Dummy ticket (flight reservation) for Peru visa: the New Delhi checklist

What the Peru checklist asks for

• A round-trip flight itinerary to Peru.
• A day-by-day description of your activities while in Peru.
• Hotel reservations for your stay in Peru.
• Proof of financial solvency, such as bank statements or fixed deposits; no minimum balance is set.
• An Aadhaar copy, a no-objection letter from your employer, one year of ITR or Form 16, and two DGC-005 forms.

Check the exemption first

The embassy’s own FAQ answers the question most Indian applicants should ask before anything else. If you hold a valid US, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia or Schengen visa, you do not need a Peruvian visa, “as long as your other visa has a validity of at least six months, even if you have not used it yet.” The rules do not specify the category, so a business visa or even a transit visa counts. Permanent residence in those countries qualifies too.

The exemption goes back to Supreme Decree 006-2017-RE, which Peru’s state news agency reported in 2017 as allowing stays of up to 180 days over one or several visits in a year. The consulate page does not restate the current stay length, so confirm it before a long trip. There is no visa on arrival, and an exempt traveller pays nothing at Lima airport. On either route, the migration authority at the airport makes the entry decision.

Applying in person in New Delhi

If you do need the visa, there is one door: “Visa applications may ONLY be submitted and processed at the Embassy of Peru in New Delhi”. Applicants attend in person, minors excepted, between 10:00 and 12:00 on weekdays, and a personal interview follows. The honorary consulates in Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Chennai do not issue visas, so applicants from the south and east should plan the journey to Vasant Vihar into their timeline.

The fee is fixed in rupees and paid in cash. Agency sites still circulate an older figure, so take the amount from the consulate page itself. In return you get a visa valid for 183 days with multiple entries, which must be used within six months of issue. That validity gives you room to move flight dates after the decision without applying again.

Making the day plan, hotels and flights agree

Peru’s list is unusual in asking for “Day-by-day detailed activities while in Peru.” as well as the flight itinerary and the hotel reservations. An interviewer can read the three side by side, so they have to tell one story. A typical first trip runs Lima, then Cusco and the Sacred Valley, with a day at Machu Picchu: the plan should show which night you sleep where, and the hotel bookings should cover exactly those nights.

The embassy also asks for proof of financial solvency and states there is no minimum balance. Show statements that plausibly cover the trip in your plan rather than a large deposit made the week before. Bring the Aadhaar copy, employer NOC, ITR or Form 16 and the two DGC-005 forms in the order of the list, so the interview can focus on the trip itself.

Changing planes in Lima

From 1 February 2025 Peru requires a transit visa for foreign nationals who need to transit through its territory. The requirements include a “Round-trip ticket showing entry into and departure from Peru, with final destination in a third country.” and proof that you can enter that final destination, such as its visa, hotel bookings or tour reservations. This affects Indians who route through Lima, a major hub for the region, on the way to another South American country. The page does not say whether the US, UK and Schengen exemption also covers transit, so check with the embassy before you commit to a Lima connection.

When to order the reservation

Order the flight reservation and hotel booking for the day you go to the embassy, and look at both as soon as they reach you: names as in the passport, dates matching the day-by-day plan. The decision takes 7–10 working days after the interview. An unpaid hold is set by the airline and can disappear at any time, so it will not survive that wait, and it does not need to. It documents the plan you presented at the interview, which is what the embassy asked to see.

Flying from India to Peru

Your reservation should follow a route you could realistically fly. These are common options; schedules change, so the desk confirms what is bookable for your dates.

Mistakes to avoid with a Peru application

• Applying for a visa when a US, UK, Canada, Australia or Schengen visa with six months left already exempts you.
• Planning to submit in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai or Kolkata; only the New Delhi embassy issues visas.
• Reaching Vasant Vihar after noon; applications are taken from 10:00 to 12:00 on weekdays.
• Taking the fee from an agency site and arriving without the right amount in cash.
• A day-by-day plan that puts you in Cusco on nights your hotel booking places you in Lima.
• Booking a connection through Lima to another country without checking the transit visa rule.

Dummy ticket and hotel bookings, matched to your itinerary

We do not send one loose document. The desk matches the flight reservation and every hotel booking to your itinerary: the same dates, the same cities, and no night left uncovered. These are the real documents of one order for a Switzerland visa file, issued on 5 November 2026: one flight reservation and four hotel bookings that cover all 9 nights between the two flights. Personal details are blacked out; everything else is as issued.

• Flight reservationEtihad, Hyderabad (HYD) to Zurich (ZRH), status Confirmed
• Hotel booking, ZurichMEININGER Hotel Zürich Greencity, 3 nights
• Hotel booking, GenevaB&B HOTEL Geneva Airport, 3 nights
• Hotel booking, LucerneSeminarhotel Romerohaus, 2 nights
• Hotel booking, Zurich AirportLeonardo Hotel Zurich Airport, 1 night

Open the full documents and the day-by-day table: flight and hotels matched date by date

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