Peru is an interesting country. It’s an amazing Andean country with a very rich history and a colorful culture. It’s also a favorite destination of TEFL teachers. The rules concerning citizenship are quite good, with just marriage to a Peruvian, you can have citizenship. You can check out out all the rules below.
CITIZENSHIP: (IPE) Citizenship laws are based upon the Constitution of the Peru, dated October 31, 1993 and the Nationality Law No. 26574 dated January 1996.
BY BIRTH:
- Persons born in the territory of the Republic of Peru.
- Person younger than 16 years old, in a state of abandonment that reside in the territory of Peru.
BY DESCENT:
- Child born in the territory of Peru, at least one of whose parents is a citizen of Peru.
- Child born abroad, whose father or mother is a citizen of Peru. The granted right is recognized to the descendants until the third generation.
REGISTRATION:
- Foreign woman or man who marries a citizen of Peru. The spouse naturalized by marriage does not lose Peruvain nationality in the event of divorce or the spouse’s death.
- Person(18 years or older), born in Peru, but whose parents were not citizens of Peru.
- Person (18 years or older), born in wedlock outside of Peru to Peruvian mother or father.
BY NATURALIZATION: Peruvian citizenship may be acquired upon fulfillment of the following conditions:
- Person has resided in Peru for two years consecutively.
- Works regularly in a profession, art, occupation, or managerial activity.
- Posses good behavior and moral solvency with no penal antecedents.
- Foreign people who live in the territory of the Republic with distinguished services to the Peruvian Nation may be granted nationality by legislative resolution.
DUAL CITIZENSHIP: RECOGNIZED.
Peruvians by birth that adopt the nationality of another country do not lose their Peruvian nationality, unless they express renunciation to it before the competent authority.
LOSS OF CITIZENSHIP: The acquired Peruvian nationality with arrangement to the Nationality Law No. 26574 is lost for expressed renunciation before the General Address of Migrations or the consular offices overseas and for the following reasons:
- For crimes against the State and the national defense.
- For crimes against the Public Security by illicit traffic of drugs.
- For crimes of terrorism and betrayal of the Nation.
ANY QUESTIONS concerning citizenship, or requests for renunciation of citizenship, should be sent to the address below:
The Embassy of Peru
Consular Section
1625 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
Consular Telephone: 202-462-1084 or 1085
Consular Fax: 202-462-1088
