On November 14, 2023, a modification of the Foreigner Law, Decreto Legislativo 1582, was published introducing a resident visa for digital nomads, remote workers and freelancers in Peru for the first time.
This new Digital Nomad Visa is supposed to allow foreigners, who work independently or employed for a company outside Peru using digital communication technologies and systems, to apply for and get a resident visa in Peru.
It’s important to mention that the Digital Nomad Visa will not allow foreigners to work for a Peruvian company in Peru or to have any income in Peru. The income must be generated abroad while living in Peru.
As other Peruvian resident visas, the Digital Nomad Visa will as well be valid for up to one year and then can be extended.
Unfortunately, the corresponding administrative regulations to put the Decreto Legislativo 1582 into effect and thus make the Digital Nomad Visa available, haven’t been published yet. There have been no news when this will happen and right now (September 2024) we don’t know which requirements foreigners have to meet exactly and how the application process works.
As soon as there are any official news, we will update this article and explain the process in detail.
Those who already now want to read the exact wording of the legal text, check out Decreto Legislativo No. 1582, article 29.1i “Nomada Digital”. Additionally, on the government website the new Digital nomad visa is introduced as well.
