Dummy Ticket for Peru Visa (2026): What the Embassy in Delhi Asks For

Peru keeps its visa process for Indian applicants refreshingly old-fashioned: one office, paper files, cash fee, interview. The Embassy of Peru in New Delhi publishes a precise checklist, and the flight item on it asks for an itinerary rather than a purchased fare. Many Indian travellers do not need the visa at all, because Peru waives it for holders of several Western visas. And since February 2025 there is a new wrinkle for anyone changing planes in Lima: a transit visa. This guide covers all three, quoting the embassy's own pages.

Peru visa key facts for 2026

Do Indians need a visa to visit Peru?

It depends on what else is in your passport. Since 27 March 2017, Indian nationals with an ordinary passport are exempt from Peru's tourist or business visa if they meet at least one condition: a visa from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia or any Schengen country with at least six months' validity at the time they enter Peru, or permanent residence in one of those countries.^[2]

That covers a lot of people. A family with valid UK visitor visas, an engineer with a US H-1B, a student holding a Schengen visa with enough months left: all can fly to Lima without visiting the embassy. The six-month test is the bit people miss. If your Schengen visa ends four months after your arrival date, you do not qualify, and you need the Peruvian visa.

Exempt travellers can stay up to 180 calendar days in a year, but the embassy says the actual stay "will be determined at the port of entry by the Immigration Officers".^[2] In other words, you might get fewer days than you hoped, so carry papers that show your planned departure.

Applicants from Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka who apply in New Delhi need a police clearance certificate as well.^[1] Other passport holders should check Peru's visa requirements list linked from the embassy page.

What does the Peruvian embassy in New Delhi say about flights?

The tourist visa checklist names a "Round-trip flight itinerary to Peru". It sits next to two items that must agree with it: "Day-by-day detailed activities while in Peru" and "Hotel reservation(s) in Peru".^[1]

The word "itinerary" matters. The embassy is not asking for a paid ticket. A verifiable reservation, showing your name, the flights into Peru and the flight out, with a booking reference the airline can find, is the strongest form an itinerary can take.

For comparison, the Peruvian Consulate General in Buenos Aires words the same item as "Pasaje ida al Perú y regreso al país de origen (ticket electrónico o reserva)", which lists a reservation as an accepted form.^[4] That consulate also notes that the fee buys the right to apply, "no garantiza su aprobación" (does not guarantee approval), and is not refunded if the visa is refused.

The full New Delhi tourist visa checklist

Here is the embassy's list grouped by purpose, so you can see how the flight document fits. Swipe sideways on a phone.

A detail that catches people out: the phone number must belong to the applicant. The embassy says a number that is not yours is not allowed, except for children.^[1]

Flights inside Peru

Most visitors to Peru take at least one domestic flight, often Lima to Cusco for Machu Picchu, and sometimes on to Arequipa or Puerto Maldonado. The checklist does not separately mention internal travel, but your day-by-day plan will, so add those legs to the reservation as well. Say you arrive in Lima on 5 December, fly to Cusco on the 7th and return to Lima on the 12th before flying home on the 13th. Then your reservation shows four flights, and your hotels switch cities on the 7th and the 12th. When the officer reads the plan beside the itinerary, every day has a place and a way to get there.

How does the application work, and when should you book the flight reservation?

You hand in the full file at the embassy in New Delhi yourself, between 10:00 and 12:00 on a working day. Documents sent by email or courier do not start the process. Once the embassy accepts a complete file, it emails you a link to schedule the interview, and the 7 to 10 working day clock starts after that interview.^[1]

So there are two dates to plan around: the day you submit, and the interview day, which you only learn afterwards. A reservation we issue stays valid for up to 2 weeks, with the airline setting the exact period. Book it two or three days before you submit. If the interview is set more than a week or so later and the officer may look at your booking again, take a fresh reservation for the same flights a day or two before the interview.

An example. Say you plan to fly on 5 December. You submit on Monday 3 November, having booked the reservation on 31 October. The embassy emails an interview slot for 13 November. On 11 November you check the PNR on the airline's site. If it has lapsed, you book the same flights again and take the new one along. The dates have not moved, so the officer still sees one consistent plan.

Visa or exemption: which route are you on?

Do you need a Peru transit visa to change planes in Lima?

Possibly, and this is new. From 1 February 2025, Peru requires a transit visa for foreign nationals who need to transit through Peruvian territory. It is valid for six months from issue for the first entry. The standard stay is up to 2 calendar days, which can exceptionally be extended to 15.^[2]

Under Supreme Decree No. 004-2025-RE, people who are already exempt from a visa for Peru are also exempt from the transit visa. So an Indian traveller with a qualifying US or UK visa, for example, needs nothing extra for Lima.^[2]

For everyone else, the general requirements are a passport valid six months, a copy of its data page, the consular fee, form DGC-005 and a photo. The consular officer may also ask for:

• a. "Round-trip ticket showing entry into and departure from Peru, with final destination in a third country."
• b. Proof that you are admissible at your final destination and any stops, such as a visa, hotel bookings or tour reservations.
• c. Proof of money to cover travel costs, and d. anything else the officer finds relevant.^[2]

Be careful with item (a). It says "ticket", not itinerary. If the officer applies it, a held reservation may not satisfy it, and a paid or refundable fare may be needed. The embassy page does not say whether a connection that stays airside in Lima counts as "transit through Peruvian territory", so ask the embassy if your route depends on it. Our transit visa guide compares how other countries handle airside connections.

What do you show on arrival in Lima?

Peru's migration authority lists the entry documents for foreign visitors as a passport (or an ID card for Andean Community and Mercosur nationals), the consular visa where one applies, and the Tarjeta Andina de Migración virtual, which is created automatically at the immigration desk.^[3] No return ticket appears on that list.

Airlines are stricter. Before boarding, agents check entry conditions through IATA Timatic.^[5] If you are using the exemption, expect to show the US, UK, Canadian, Australian or Schengen visa and how you will leave Peru. When a carrier insists on a paid onward ticket, a reservation may not satisfy it, and the airline has the final say. Our proof of onward travel guide and one-way travellers guide explain your options.

If you need more time once in Peru, extensions are handled by the Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones and must be requested before your current stay ends.^[4]

Preparing your Peru visa file, step by step

1. Rule out the exemption. Check the expiry of any US, Canadian, UK, Australian or Schengen visa against your arrival date.
2. Fix your dates and route. Include any flight inside Peru, for instance Lima to Cusco, and any onward country.
3. Write the day-by-day plan. One line per day, naming the city and the hotel.
4. Book the flight reservation two or three days before you submit, with names exactly as in the passport. Verify it on the airline's "Manage booking" page using our PNR check guide.
5. Book hotels on matching dates. Our hotel booking service can provide these.
6. Collect the rest: NOC, bank statements, ITR, photos, two DGC 005 forms and INR 3,000 in cash.
7. Submit in person in New Delhi, then schedule the interview from the embassy's email and refresh the reservation if it has lapsed.

Getting a round-trip itinerary with a live PNR for Peru

We create a reservation under your name for the flights and dates you pick, held in the airline's system with a booking reference you can look up yourself. It is not a paid ticket, and it cannot be used for travel.

Each passenger costs the same for one way or return, and routes with extra stops are priced per pair of legs. Indian customers pay by UPI, card or netbanking through Razorpay; the document normally reaches your inbox in around 10 minutes. You can track progress on the order tracking page, compare prices on the dummy ticket price page, read about flight reservations for visas, or go to our home page.

Peru visa flight itinerary: frequently asked questions

Building a wider South America trip? See our guides to the Chile visa, Argentina visa and Colombia visa, or browse requirements by country. If you are also applying for Europe, our Schengen visa guide sets out what each consulate asks for.

Sources

All sources last checked: October 2026.

1. Embassy of Peru in India, Consular Section, Issuance of Tourist Visa.
2. Embassy of Peru in India, Consular Section, Visa requirements for foreign nationals: exemption for Indian nationals, transit visa, Supreme Decree No. 004-2025-RE.
3. Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones, gob.pe, Realizar el control migratorio de ingreso y salida de extranjeros y residentes.
4. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores del Perú, gob.pe, Solicitar visa de turista para ingresar al Perú (Consulate General in Buenos Aires).
5. IATA, Timatic.