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Temporary Designated Specialist

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Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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Which exceptional-talent, academic, scientific, artistic, technological, cultural or other profiles does the pathway target?

Foreign persons commissioned to Peru for highly specialised work for an international company, sent by a foreign employer to perform a specific task or work requiring specialised professional, commercial or technical knowledge.

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What achievements, recognition, awards, publications, reputation or other evidence establishes the required level?

A designation document from the foreign company stating the applicant's professional specialty and service duration, and a letter from the Peruvian company receiving the service stating that the work is highly specialised. The official source does not state an awards, publications or formal qualification threshold.

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Limits of the record
  • No awards, publications or formal qualification threshold stated.

Is an employer, nominator, recognised body, peer group or government endorsement required?

Yes: the foreign employer must issue a signed designation document, there must be a service/technical-cooperation contract between the foreign company and the Peruvian recipient, the Peruvian recipient company must issue a letter, and the contracting entity must have an active RUC with SUNAT.

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Can the holder change employer, work independently, establish a business or conduct other professional activity? What is the family position?

The holder cannot carry out lucrative activities on their own account in Peru nor receive Peruvian-source income; pay must come from the international company, with no dependency relationship with the Peruvian company. Sources conflict on family: the Regulation says temporary statuses are personal and cannot be extended to the family unit, while the Migration Law (Legislative Decree) says family of temporary-status holders with stays over 90 days are assigned the same status.

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Limits of the record
  • Conflict between Regulation and Decree on whether family can share temporary status.

What duration, renewal and accelerated or normal longer-term residence pathway is officially stated?

Granted for 183 consecutive days, or periods adding up to 183 days within one year from first entry; an extension for the same period may be requested. To keep the status the holder must stay 183 days out of 365 in Peru. The official source does not state a longer-term residence path.

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Limits of the record
  • No longer-term residence pathway stated for this temporary status.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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