Peru

Although this one more document will be necessary in order to arrange the trip towards the Schengen Area for Peruvians, the application process for the new Visa Waiver named ETIAS has been confirmed to be a fast and swift procedure and therefore not be creating any de facto obstacle towards citizens of Peru planning to come to Europe for a purpose that genuinely fits in the thresholds and categories as previously listed. Additional information on ETIAS terms of use can be found here.
Moreover, ETIAS System will help creating a faster and more secure border control check protocol upon arrival in Europe whether via air, land or sea.
Furthermore, the overall enhanced security and preemptive background check provided by ETIAS system is expected to create the grounds for a remarkable decrease of border rejection situations.

All candidates from Peru, minors included through the support of a parent or legal guardian, will be required to fill put a simple electronic form to put through their ETIAS application.
The form will ask for basic individual information such as:

• Full name and surname
• Surname at birth
• Date of birth
• Place of birth
• Birth country
• Passport number
• Passport’s authority and place of issue
• Passport’s issue and expiry date
• Contact details including a valid e-mail address
• Planned arrival date in ETIAS Area
• First country of intended stay in ETIAS Area
• Background and general eligibility questions

Once the ETIAS request has been completed, checked and submitted, the European Destination Countries Authorities and Security Databases will be controlling all the relevant information and provide an outcome, that will be exclusively sent via e-mail, to each applicant in usually no longer than 72 hours.

Every person intending to pursue a short-term journey towards the Schengen Area must than make sure having received the ETIAS approval before departure and must also always make sure that the passport validity will be able to cover for the whole stay of the planned trip to the ETIAS Area plus 3 additional months.
Once issued the ETIAS Visa Waiver for Citizens of Peru is valid for 3 years or until the passport expiry date (if occurring in less than 3 years).
Each valid ETIAS can also be used for multiple entries in any of the Schengen Area Member and de Facto Member Countries provided that every single trip taken complies with the general limitations concerning scope and duration of the trip.

The introduction of ETIAS as a mandatory travel prerequisite will surely simplify but not eliminate border controls upon arrival in the Schengen Area from abroad. A quick screening and identity check will still be carried out to all incoming visitors. To the extent of avoiding people giving false declarations in the ETIAS application from entering Europe for reasons that are not covered by ETIAS itself, visitors from Peru could, upon reaching the ETIAS Area’s external borders, be required to provide additional documents so as to allow the Border Officials to evaluate the genuine purpose of their trip and that there is no intention to overstay in the ETIAS Area. Additional documents may include:

• return ticket to country of residence
• onwards ticket to a non-ETIAS country where the traveler has a proven right to enter
• travel health insurance
• proof of sufficient funds to support oneself during the whole stay