No Residence Route by Descent, and the Family Link Runs Upwards
Answer
The general rule applies to you
No exception is recorded for citizens of Mexico on this topic. That is the answer, not a gap - everything below is the rule you get, unchanged.
81 exceptions recorded across 33 countries · none match Mexico to Peru · Residency through ancestry
Peru has no residence category based on descent from a Peruvian. The eighteen residence categories listed in article 80 of the Reglamento do not include one, and the nearest thing, Familiar Residente, takes its scope from article 38 of Decreto Legislativo 1350, which defines a family nucleus rather than a line of descent. The asymmetry is the finding: the parent of a Peruvian qualifies as a first-degree ascendant, while the adult child of a Peruvian does not unless they are under 28, unmarried and still studying, and a grandchild never qualifies at all. Guides that place Peru alongside Argentina or Italy as a country reachable through a grandparent are describing a route that is not in either instrument.
At a glance
- Route by descent
- None
Article 80 of the Reglamento closes the residence statuses at eighteen and article 38 of Decreto Legislativo 1350 closes the family nucleus, both quoted here. The family list reaches a first-degree ascendant and has no corresponding provision running downwards.
- Nearest category
- Familiar Residente
Reglamento art. 89, scope taken from Decreto Legislativo 1350 art. 38
- Parent of a Peruvian
- Qualifies
As ascendiente en primer grado
- Adult child of a Peruvian
- Only under 28, unmarried and studying
- Grandchild of a Peruvian
- Does not qualify
- Duration, family of a Peruvian
- Up to 2 years
- Duration, family of a foreign resident
- 1 year
- Work
- Permitted, dependent or independent
Requirements
- There is no residence category based on descent. Article 80 of the Reglamento lists eighteen, and none of them is an ancestry route
- The nearest category is Familiar Residente, whose scope is the family nucleus defined by article 38 of Decreto Legislativo 1350
- A first-degree ascendant - a parent - of a Peruvian qualifies
- A minor child of a Peruvian qualifies
- An adult child qualifies only while under 28, unmarried, and following technical or higher education
- An adult child of any age qualifies if unable to support themselves through physical or mental disability that has been duly proven
- A grandchild does not qualify: first degree does not reach the second generation
- The status is granted for up to two years to the family of a Peruvian, against one year for the family of a foreign resident
- It permits dependent or independent work from the outset, with no further permit
What applies to you
Nothing changes for a citizen of Mexico
We have no rule recorded that treats your citizenship differently here, so the general rule above is the one that applies to you. That is an answer, not a gap.
What the law says
«Las calidades migratorias de residencia son las siguientes:»Our translation - not official
The residence migration statuses are the following:
The eighteen that follow are Cooperante, Designado, Formación, Religioso, Intercambio, Inversionista, Investigación, Trabajador, Familiar de residente, Suspendida, Humanitaria, Rentista, Permanente, Convenios Internacionales, Consular, Diplomático, Oficial and Familiar de Oficial. None of them is a route by descent.
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Labour ministry, cited here only as the host of a document library containing a full-text copy of the migration regulation.
Standing: Reports, establishes nothing
Cannot be cited for: Not a consolidating service and not the author of what it hosts. The regulation copy it holds is the original as first published and has since been amended by instruments that insert articles absent from that file, so it is the base text and not the current text. Its own listing mislabels the file.
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«extranjeras residentes en territorio peruano, de acuerdo a los alcances establecidos en el artículo 38º del Decreto Legislativo.»Our translation - not official
foreigners resident in Peruvian territory, in accordance with the scope established by article 38 of the Decreto Legislativo.
Quoted from after a page break that interrupts the sentence in the gazette PDF. The clause that precedes it grants the status to foreigners with a proven family link to nationals or to resident foreigners; this is the half that carries the pointer to article 38, which is what bounds the category.
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Labour ministry, cited here only as the host of a document library containing a full-text copy of the migration regulation.
Standing: Reports, establishes nothing
Cannot be cited for: Not a consolidating service and not the author of what it hosts. The regulation copy it holds is the original as first published and has since been amended by instruments that insert articles absent from that file, so it is the base text and not the current text. Its own listing mislabels the file.
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«Para efectos de la unidad migratoria, el núcleo familiar del nacional o extranjero que solicite la reunificación familiar, está conformado por las siguientes personas:»Our translation - not official
For the purposes of migratory unity, the family nucleus of the national or foreigner applying for family reunification is made up of the following persons:
A closed list. What is not in it is not covered, which is how the absence of a descent route is read rather than inferred.
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Labour ministry, cited here only as the host of a document library containing a full-text copy of the migration regulation.
Standing: Reports, establishes nothing
Cannot be cited for: Not a consolidating service and not the author of what it hosts. The regulation copy it holds is the original as first published and has since been amended by instruments that insert articles absent from that file, so it is the base text and not the current text. Its own listing mislabels the file.
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«El hijo o hija mayor de edad, hasta los veinte y ocho (28) años de edad, de estado civil soltero que esté siguiendo estudios técnicos o superiores;»Our translation - not official
The adult son or daughter, up to twenty-eight (28) years of age, unmarried, who is following technical or higher studies;
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Labour ministry, cited here only as the host of a document library containing a full-text copy of the migration regulation.
Standing: Reports, establishes nothing
Cannot be cited for: Not a consolidating service and not the author of what it hosts. The regulation copy it holds is the original as first published and has since been amended by instruments that insert articles absent from that file, so it is the base text and not the current text. Its own listing mislabels the file.
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«El hijo o hija mayor de edad y soltero que no se encuentre en aptitud de atender su subsistencia por causas de discapacidad física o mental debidamente comprobadas;»Our translation - not official
The adult unmarried son or daughter who is not in a position to provide for their own subsistence owing to duly proven physical or mental disability;
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Labour ministry, cited here only as the host of a document library containing a full-text copy of the migration regulation.
Standing: Reports, establishes nothing
Cannot be cited for: Not a consolidating service and not the author of what it hosts. The regulation copy it holds is the original as first published and has since been amended by instruments that insert articles absent from that file, so it is the base text and not the current text. Its own listing mislabels the file.
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«g. El ascendiente en primer grado;»Our translation - not official
g. The first-degree ascendant;
First degree is a parent. It is the whole of the upward reach, and there is no corresponding downward provision for an adult descendant beyond the two cases in incisos c and d.
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Labour ministry, cited here only as the host of a document library containing a full-text copy of the migration regulation.
Standing: Reports, establishes nothing
Cannot be cited for: Not a consolidating service and not the author of what it hosts. The regulation copy it holds is the original as first published and has since been amended by instruments that insert articles absent from that file, so it is the base text and not the current text. Its own listing mislabels the file.
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«El plazo de otorgamiento y de permanencia es de hasta dos (02) años para los familiares de peruanos y de un (01) año para los familiares de extranjeros residentes.»Our translation - not official
The period of grant and of stay is up to two (02) years for relatives of Peruvians and one (01) year for relatives of resident foreigners.
About this source
Labour ministry, cited here only as the host of a document library containing a full-text copy of the migration regulation.
Standing: Reports, establishes nothing
Cannot be cited for: Not a consolidating service and not the author of what it hosts. The regulation copy it holds is the original as first published and has since been amended by instruments that insert articles absent from that file, so it is the base text and not the current text. Its own listing mislabels the file.
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«El otorgamiento de esta calidad, permite a la persona extranjera ingresar y/o permanecer en el territorio nacional y realizar actividades lucrativas de manera dependiente o independiente.»Our translation - not official
The grant of this status permits the foreigner to enter and/or remain in national territory and to carry out gainful activity, whether employed or self-employed.
About this source
Labour ministry, cited here only as the host of a document library containing a full-text copy of the migration regulation.
Standing: Reports, establishes nothing
Cannot be cited for: Not a consolidating service and not the author of what it hosts. The regulation copy it holds is the original as first published and has since been amended by instruments that insert articles absent from that file, so it is the base text and not the current text. Its own listing mislabels the file.
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Practical notes
This record is about residency and says nothing about nationality. Whether a child born abroad to a Peruvian parent is already Peruvian, and so needs registration rather than a residence permit, is a separate question that has not been read for Peru and is not answered here.
The spouse side of the same category is written up under residency-marriage. Both rest on article 89 of the Reglamento and article 38 of the Decreto Legislativo, read for different questions.
- reportsReglamento del Decreto Legislativo N° 1350 - Anexo del Decreto Supremo 007-2017-IN
Ministerio de Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo (document library, gob.pe)
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Labour ministry, cited here only as the host of a document library containing a full-text copy of the migration regulation.
Standing: Reports, establishes nothing
Cannot be cited for: Not a consolidating service and not the author of what it hosts. The regulation copy it holds is the original as first published and has since been amended by instruments that insert articles absent from that file, so it is the base text and not the current text. Its own listing mislabels the file.
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- reportsDecreto Legislativo N° 1350, Decreto Legislativo de Migraciones
Ministerio de Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo (document library, gob.pe)
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Labour ministry, cited here only as the host of a document library containing a full-text copy of the migration regulation.
Standing: Reports, establishes nothing
Cannot be cited for: Not a consolidating service and not the author of what it hosts. The regulation copy it holds is the original as first published and has since been amended by instruments that insert articles absent from that file, so it is the base text and not the current text. Its own listing mislabels the file.
We re-read it every 180 days. More about this source