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Immigrant Visas

Filing an Immigrant Visa Petition

American citizens or Legal Permanent Residents who wish to sponsor a relative for an immigrant visa must file a petition with the USCIS office responsible for the petitioner's place of residence (that is, the place of residence of the American citizen or LPR who is filing the petition).  Consular sections are not authorized to accept such petitions; responsibility for acceptance and approval of immigrant visa petitions rests solely with USCIS, and USCIS contact information may be found on their webpage at http://www.uscis.gov/.


American citizens legally resident in Peru for more than six months, in cases of emergent or humanitarian situations (such as life and death, or health and safety), or if determined to be in the national interest (such as facilitating the travel of United States military), can contact the Lima office of USCIS at 434-3000 Monday to Friday, from 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 pm.  Window Hours (in the American Citizen Services area) are Monday, Tuesday and Thursdays, from 1:30-3:30 p.m.