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Peruvian Embassy in New Delhi

Overview

The Peruvian Embassy in New Delhi covers India and, by concurrent accreditation, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka from D-2/5 Vasant Vihar, and backs that single career post with the densest honorary network of any Latin American mission in the region: honorary consuls in Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Chennai within India, and in Kathmandu and Dhaka. For Indian travellers the headline is the entry rule in force since 27 March 2017: an ordinary Indian passport with a valid US, Canadian, UK, Australian or Schengen visa good for at least six months — or permanent residence in one of those places — enters Peru for tourism or business without a Peruvian visa.

Visa Services

Since 27 March 2017 Indian nationals holding an ordinary passport are exempt from the Peruvian temporary visa in the tourist and business categories if, on entry, they hold a visa valid for at least six months issued by the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia or any Schengen-area country, or permanent residence in one of those countries. The maximum stay is 180 calendar days — continuous or spread over several visits within a year — and the exact period is set by the immigration officer at the port of entry. Indian travellers without a qualifying document apply for a tourist or business visa at the Consular Section in Vasant Vihar; a Peruvian transit visa has been required since 1 February 2025 for foreign nationals who need to transit Peruvian territory and is applied for in advance (valid six months from issue for the first entry, with a round-trip ticket and proof of admissibility to the final destination among the documents). Visas for the migratory statuses of artist, designated worker, resident worker, rentier, independent professional, student, religious worker, investor and immigrant are handled with Peru's migration authority, Migraciones.

Consular Services

Peruvian citizens resident in India, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Nepal or Sri Lanka are served for DNI and passport issuance and renewal, lost-passport replacement, civil registration of births, marriages and deaths, notarial acts, voter registration for Peruvian elections abroad, document legalisation, and certificates required for use in India. The honorary consuls in Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Kathmandu and Dhaka are first points of contact for the Peruvian community in their cities; consular acts are completed by the Consular Section in Delhi, which also holds periodic Saturday attention days.

Trade & Export Support

India–Peru trade has expanded substantially over the past decade, with crude petroleum, copper concentrates, gold, fishmeal, grapes and avocados moving from Peru to India and pharmaceuticals, motorcycles, polyester yarn, organic chemicals and engineering goods flowing the other way. Peru's Pacific Alliance membership opens additional trade architecture for the Indian flow. The Embassy's commercial section coordinates with PromPerú and with Indian counterpart chambers (CII, FICCI) for sector outreach across mining services, agribusiness exports and IT services partnerships, and promotes Peruvian products such as pisco at Indian trade and hospitality events.

Investment Opportunities

Peruvian inbound investment promotion through this Embassy targets the sectors where Indian capital is most active: mining services and engineering for the copper, gold and zinc sectors in the Andean highlands, pharmaceuticals manufacturing and distribution in Lima and Arequipa, IT services partnerships, renewable energy projects in the coastal desert and the southern Altiplano, and the agro-industrial export pipeline of grapes, blueberries, avocados and quinoa for the Indian market. The Embassy coordinates with ProInversión for national-level introductions and with regional development agencies in Cusco, Arequipa and Lima for sector-specific outreach.

Business Support

The Embassy maintains operational contact with the Cámara de Comercio Peruano-India and with Indian counterpart chambers including CII and FICCI for trade-fair coordination, B2B matchmaking, sector delegations and the bilateral commercial calendar. The Pacific Alliance context complements the bilateral framework with broader Latin American positioning.

Cultural & Educational Programs

Cultural and educational programming includes presentations of Andean music (huayno, Afro-Peruvian rhythms), cycles of Peruvian cinema at Indian film festivals, the literary heritage of Mario Vargas Llosa — Peruvian Nobel laureate widely read in Indian Spanish-language programmes — Spanish-language teaching cooperation with Indian universities, postgraduate scholarship programmes at Peruvian universities for Indian students under the bilateral exchange framework, and academic exchange agreements with ICCR.

Service Area

Republic of India (primary host), People's Republic of Bangladesh, Republic of Maldives, Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal and Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Honorary consulates of Peru in Maharashtra (Mumbai), West Bengal (Kolkata), Karnataka (Bangalore) and Chennai within India, and in Kathmandu (Nepal) and Dhaka (Bangladesh), are local contact points; consular acts are completed by the Consular Section in New Delhi.

Appointment Information

The Embassy and its Consular Section attend Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 17:00 at D-2/5 Vasant Vihar; the Consular Section answers on +91 11 4616 3308 and consular@embassyperuindia.in, and the embassy switchboard on +91 11 4616 3333. Visa applicants without a qualifying third-country visa coordinate the document checklist with the Consular Section before attending; Peruvian citizens can also use the periodic Saturday attention days announced by the consulate.

Special Notes

Indian passport holders with a valid US, Canadian, UK, Australian or Schengen visa (at least six months' validity on entry) or permanent residence in one of those countries enter Peru for tourism or business without a Peruvian visa, for up to 180 days in a year. Transit through Peru requires a transit visa since 1 February 2025. Four-country concurrent accreditation plus honorary consulates in Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Kathmandu and Dhaka. Emergency mobile for Peruvian citizens: +91 98183 42780.

Frequently asked questions

Do Indian passport holders need a visa for Peru?

Not for tourism or business if they hold a qualifying document. Since 27 March 2017 Indian nationals with an ordinary passport are exempt from the Peruvian temporary visa (tourist or business category) when they hold a visa valid for at least six months issued by the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia or a Schengen country, or permanent residence in one of those countries. The stay cannot exceed 180 calendar days in a year and its length is set at the port of entry. Indian travellers without such a document apply at the Consular Section in Vasant Vihar; work, study, religious, investor and immigrant statuses are handled with Peru's migration authority.

Does the Delhi Embassy cover Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka or the Maldives?

Yes. The Peruvian Embassy in New Delhi has concurrent accreditation to the People's Republic of Bangladesh, the Republic of Maldives, the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in addition to the host country India. Honorary consuls in Kathmandu and Dhaka are local contact points for Nepal and Bangladesh; consular acts are completed in Delhi.

Are there Peruvian consular offices elsewhere in India?

Yes — Peru runs honorary consulates in Mumbai (Ador House, K. Dubash Marg), Kolkata (Shakespeare Sarani), Bangalore (Koramangala) and Chennai (Eldams Road, Teynampet). They are first points of contact for the Peruvian community and for general enquiries in their regions; passports, DNI, civil-registry and visa acts are completed by the Consular Section of the Embassy in New Delhi.

What is the embassy schedule?

The Embassy and its Consular Section attend Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 17:00. The Consular Section is reached on +91 11 4616 3308 or consular@embassyperuindia.in, the embassy switchboard on +91 11 4616 3333; the consulate also announces periodic Saturday attention days for Peruvian citizens.

I am a Peruvian citizen in India — where do I get consular services?

Peruvian citizens resident in India, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Nepal or Sri Lanka are served by the Consular Section at D-2/5 Vasant Vihar for DNI and passports, civil registration, notarial acts, voter registration for Peruvian elections abroad, document legalisation and certificates. The honorary consuls in Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Kathmandu and Dhaka are local first contacts. The emergency mobile is +91 98183 42780.

Do I need a visa to transit through Peru?

Since 1 February 2025 Peru requires a transit visa from foreign nationals who need to pass through Peruvian territory to a third country, unless they are exempt from the visa requirement altogether. It is applied for in advance at the Consular Section with a passport valid for at least six months, the DGC-005 application form, a photograph, the consular fee, and on request a round-trip ticket showing the onward destination and proof of admissibility there; the visa is valid six months from issue for the first entry.

Visaja keeps this page's contact details and visa guidance under continuous review — still, requirements can change at short notice, so confirm the essentials with the mission or the official government portal before you travel.