while you are visiting, and in practice nomads aren’t pursued for it, but it is a grey area rather than a right.

In November 2023, Legislative Decree 1582 created a digital nomad migratory category, which Migraciones announced as a stay of up to 365 days, extendable, for foreigners working remotely for companies outside Peru. Migraciones said it would begin once a procedure was added to its official list of procedures (the TUPA).

As of October 2026, that hasn’t happened: there is no application form, income threshold or fee, and no launch date. Sites quoting income figures or fees for a Peruvian nomad visa are guessing. Watch the Migraciones website for news.

If you want to live in Peru for more than a few months, these are the realistic options. All are processed by Migraciones and lead to a foreigner’s ID card (carné de extranjería).

• Rentista residence: for people with a pension or permanent income from investments or rent of at least US$1,000 a month, shown in an official, apostilled document, with the money brought into Peru through a regulated bank. It is granted indefinitely and doesn’t allow paid work in Peru, so a remote salary usually doesn’t qualify. The fee is small (under S/ 200), and the Migraciones rentista page lists the current requirements.
• Worker residence: for people with a contract with a Peruvian employer or, for independent workers, a services contract with a Peruvian client. It lasts a year and is renewable, and it allows local work. It suits people who find Peruvian clients, not those paid only from abroad.
• Family residence: for spouses, registered partners and close relatives of Peruvians or legal residents.
• Student residence: for full-time study at a recognised school or university.
• Investor residence: for people investing in a Peruvian business.

After three years on a worker, investor or similar residence, you can apply for permanent residence.

Peru taxes individuals on the basis of domicile (tax residence).

• Domiciled: you become domiciled after more than 183 days in Peru in any 12-month period, with effect from 1 January of the following year. Domiciled individuals are taxed on worldwide income, with income from work taxed at progressive rates from 8% to 30% after a deduction of seven tax units (UIT; S/ 5,500 each in 2026).
• Non-domiciled: taxed only on Peruvian-source income, usually at a flat 30% on income from work.

Most nomads stay less than 183 days and pay no Peruvian tax. Whether work done in Peru for a foreign employer counts as Peruvian-source income is not clearly settled, so if you stay most of a year or take a residence card, get advice from a Peruvian accountant. Peru has no special tax regime for remote workers. The tax authority is SUNAT. This is a general guide, not tax advice; see our digital nomad taxes guide for the basics.

Peru’s currency is the sol (PEN), written S/. It has been one of the most stable currencies in Latin America, at roughly S/ 3.5 to the US dollar. US dollars are accepted for some rents, hotels, tours and flights, and prices for those are often quoted in dollars. Bring clean, untorn dollar notes if you bring cash, because damaged ones are refused.

ATMs from BCP, Interbank, BBVA and Scotiabank are everywhere in the cities and usually dispense both soles and dollars. Many charge foreign cards a fee per withdrawal, and limits are often a few hundred dollars per transaction. Always decline the ATM’s currency conversion. Cards are widely accepted in Lima, less so in markets and small towns.

Peruvians pay each other with the Yape and Plin apps, linked to a local bank account and phone number. Opening a bank account usually needs a carné de extranjería, so visitors generally can’t open one; most nomads use a foreign card with low fees, cash and Wise. Once you have residence, BCP and Interbank are the usual choices.