Documents to travel to the United States from Peru: this is all you need

Be it because you will travel to do tourismor for work or studies, if your destination is United Statesyour entry into the North American country will require the fulfillment of certain requirements that you must scrupulously abide by to avoid setbacks during your arrival at this much-requested destination in our times of COVID-19 pandemic.

Processing your visa to travel to the United States is mandatory and must be done with enough time before leaving so that you can have everything under control and avoid last minute inconveniences. The shift request and the obtaining of the visa have a duration of at least two months.

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It is necessary to have an up-to-date passport and have at least one page available for the visa stamp. The best way to obtain correct information is by going to the embassy or consulate of United States in the country of origin and seek advice on formal entry requirements.

In the case of Peru, the headquarters of the U.S. Embassy It is located in Lima, exactly on Avenida La Encalada cdra. 17 s/n, in the district of Surco. Next, we will detail the types of visa to which one can apply depending on your situation:

TOURIST VISA

If you already have everything ready to get to know Orlando and the Disney theme parks, in addition to your valid passport, you will also require a tourist visa issued by the United States Embassy in our country.

And if you are traveling accompanied by a minor, You must carry your passport and your tourist visa. But, in case the minor travels alone with his father or his mother, to the two previous documents you will have to add a notarial travel authorization. This document must be processed at a notary’s office because it will allow the minor to pass immigration controls.

Whether by unilateral decision or because our country signed an agreement with the other country, currently, a total of 74 countries allow the entry of Peruvians without the need for a visa. In some it is only necessary to present the DNI and in others the passport. (Photo: Andean)

BUSINESS OR WORK VISA

In case your trip to the United States responds to work or business reasons, in addition to your passport, you will have to process a work visa.

As explained in the Embassy of the United States in our country, the immigration visas for work are divided into five preference categories: E1for worker with priority; E2for professionals with advanced degrees and people of exceptional ability; E3for skilled workers, professionals, and skilled workers (other workers); E4, for certain special immigrants; and the E5for immigrant investors.

STUDY VISA

In this case, a passport will also be necessary, but the visa you request must be a student visa.

You must know that There are two categories of nonimmigrant visa for people who wish to study in the United States. The F visa is for academic studies, and the M visa is for non-academic or vocational studies.

In the case of F1 visait will be delivered to the student who wishes to attend a university or any other academic institution in the United States, including primary and secondary schools or language training programs.
The M1 visa It is intended for the student who wishes to continue a course of study that is not precisely academic in nature and is pursued at a vocational or other recognized non-academic institution.

But, prior to the processing of any of these two types of visa, they must have a certificate of eligibility. To do this, the Visa applicants must first be accepted for the course they are going to study and be certified as prospective US students. The required certificate of eligibility is the form I-20 and is issued and sent directly to the potential student by the institution or school to which he qualified.

The types of visa that are delivered depend on the reason for the trip you are going to make to the United States. (Photo: Andean)

HOW DO I PROCESS MY VISA?

Although there are several options and processes for applying for a nonimmigrant visa to the United States, the regular visa application process begins with scheduling an appointment.

To do this, you must complete the DS-160 Nonimmigrant Visa Electronic Application and print the confirmation sheet (with barcode) for each applicant.
Then you will have to go to the website of the visa dating service and create an account (with an email and password), choose the appropriate visa category, select the DHL location where you wish to collect your passport with visa after the interview, pay the visa fee (MRV payment) and schedule the appointment .
During the appointment you must have on hand your current and previous passports (if you have them) and the barcode of the confirmation sheet of the DS-160 of each applicant.

For the latest information on visa issues and travel to the United States, you can go to https://pe.usembassy.gov/es/visas-es/ or to visa dating service because the pandemic has imposed restrictions and requirements that may affect travel and the issuance of visas.