How To: Live in Perú

Usually AIESEC and IAESTE interns are coming here on student’s visa.
You can have your visa extended in migration office called DIGEMIN. It is located at Av. España 734, in Breña (district of Lima). Unless you speak perfectly Spanish, I recommend you taking someone who is Peruvian with you. In front of the building you can always see lot of suspicious characters, con artists, who will want to “help” you and will require money for it. Don’t let them cheat you. You don’t have to pay for any form, all necessary payment you make at the bank.

To have your visa extended you will need few things.

1. You will have to pay 20 $ and S./26 in Banco de la Nacion for “Prórroga de Permanencia”. And this is all that you will need to pay. If someone tells you, that you need to pay him/her something else, probably is just trying to cheat you.

2. I needed some documents: a letter from company where I had my internship; second is letter from a person, Peruvian, that has a job, that he/she will guarantee to pay costs of your stay and studies.

3. A photocopy of your passport – the page with your personal data and the page with visa.

4. Your Carta Andina (the small paper you get usually on the plane before you land and is stamped at customs)

5. Fill the form that you will receive at the window

6. Don’t forget your passport

And that’s all…
Check, for how long they are going to extend your visa. The longer, the better. Otherwise you’d have to go there every month and pay the money every time

Here is the link to official website of the office (in Spanish).