How to process the criminal record certificate in Peru?

no matter if you are citizen of Peru or foreigner, you know very well that the criminal record certificate It is an extremely important document.

It not only verifies our absence of convictions or crimes, but also facilitates the procedure of many other procedures. In turn, the process to obtain it is also quite simple, although you must take into account the requirements, cases that can be presented, and most importantly, resolve your doubts about this document.

For this reason, and to make life a little easier for you, we present to you:

What is the criminal record certificate?

The criminal record certificate It is an official document that declares whether or not you lack sentences or convictions caused by the execution of a crime in your record that is issued by the judicial authorities of each country, in our case, the authorities of Peru.

Who issues the document?

In the case of Peru, the criminal record certificate is issued by the Judiciary of Peruelectronically or in person.

What is it for?

As a certified document it serves to carry out many other personal proceduressuch as to apply for a job, to apply for a Visa, to leave the country, or to acquire real estate.

It is a certificate that shows if you have been convicted or sentenced for a crime in the past, if you have been deprived of liberty, if you have served your sentence and the condition of freedom you have, whether conditional or permanent.

How to get it?

As an applicant, if you need to process the criminal record certificate (with express use for the national territory in person), you have two options:

This service is only available to Peruvian citizens of legal age, with their current identity document.

If the request is made for the criminal record certificate for use abroad, you must go to the offices of the Judiciary.

If, on the contrary, you prefer to start the process electronically, you must comply with the established payment and fill in the boxes by click here.

Since you are going to do it this way, you should keep a couple of things in mind:

Requirements

Steps to follow

In case you prefer to carry out the procedure face-to-faceThese are the steps you must follow:

1. Make your payment of 52.80 soles in order to access the process. There are several ways to do it, from paying online with a credit or debit card through the web portaluntil you go to National bank or to any of the agencies that have the system for issuing said certificate.
2. Pay the 10.00 soles of service commission required by the National Bank.
3. Proceed with your request: you can go to the offices of the Judiciary or in a Better Citizen Service Center with your ID, passport, foreigner’s card or your favorite identification document and the certificate of payment for the right to process.
4. If you send a third party to do it for you, they must first submit the documents mentioned above.
5. You have completed the process! You can withdraw your criminal record certificate at the time of making your request.
6. Even so, we remind you of the delay that you can suffer due to names similar to yours. It shouldn’t take more than 20-30 minutes! Be strong.

If, on the contrary, you are going to make the request electronically, and therefore, obtain the electronic criminal record certificateyou must proceed as follows:

1. 1. Enter the Judiciary page

1. Click the option that tells you «Criminal record».

1. Enter the «Electronic Certificate of Criminal Records Online».
2. Choose «New Procedure».
3. Below are the conditions established by the Judiciary of Peru with respect to the procedure. Press «Accept» if you agree with them.
4. Then you have the boxes where you have to place your personal data to validate them.
5. You can now choose the headquarters where you prefer your case to be processed and press continue.
6. If you made the payment through an agency of Banco de la Nación or the Multired Virtual payment service, press «Payment made at Banco de la Nación».
7. Then select “Send Request”.
8. When you already register the payment, you can see the transaction information quickly.
9. Finally, with all of the above completed, a page appears that shows your name, the procedure number assigned to you, and the result of your application.

Main agencies

Since we mentioned before that your payment can be made at a financial agency, it seems coherent to point out as many as we can (even if only in the case of Lima):

Frequent questions

The criminal record certificate is valid for 90 days.

You have several options to make your payment:

The cost is 52.80 soles and you must present your voucher when approaching the Court Registry or to enter your payment code if you do it digitally. If I need it to leave the country/my residence already established in another territory, do I need it to be apostilled or legalized?

If the circumstance warrants that the Hague apostille be assigned to your certificate, you must notify the Judicial Registry so that it can be sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or to a consular establishment.

Of course! You can come any day of the week before 4:30 p.m.

Around 20 or 30 minutes if you do it at the time indicated above.

Well, then it is delivered to you the next business day.

Unfortunately not. This is a service that so far is only available to Peruvian citizens.

Here we present how the certificates should be when they are issued digitally, so that you can orient yourself a little with the result:

Now that your doubts have been resolved, the procedure explained and its function highlighted, we can rest assured that you have all the tools to access your Criminal record certificate in Peru.