We are awaiting NOA2 and would appreciate very much if all the members who have been through the K1 visa process in Lima, Peru post their experiences, advice, tips and any other information they can think of here. Many US consulates have detailed information on their web sites, but the one in Lima is not one of them. The consulate in Lima is very difficult to get in touch with and you can not email them questions either. Any help as to what forms the call for, questions asked, yada, yada, yada. jejeje! Thanks so much.

Hello, Im from Lima - Peru, this is what my husband and me posted when we had our interview. Here it goes the link:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...ic=5233&hl=

I hope that helps you and other people going through the peruvian embassy.

Here is another Link about a topic that Veroka started about peruvian members:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...c=17760&hl=

Any questions you have, you can send me a message. Good luck

OLY AND DIDIER

I can find a lot of K-1 Peruvian/American couples, but no current K-3's...

I'd love to know of other K-3 Peru experiences. Anyone out there besides me?

Either way, I like to keep track of everyone's process here that go through Peru. It's always very informative.

God Bless, Tracy

Hi Peruvian VJ-ers. My hubby and I are doing AOS, he came here on an F1 and we got married in August.
We have not had a long wait so far, but we are bracing ourselves. A few tips we would like to pass along in terms of paperwork/etc:

1. Your spouse/fiance should try to get 2-3 certified birth certificates "para uso en el extranjero" (yes, that little watermark and extra signature costs more ....) at the registro civil. These extra ones will come in handy here in the US.

2. Passport - these can be renewed at any peruvian consulate, but it is often easier and faster to get this done in Peru. Try to make sure that the passport has at least one or two years left before it expires, if you don't want to make the trip to the consulate or don't want to trust your passport to the US mail system.

3. Apparently there is a requirement (??) that people emigrating from Peru through formal processes have a "certificado de movimiento migratorio" processed. Don't know much about that, we didn't need it because my hubby originally came as an F1. But we have heard that others needed to get this before their visas were processed. Worth checking out.

4. If you get married in Peru your marriage certificate is valid in the US. But, if you get married in the US, your marriage certificate must be legalized by the peruvian consulate before it is recognized in Peru as valid. This can be especially important if there are children born to the married couple. Usually you will need to have your certified marriage certificate notarized in your home state, then have the secretary of state of your marriage state put the apostille on the certificate, and then do a simple translation of the certificate. The registration of your marriage must be done in person (_both spouses) with the peruvian consulate and they oftentimes require an appointment, so call ahead

5. If your spouse wants to change their DNI to reflect the maritial status and new name, this is usually much faster in Lima than at the Consulate. The consulate sends the DNI requests to Lima and they can take forever (1 year sometimes).

6. To change the marital status on the DNI and/or passport, the Peruvian government officials will need
the marriage certificate that has been legalized by the Peruvian consulate, not just the one you get at the county courthouse

7. When sending money home to Peru, try to get a bank account opened in your spouses name and then send the card to the relative in charge in Peru. Then just deposit the $ when you need to and save the exhorbitant western union fees. They withdraw in soles or dollars for a few dollar fee at any ATM associated with that US bank's network.

8. Have your spouse/fiance bring all educational records, duly legalized and translated by an official Peruvian government translator, to the US with them. This will help when applying for school, jobs, etc.

Good to see more Peru-US VJ-ers out there....good luck to you all during the journey and hang in there!

Ardilla, you have officially freaked me out... I thought I was so prepared!

If everything you say is true, then I don't know what to do now--specifically in regards to #'s 3 and 4.

Are these applicable to a non-immigrant visa situation (K-3) and the AOS process that follows?

I have only seen one post related to the "certificado de movimiento migratorio" and I can not remember if it was K1 or K3 related. I would also appreciate more info on this. Any recent K1 Visa's from Lima have this as a requierment? Thanks!

Hi all,
sorry to worry you...not my intent, I assure you!

#3: I'll try to find the posts that mentioned this. They were in the Latin America section under Peru....a few months back, on VJ. If I remember correctly it was for an immigrant visa. As we have not had this experience, I don't know if this is really a requirement or not.

#4: note that you _don't_ need to legalize your US civil marriage _for purposes of presenting the document to the US embassy or to USCIS_. #4 is not a US immigration requirement, but a requirement if your spouse chooses to change his/her marital status so that it is also recognized by the Peruvian government. Since your spouse will probably want his/her Peruvian documents (eg DNI and passport) to reflect their new marital status), the steps I note here will assist you in ensuring that their documents are up to date. In our case (Sept 2006), the Chicago consulate required both a legalization of the marriage certificate as well as a notarization of the certified translation (English to Spanish, we did it ourselves) of the marriage certificate. Note that consulates seem to vary in what they require, it is best to call ahead and make sure you verify everything twice As I mentioned above, as far as I know this is not something you need to worry about for immigration purposes, nor for K3 purposes.

I'd be interested to learn of others experiences....good to see more Peru-US couples out there

Here is some information from DIGEMIN (Direccion de Migraciones y Naturalizacion) - note there is info on changing DNI and passport to indicate new marital status.

http://www.digemin.gob.pe/preguntas_frecuentes.asp#5

PREGUNTAS FRECUENTES


A mi hijo lo inscribí hace poco; varios años no ha tenido partida de nacimiento, ¿cómo puedo gestionar un pasaporte?
Debe traer la partida nacimiento original además documentos complementarios como son: ficha única de matrícula y certificado de nacimiento o tarjetas de vacuna.
Subir



No tengo los hologramas de votación ¿cómo puedo solicitar un pasaporte?
Antes de iniciar el trámite en Migraciones debe pagar las multas en el Bco. de la Nación, en el caso de ser omiso.


Yo voté pero perdí los hologramas, ¿qué debo hacer?
Antes de iniciar el trámite en Migraciones debe acudir a la ONPE, donde recabará una constancia de sufragio.


Mi DNI está deteriorado e ilegible, ¿debo sacar otro?
Antes de iniciar un trámite en Migraciones debe solicitar en el RENIEC una constancia con imágenes.


Me casé recientemente y necesito que en el pasaporte salga mi nuevo estado civil aunque mi DNI diga que soy soltero(a), ¿qué gestión debo hacer?
Antes de tramitar un pasaporte debe tramitar en el RENIEC un nuevo DNI en el cual aparezca su estado civil actual. El pasaporte es expedido o revalidado conforme a los datos que figura en su DNI.


¿Es necesario pagar los derechos por obtención o revalidación de pasaporte en la misma oficina de Migraciones?
No. Ud. puede pagar estos derechos en cualquier agencia del Banco de la Nación a nivel nacional. Acudiendo a Migraciones con los derechos pagados la atención es más rápida.


¿Donde consigo el formato F-1?
Gratuitamente en cualquier oficina de Migraciones o puede bajarla desde la página web Formularios

Puedo recurrir al servicio de un tramitador?
No. Y no es necesario. Los trámites son sencillos y rápidos cuando se tiene la documentación requerida y los pagos previamente realizados en cualquier agencia del Banco de la Nación. No se deje sorprender por los tramitadores.

Las tasas que se cobra para revalidar o gestionar un nuevo pasaporte son determinadas por Migraciones
No. Las tasas son determinadas por el Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas.



Cuántas veces puede ser revalidado el pasaporte guinda
El pasaporte mecanizado guinda puede ser revalidado por única vez.


Puedo obtener mi pasaporte con electoral manual o la constancia Tipo 4
La libreta manual caducó indefectiblemente el 28 de febrero pasado, no tiene valor para ningún trámite administrativo. La constancia tipo 4 es un documento complementario y no reemplaza al DNI.



Para obtener mi DNI, me demoré muchos años, tendré que presentar más documentos.
Si, usualmente se solicita la partida de nacimiento o libreta militar (original y copia).


Cuanto tiempo debo esperar para recabar mi pasaporte
Una vez que se toma la fotografía un promedio de 2 horas. Pero, si desea puede recogerlo de lunes a viernes de 08.00 a 16.00 hrs.


Yo tramite mi DNI mucho después de cumplir los 18 años, tendré que presentar más documentos en Migraciones para gestionar mi pasaporte?
Si, usualmente se solicita la partida de nacimiento y libreta militar(original y copia).

Here's the link to the service providing Certificado de Movimeinto Migratorio.

http://www.digemin.gob.pe/tramite_detalle.asp?cpd=320.

Here is the link where you can find the F003 (Certificado de Movimiento Migratorio application)

http://www.digemin.gob.pe/tramite_detalle.asp?cpd=320

Looks like a very simple form. There is a fee of 20 soles and it needs to be paid at the banco de la nacion.