Peru birth certificate from the US: S/10.30 RENIEC online copy

Certified copies of Peruvian birth records (actas de nacimiento) are issued by the Registro Nacional de Identificación y Estado Civil (RENIEC). From the United States you can get one online on RENIEC’s site for S/10.30 (fee published by RENIEC, checked October 3, 2026), as long as the record is in RENIEC’s database. The PDF carries a QR code and can only be generated once. If your birth was registered at a Peruvian consulate in the US, the copy does not come from RENIEC: you request it from the consulate or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Key facts

ItemDetail (checked October 3, 2026)
Issued byRENIEC (records registered in Peru); the consulate or the Foreign Ministry (records registered at a consulate)
Channel from the USRENIEC site: apps.reniec.gob.pe/actascertificadas
Online feeS/10.30, code 02141 (RENIEC)
Copy for Foreign Ministry proceduresS/12.00, code 06637, at an office or Plataforma Virtual Multiservicios (RENIEC)
Copy of a record registered at the Washington, D.C. consulateUS$6.00 per record (Consulate General in Washington, D.C.)
Copy of a consular record requested in LimaUS$7.50 “por Derecho de Reintegro Consular” (Foreign Ministry)
Downloads allowedOne (RENIEC)
ValidationQR code on the copy (RENIEC)
Delivery time and validityRENIEC’s note states neither; the PDF is generated at the end of the steps

Step by step on RENIEC’s site

Cancellation: the RENIEC certified-copy portal states that once the application has been finalized, it cannot be cancelled (checked October 17, 2026).

RENIEC published these steps in its June 30, 2026 note, addressed to people “in different regions of Peru or abroad”:

  1. Search for the record. Go to RENIEC’s certified-copies site, fill in the details and click “Buscar” to see whether the record is registered.
  2. Pay S/10.30. Code 02141 is for Banco de la Nación or Págalo.pe; Yape uses a code you generate in RENIEC’s payment ticketing site (see below); RENIEC also lists BCP agents. Keep the receipt.
  3. Return to the site, select “emitir copia certificada” and accept the terms of service.
  4. Validate your personal details: DNI number, date of birth, country, mobile number and email.
  5. Enter the verification code sent to your email.
  6. Pick the record type: birth, marriage or death.
  7. Fill in the record holder’s details and select the payment you made.
  8. View or download the file only if you are going to print it right then.
  9. Click “generar copia certificada” and print.

How payment works

RENIEC’s FAQ page asks for payment with code 02141 and the concept “copia certificada de actas vía internet” at Banco de la Nación or on Págalo.pe. To pay by Yape, RENIEC says to first generate a code in its payment ticketing site, then open the app, choose “Yapear servicios”, select “Reniec” and paste the code. RENIEC’s note does not say which of these channels accept a US bank card or account; check before you start.

The one-download rule

RENIEC warns: “The document can only be generated once [01] and is meant solely for immediate printing,” and “the system records the preview as a definitively issued document.” In practice:

  • Have the printer on and loaded before step 8.
  • Do not open the preview “just to see it”: according to RENIEC, that already counts as issuance.
  • The copy carries a QR code that, according to RENIEC, “certifies its validity.”

If the record is not in RENIEC’s database

RENIEC states that the online copy only works if the record is in its database. If it is not, RENIEC points to two routes:

  • Record registered at a municipality in Peru: request it from the municipality where it was registered.
  • Record registered at a Peruvian consulate: request it from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which handles it with the relevant consulate.

If your birth was registered at a Peruvian consulate in the US

Payment in Washington: the consulate’s copies page accepts cash, VISA or MASTERCARD, but only cash on the last business day of the month (checked October 17, 2026).

People born in the US and registered as Peruvian at a consulate have a consular birth record. For that record:

  • At the consulate where it was registered. The Consulate General in Washington, D.C. says it only issues certified copies of births, marriages and deaths “that were previously registered at this Consular Office.” It asks you to identify yourself with a DNI (Peruvians) or a passport or driver’s license (foreigners), give the record holder’s name and, if possible, the registration date, and pay US$6.00 per record. Washington says anyone with an interest may request it, without being a relative or Peruvian. The Foreign Ministry’s consular-copy guidance adds an exception for documents containing information considered confidential (checked October 17, 2026).
  • First copy free. Peru’s consular fee schedule (Tarifa Consular) lists the first certified copy of a birth, marriage or death record as “Gratis” and each further copy at 6.00 soles consulares, with 1 sol consular = US$ 1.00. The New York Consulate General’s page on gob.pe (last changed February 20, 2026) says the same: “Registration and the first copy are free. Each additional certified copy costs 6.00 soles consulares.”
  • In person in Lima. The Foreign Ministry’s Consular Civil Registry office issues copies of consular records for US$7.50, in person in Lima, with delivery “in five to seven business days,” according to the Foreign Ministry’s page.
  • To use it in Peru. The Washington, D.C. consulate notes the consular copy “must be legalized at the Legalization Offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.” See apostilling and legalizing Peruvian documents.

The Foreign Ministry also offers, online and free, verification of registration of a consular record and a certificate of non-registration, through its citizen-services portal; the Foreign Ministry’s page gives a time frame of roughly 15 to 20 business days.

Which copy works for which procedure

  • DNI at the consulate. The Consulate General in Washington, D.C. says RENIEC’s online copy meets the birth-record requirement for a first DNI for applicants aged 17 and over who were born in Peru. For someone born in the US and registered at a consulate, the same consulate asks for the certified copy of the Peruvian birth record obtained when the birth was registered, plus the complete certified registration file. More on Peru’s DNI and consular ID.
  • Foreign Ministry procedures (apostille or legalization). RENIEC says that for procedures before the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the copy is requested at an office or Plataforma Virtual Multiservicios with a S/12.00 payment (code 06637), not through the online route.
  • Minors. A minor child’s record copy is requested with one parent’s DNI, according to RENIEC.

Do not confuse it with a US birth certificate

RENIEC’s record covers births registered in Peru. A US birth certificate is a separate document; to order one, see vital records by state. To register the child as Peruvian, see registering a US-born child at the consulate.

Your US immigration status

RENIEC’s steps ask for a DNI number, date of birth, country, mobile number and email. The RENIEC and Washington, D.C. consulate pages we read do not ask for US immigration documents.

Official sources

Last verified: 2026-10-17. General procedural information for educational purposes. RENIEC and consulate fees and steps change. Verify directly with RENIEC or the consulate where the record was registered before paying. Not legal advice.