Peru Relocation Index

How Peru scores

There are defined legal pathways for foreign work/residence and public health programs. | Constitutional due-process protections and formal judiciary independence exist.

• Peace and conflict safety48
• Immigrant safety50
• Visa accessibility60
• Residence permit realism57
• Labor market access54
• Healthcare54
• Civil rights62
• Discrimination safety57
• Status security55
• Infrastructure reliability52
• Cost of living sustainability60

Recent news impact

No high-signal, recently enacted news development (within the last 45 days) was identified that clearly worsens or improves Peru’s short-term relocation outlook for migrants/immigrants. Some enacted legal or administrative updates exist, but the provided items are either framework/procedural updates (not clearly border/restriction or asylum/regularization tightening) or context that affects primarily internal logistics and infrastructure risk rather than migration access and legal status in the near term.

Sources

• Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) — Political Stability and Absence of Violence, Rule of Law, Control of Corruption (data view for Peru)World Bank
• Peru: Freedom in the World 2026 Country ReportFreedom House
• US Department of State — 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Peru (rule of law and fair trial context)U.S. Department of State
• Ley que modifica el Código Penal y el Código de Ejecución Penal para facilitar la expulsión de extranjeros y fortalecer la seguridad ciudadanaEl Peruano
• Decreto Legislativo de Migraciones (Decree Law) — cancellation/grounds context (article-level access via official search)El Peruano
• Solicitud de visa temporal según calidad migratoria — Trabajador temporal (official government processing page)Plataforma del Estado Peruano (Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones)
• Solicitar visa de trabajador residente para su ingreso al Perú (official government processing page)Plataforma del Estado Peruano (Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores)
• Seguro Integral de Salud (SIS) — Preguntas frecuentes de planes de seguros SIS para orientación (official government page)Plataforma del Estado Peruano (SIS)