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Non-Immigrant Visas

For information regarding visa categories and how to schedule an appointment, including requests for expedited appointments, please contact the U.S. Visa Service.

Please remember, there is no appeal or reconsideration process for visa refusals.  However, visa applicants may reapply at any time and a different Consular Officer will determine their eligibility for a visa.

For information regarding the status of your application and visa denials, please email the Consular Section at LimaNIV@state.gov.  Please include:

• Your full name
• The full name of the applicant and your relationship to him/her, if applicable.

Before contacting the Non-Immigrant Visa Unit, please be sure to also check our Frequently Asked Questions for quicker access to information.  Upon emailing us, you will receive an automatic reply.  Please do not respond to the automatic reply, as doing so may delay the processing of your inquiry.  We aim to answer questions not addressed by our automatic reply, within 2 business days.

For information on how to report lost or stolen passports please click here.

Immigrant Visas

Prior to emailing U.S. Embassy Lima, immigrant visa applicants should check to see if their case has arrived from the National Visa Center (NVC).  After the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) approves an immigrant visa petition, it sends the case to the National Visa Center for processing.  The National Visa Center will only send cases to the U.S. Embassy in Lima with current priority dates.  To check if your priority date is current, please review the monthly visa bulletin or contact the National Visa Center.

If the answer to your question cannot be found on our website, immigrant visa petitioners and applicants with questions may email us at LimaIV@state.gov.  Please include:

• Your full name
• The full name of the applicant and your relationship to him/her, if applicable
• Immigrant visa case number (beginning with LMA)

Upon emailing us, you will receive an automatic reply.  Please do not respond to the automatic reply, as doing so may delay the processing of your inquiry.  We aim to answer questions not addressed by out automatic reply, withing 2 business days.

Immigrant visa petitioners and applicants may also call the Embassy at +51-618-2000 and ask for the "Immigrant Visa Section", between 2:00pm and 3:00pm, Monday through Friday, to speak with a consular employee about the status of their case.  The Immigrant Visa Section is closed on American and Peruvian Holidays, as well as during scheduled closures.

The Embassy will close for normal business at 12:30pm on Friday afternoons from January 2, 2012 to February 24, 2012.  As a result, the Immigrant Visa Section will not be able to answer phone calls on Fridays.