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[carlos-england]

After reading the helpful info regarding Peruvian citizenship
on an earlier thread. I enquired at the Peruvian embassy about gaining Peruvian citizenship through a Peruvian mother, they said that we could
only apply at birth. Not 33 years later (as in my case)

But with the info below says we can apply anytime and even apply
if we have Peruvian great grandparents. Can anyone find me any
info or tell me which would be the best place to find out where I stand
as regarding citizenship? Or has the law changed? I'm confused so
any help would be gratefully recieved.

I think the Peruvian embassy are just being bloody lazy...

PERU

CITIZENSHIP: (IPE) Citizenship laws are based upon the Constitution of the Peru, dated October 31, 1993 and the Nationality Law No. 26574 dated January 1996.

BY BIRTH:

- Persons born in the territory of the Republic of Peru.

- Person younger than 16 years old, in a state of abandonment that reside in the territory of Peru.

BY DESCENT:

- Child born in the territory of Peru, at least one of whose parents is a citizen of Peru.

- Child born abroad, whose father or mother is a citizen of Peru. The granted right is recognized to the descendants until the third generation.

REGISTRATION:

- Foreign woman or man who marries a citizen of Peru. The spouse naturalized by marriage does not lose Peruvain nationality in the event of divorce or the spouse�s death.

- Person(18 years or older), born in Peru, but whose parents were not citizens of Peru.

- Person (18 years or older), born in wedlock outside of Peru to Peruvian mother or father.

BY NATURALIZATION: Peruvian citizenship may be acquired upon fulfillment of the following conditions:

- Person has resided in Peru for two years consecutively.

- Works regularly in a profession, art, occupation, or managerial activity.

- Posses good behavior and moral solvency with no penal antecedents.

- Foreign people who live in the territory of the Republic with distinguished services to the Peruvian Nation may be granted nationality by legislative resolution.

DUAL CITIZENSHIP: RECOGNIZED.

Peruvians by birth that adopt the nationality of another country do not lose their Peruvian nationality, unless they express renunciation to it before the competent authority.

LOSS OF CITIZENSHIP: The acquired Peruvian nationality with arrangement to the Nationality Law No. 26574 is lost for expressed renunciation before the General Address of Migrations or the consular offices overseas and for the following reasons:

- For crimes against the State and the national defense.

- For crimes against the Public Security by illicit traffic of drugs.

- For crimes of terrorism and betrayal of the Nation.

ANY QUESTIONS concerning citizenship, or requests for renunciation of citizenship, should be sent to the address below:

The Embassy of Peru
Consular Section
1625 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036

Consular Telephone: 202-462-1084 or 1085
Consular Fax: 202-462-1088

[mahajosh]

Hey. The problem you're having at the embassy isn't exactly laziness (though the employees could certainly be extremely lazy) but your location. Peru has a rather bizarre immigration system (believe me I just got my residence today) and you can't do anything outside the country. That is to say, you certainly have the right to citizenship if one of your parents is Peruvian and you can get a copy of their DNI. But the process can only be done in Lima. Even more bizarre, you have to leave the country to pick up the completed paperwork (I'm in Ecuador now doing just that). PM me if you have any more questions, I'll explain the whole thing to you