In Peru, there are no mandatory pre-employment checks, but immigration checks are highly recommended for foreign employees. Specific companies that perform high-risk activities, such as in the mining industry, must perform occupational medical exams on their candidates.

Background check summary

Education Checks: permissible
Criminal Checks: permissible
Credit/financial checks: permissible
Medical screening: permissible
Adverse media: permissible
Union membership: some restrictions
Address: some restrictions

Zinc's background check turnaround times

Please note these background check turnaround times are averages for the country. Actual check times may vary and depend on a number of factors including the resident country's process time as well as the candidate's document submission speed.
Financial (mins)
20
Criminal (days)
14
Media (mins)
14
Reference (days)
2
identity (mins)
140
Education (days)
12.57
Address (days)
2
Sanctions (mins)
25

Right-to-work rules

Rules apply for citizens as well as non-citizens working in the country
National ID Accepted?
Yes
Passport
Yes
Other passport accepted?
No
Any other routes (any type of citizen)

N/A

Body name
Ministry of the Interior
Foreign Citizens

N/A

Natural citizens: Alternative routes

N/A

Country details
Birthrate
20.48
Population
32,971,854
capital
Lima
GDP ($/capita)
5100
TLD
.pe
developed/developing
Developing
Currency
Sol
Net migration
-1.05
Literacy(%)
90.9

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