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Non-Immigrant Visas

Please DO NOT bring to the Embassy any weapons, large bags, tape recorders or players, cameras, electronic items (including IPods, MP3 players, and PDAs), smoking items, or sharp instruments. Cell phones and liquids other than baby bottles must be left at the entrance.

What to Bring to Your Interview

  • Your passport, valid for at least six months.
  • Banco Continental receipt for the $131.00 application fee, paid within one year of the appointment date. (Note: No fee required for A, G or C-3 visas.) 
  • The Electronic Visa Application Form completed, signed, and dated.  Please remember to print all 3 pages of the form to bring to the appointment.
  • 5x5 cm (2x2 inch) photograph, glued or stapled to the application form. The photograph must have been taken within the last six months; the face must occupy half of the photograph; the subject must be facing the camera directly; the photo may be in color; but the background must be white.  You can find additional information on photo requirements on the State Department Photo Information Page.
  • Supplemental Nonimmigrant Visa Application (DS-157) to be completed by male applicants between 16 and 45 years old.
  • Birth Certificate.  Besides the original Marriage Certificate, parents of minors must present the original Birth Certificate (of the minors) issued in the last three months. If a legal guardian applies on behalf a minor, both, the legal guardian and the minor, must be present for the interview with the court documents proving legal custody at that time.
  • Marriage Certificate if applicant is married.
  • Additional documentation that you feel may support your application.  Please note that the U.S. visa application is interview-based rather than document-based, but an officer may ask for documents related to your trip.  While no specific documents are required, you may wish to have available at your interview: old passports containing a previous U.S. visa or showing international travel; bank statements or evidence of property; a letter from your employer confirming your job and salary; if a student, your most recent grades; any passports of family members who have traveled to the United States; and other documents that demonstrate your ties to Peru and your planned trip abroad. 

 

As applicants must qualify for the visa according to their own circumstances and not on the basis of a sponsor in the United States, affidavits of support from your friends and family in the United States will not generally be considered for tourism visas.  

FOR F, J and M APPLICANTS ONLY:

  • Supplemental Contact Information and Work History for Nonimmigrant Visa Applicant (DS-158) to be completed only by applicants seeking a F, J, or M visa.
  • Proof that you have paid your nonrefundable SEVIS fee for applicants seeking F, M, and certain J-1 visas.  More information on the SEVIS fee is available at http://www.ice.gov/sevis.  Payment can be made with credit card at https://www.fmjfee.com/index.jhtml. 
  • For F and M Applicants: A valid I-20 issued by a qualified institution in the United States, as well as evidence of the resources available to pay school fees.
  • For J Applicants: A valid ORIGINAL DS-2019 issued by a qualified institution in the United States.   

 

APPLICANTS WHO SUBMIT MATERIALLY FALSE DOCUMENTATION IN SUPPORT OF A VISA APPLICATION MAY BE FOUND PERMANENTLY INELIGIBLE FOR U.S. VISAS AND MAY HAVE ALL CURRENT VISAS CANCELLED.