Peru salvoconducto in the US: 20 soles consulares, valid 30 days

The salvoconducto is the emergency travel document a Peruvian consulate in the US issues to a Peruvian (adult or minor) whose passport was stolen, lost, destroyed or damaged. It is valid for 30 days with no extension and works only to return to Peru or to the country of residence. The Houston and Paterson consulates publish a fee of 20.00 soles consulares (checked October 3, 2026), and Paterson says it requires no appointment but does require the air ticket showing the emergency.

Source dates: the Houston and Paterson consulates’ procedure pages (consulado.pe, undated), the Paterson consulate’s FAQ (undated PDF), the Los Angeles consulate’s page (undated), the Miami consulate’s gob.pe page (“Último cambio 20 agosto 2026”) and the Tarifa Consular (undated PDF). All checked October 3, 2026.

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What it is and what it is for

The Houston consulate’s page defines it (in Spanish) as the travel document “que generalmente se otorga a los nacionales peruanos (mayores o menores de edad), en situaciones de emergencia, tales como robo, pérdida, destrucción, deterioro del pasaporte” — granted to Peruvian nationals, adults or minors, in emergencies such as theft, loss, destruction or damage of the passport — with “treinta (30) días de vigencia no prorrogables, contados desde la fecha de su expedición”, allowing the holder to return to Peruvian territory or to their place of residence.

The national gob.pe adult passport page describes the same situation (a passport lost, destroyed, damaged or stolen in an emergency) and says you can get an emergency passport (“pasaporte de emergencia”) at the consulate to return to Peru or to your place of residence.

Fee, validity and appointment

ItemWhat the source saysWho publishes it
Fee (adults and minors)20.00 soles consulares; “Para ambos casos” (for both cases)Houston consulate
Fee20.00 soles consulares; one sol consular “aprox. equivale a un Dólar Americano o el tipo de cambio que indique la Oficina Consular” (approximately one US dollar, or the exchange rate the consulate sets)Paterson consulate
Official tariffItem 63 a): salvoconducto valid 30 days to return to Peru, 20.00; item 64 a): to return to the country of domicile, 20.00Tarifa Consular (1 sol consular = US$1.00)
Exemption (return to Peru)Item 63 b): GRATIS for a return trip to Peru when it is for an indigent national, a national to be repatriated at the request of the receiving State’s authority, or minor children born abroad to a Peruvian father or motherTarifa Consular
Exemption (return to the country of domicile)Item 64 b): GRATIS for indigents returning to the country of domicile; item 64 lists no exemption for minorsTarifa Consular
Validity30 days from issue, no extensionHouston and Paterson
DestinationPeru or the country of permanent residence onlyPaterson FAQ
Appointment“No requiere cita este trámite” (no appointment required)Paterson FAQ

The minor exemption depends on the destination. In the consular tariff, the free salvoconducto for minor children born abroad to a Peruvian father or mother sits under item 63 b), which covers a return trip to Peru; item 64, for a return trip to the country of domicile, charges 20.00 and exempts only indigents. The Houston page, after listing the adult and minor requirements, says “Para ambos casos el costo es el siguiente” (for both cases the cost is as follows) and sets 20.00 Soles Consulares, without separating the two destinations or mentioning item 63 b). That matches the tariff for a trip to the country of domicile. For a minor going to Peru, ask your consulate whether the item 63 b) exemption applies before paying.

None of the consulate pages we reviewed publishes a processing time.

Requirements

Adults

  • Houston: “El solicitante debe presentar su DNI o proporcionar el número” (present the DNI or give its number).
  • Paterson: a DNI that is “vigente o caduco (presentar trámite de la renovación de DNI)” — valid or expired, presenting the DNI renewal paperwork — or its number.
  • Payment of the consular fee.
  • Air ticket: Paterson’s FAQ says it must be presented “para acreditar la emergencia de viaje” (to show the travel emergency).

Minors (Houston and Paterson publish the same text)

  • The request is made by one parent or the legal representative, “debidamente identificado y acreditado como tal” (duly identified and accredited).
  • A simple copy of the child’s Peruvian birth record (acta).
  • If the birth is not registered with RENIEC or at a Peruvian consulate: a certified copy of the foreign birth certificate; the consulate checks that at least one parent is a Peruvian national.
  • Payment of the consular fee (see the destination-based exemption above).

If your child was born in the US and is not yet registered as Peruvian, see register a US-born child with Peru. For a copy of a Peruvian birth record, see Peruvian birth certificate from the US.

Step by step

  1. Find your consulate at Peruvian consulates in the US or consulates by state. In Los Angeles, the salvoconducto page points to the consulate’s appointment site, citasconsuladola.com, for information and booking.
  2. Have the air ticket (Paterson requires it as proof of the emergency).
  3. Bring the DNI or its number, or, for a minor, the birth record.
  4. Pay the 20.00 soles consulares (for a minor going to Peru, first confirm whether the item 63 b) exemption applies) and hand in the receipt with the requirements.
  5. Travel within 30 days of issue, to Peru or your country of residence.

What a salvoconducto cannot do

  • Travel to a third country: Paterson says it is only for Peru or the country of permanent residence.
  • Be extended: the 30 days cannot be extended.

If your Peruvian passport is only expired

The Miami consulate’s gob.pe page (August 20, 2026) says, in Spanish, that a Peruvian whose passport has expired “puedes presentarlo como documento de viaje en el control migratorio extranjero” — may present it as a travel document at foreign migration control — and that on arrival in Peru migration officers will verify Peruvian identity. It adds: “Si de regreso a Perú tu vuelo realiza escala en un tercer país, te recomendamos solicitar un salvoconducto” (if your return flight connects through a third country, it recommends requesting a salvoconducto). This guidance is from the Miami page; it does not appear on the other consulate pages we reviewed (Washington DC, New York, Houston, Los Angeles and Paterson).

If it is not an emergency, the route is a new passport: the Washington DC Consulate General publishes US$70.00 in exact cash or US$71.42 by card and pickup in about 3 weeks. See Peruvian passport in the US and, for children, Peruvian passport for a minor.

Your US immigration status

The published requirements ask for the Peruvian DNI or the child’s birth record, not US immigration documents. Consulates operate under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (1963). The Peruvian sources describe the salvoconducto only as a document for returning to Peru or the country of residence; they do not address re-entry to the US or whether a consulate shares data with US agencies, so we make no claim either way. If you have questions about your own situation before leaving the US, see find pro bono immigration help.

Official sources

Last verified: 2026-10-03. General procedural information for educational purposes. Under the consular tariff, the free salvoconducto for minors born abroad covers a return trip to Peru (item 63 b), not to the country of domicile (item 64); requirements can change. Verify directly with the Peruvian consulate for your area. Not legal advice.