Peru Guide

In Peru, a residence visa - so, the permit that allows you to legally live in the country - is usually valid for only one (1) year and must then be extended. This residence permit is not the same as your carné, the physical ID card, even though both are closely connected and often confused.

Priests and pastors, members of religious orders, missionaries and other individuals who wish to stay in Peru to perform religious or pastoral work can apply for a religious resident visa, officially called religioso residente.

In this guide we have collected important additional legal background for the corporate environment in Peru. Before reading this, you should have a good understanding of the "Company & Corporation Types in Peru" that is the second part of our Business & Investment Guide.

San Silvestre School is a British Peruvian girls only school offering a combination of British and Peruvian education. The total enrollment is about 1400; most students are Peruvian, but a variety of different nationalities can be found.

Each year on January 20 the small town of Caraz, Huaylas near Huaraz in Ancash celebrates the town’s patron saint, the Virgin of Chiquinquirá, a title for the Virgin Mary in South America.

Once upon a time a gull laid her eggs on the shore of Lake Titicaca in Peru. There were three eggs altogether and the whole day long the mother gull sat on them to keep them warm, only leaving the nest occasionally to catch herself a fish from the lake.

Attached to the Ministry of Environment, the Peruvian Institute of Geophysics (IGP) is a public research institution in charge of investigating, monitoring and generating knowledge in the field of geophysics, in order to anticipate and reduce the destructive impact of natural or human-induced hazards.

Founded in 1979, the Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Peru is a non-profit organization encouraging and promoting the best conditions for a free market, investment and commercial exchange between Peru and Switzerland.

Radio viva fm broadcasts Rock & Pop in English for the younger generation.

Attached to the Ministry of Environment, Senamhi, the Peruvian National Service for Meteorology and Hydrology, is a public entitity  in charge of collecting, evaluatin and providing meteorological, hydrological and climate information and knowledge to all Peruvians.