Document checklist
Ghana → Peru: Student residence status (Calidad Migratoria de Formación - Residente)
What you need before you submit, checked against official requirements, not guesswork.
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Required documents
8 itemsIdentity
Valid passport or identity document
RequiredA simple copy of your current, valid passport. If you already have a DNI, carné de extranjería, or another identity document issued by Peru's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a copy of that works too.
Source: Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones, Solicitar calidad migratoria de formación residente
Financial
Sworn statement of economic solvency
RequiredA signed sworn statement (declaración jurada) that you can support yourself for the length of your student status (1 year or more). If you're a minor, your father, mother or guardian signs it instead.
Source: Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones, Solicitar calidad migratoria de formación residente
Purpose of travel
Enrollment certificate from your school
RequiredA simple copy of your enrollment certificate (constancia de matrícula), no more than 30 days old, from a study center recognized by the Peruvian State. It must show your name and a study duration of 1 year or more, and be signed by the institution's director.
Source: Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones, Solicitar calidad migratoria de formación residente
Formación Temporal status, for courses under 1 year
If your course lasts less than a year, you apply for the shorter 'Formación Temporal' migratory status instead of 'Formación - Residente'. Check gob.pe for that procedure's own document list before applying.
Source: Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones, Cambio de calidad migratoria por formación temporal
Other
Guardian's signed consent (under 18)
RequiredIf you're a minor, your legal representative (parent or guardian) must sign the application consent and provide their own valid ID, plus proof of their legal representation.
Source: Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones, Solicitar calidad migratoria de formación residente
Legalized and translated foreign documents
RequiredDocuments issued outside Peru must be legalized by the Peruvian consulate in that country and by Peru's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or carry a Hague apostille. Documents in another language must be translated into Spanish by a sworn or public translator.
Source: Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones, Solicitar calidad migratoria de formación residente
Payment of the procedure fee
RequiredPay the fee (S/ 22.20 at the time this was checked) through Pagalo.pe using procedure code 07568, or at any Banco de la Nación branch with your travel document. Check gob.pe for the current amount before paying, since fees change.
Source: Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones, Solicitar calidad migratoria de formación residente
Police, criminal and judicial record certificates
RequiredFor applicants 18 or older: a certificate from a competent authority showing you have no police, criminal or judicial record, from your country of origin and from any country where you lived in the 5 years before applying.
Source: Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones, Solicitar calidad migratoria de formación residente
Why applications on this route get refused
Enrollment certificate doesn't cover a year, or is outdated
Migraciones asks for an enrollment certificate showing 1 year or more of study and dated within the last 30 days. A shorter course or an older certificate doesn't meet the Formación - Residente checklist.
How to avoid it: Get a fresh enrollment certificate from your school, dated recently, that clearly states your course length.
Missing a record certificate from a country you lived in
Applicants 18 or older need a police, criminal and judicial record certificate from every country they lived in during the 5 years before applying, not only their home country.
How to avoid it: List every country you lived in over the last 5 years and request a certificate from each before applying.
Foreign documents not legalized or translated
Documents from abroad without a consular legalization, Ministry of Foreign Affairs legalization, or apostille, or not translated into Spanish by a sworn translator, don't meet the requirement.
How to avoid it: Get your documents apostilled or legalized, and translated by a sworn translator, before you submit them.
Sources
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