Notarial Services
The American Citizen Services section provides notarial services for the general public from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., Monday-Friday, except during Embassy closures on U.S. and Peruvian holidays.
Certified True Copies
Information regarding how to obtain official copies of birth, marriage, and death records from civil registries in the United States is available here.
The American Citizen Services section can make certified true copies of vital records documents from certain U.S. states during normal public hours (8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., Monday-Friday, excluding U.S. and Peruvian holidays).
Many U.S. states, however, prohibit the creation of certified true copies of vital records documents issued in those states due to concerns about security and fraud. Federal regulations also prohibit Consular officials from creating certified true copies of vital records documents from those states (see list below).
Department of Homeland Security regulations prohibit the copying of a Certificate of Naturalization.
List of States prohibiting certified true copies of vital records documents:
| Alabama Alaska California Colorado Connecticut Hawaii Illinois Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Maine |
Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Mississippi Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina North Dakota |
Ohio Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah West Virginia Wyoming |
U.S. vital records documents may need to be authenticated by a Peruvian Consul in the U.S. for official use in Peru.