I'm Dutch and my long distance novia lives in Peru.
I have been staying in Peru for 3 months, then leaving for 3 months back to Europe for the past 2 years.
My last couple of visits were:
25 march 2023 - 18 jun 2023
8 oct 2023- 4 jan 2024
Now after waiting for 3 months, i have yesterday returned to Peru, meaning to stay for 89 days (4 April 2024 - 2 July 2024).
However at the immigration they said because of me having left in January of this year, I can't stay for that period. I am only allowed to stay for 10 days, and I will be forced to leave the country. The person there spoke very poor english so I'm super confused what I did wrong / miscalculated/ misunderstood the ruling. As i previously understood it, you can stay for 90 days within a 180 day period. I thought calendar years had nothing to do with this.
Here are my questions:
1. Have I misunderstood the 90 in 180 day system wrong all this time, and if so, how does this work? does everything reset on January 1st or something?
2. considering all this info i have been given is correct, if I am forced to leave the 14th of April, When will be the first date I would be allowed to come back and stay for a consecutive 90 days again?
3. Tomorrow on saturday, I want to try to go to either Dutch Embassy or some immigrations office here in Lima to get an appeal to my case so I can try to stay longer? Where would I have the best chance to successfully do this in Lima? (Dutch Consulate, some immigrations office, etc) Any tips are welcome. My girlfriend and I are absolutely heartbroken and desperate about this. We haven't seen each other in 3 months and now potentially wont see each other again for a very long time. Having to book a new flight home for 4000+ soles doesn't help either.