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Peru Ends Passport Appointments and Issues Nearly 89,000 Documents

A reform aims to speed passport delivery, preserve biometric security, reduce intermediaries.

Overview

  • Migraciones, which launched the no-appointment system on June 1, reported it issued 88,793 electronic passports nationwide in the first month of operation.
  • The change removes virtual booking and lets users attend passport offices by order of arrival, with service limited by each office's capacity.
  • Breña and the Jockey Plaza pilot sites now accept on-site payments using the Yape wallet and POS terminals for the S/120.90 fee to simplify the payment step.
  • Interior Minister José Zapata Morante inspected Jockey Plaza and Breña to verify orientation, biometric enrollment and document delivery during the rollout.
  • Officials say the reform seeks to cut long waits and curb informal intermediaries that profited from appointment scarcity while maintaining international biometric security standards.