Job requirement for obtaining residence permit when I start a business

Hello bezorgd and welcome to Expat.com

Hope that somebody will be able to inform you on the latter.

Regards
Kenjee
Expat.com Team

I do not know of a way to beat the system in that regards, however I do know a way that you might get around it possibility depending on the amount of funds you have available.
1. I would either incorporate a hostel or small rooming house into your plans. then you can hire the 5 people and use the profits from that to pay the 5 people and still do the restaurant. its pretty easy to hire the five for the hotel part.
2. find a hotel that wants a restaurant and merge with them.

Paul

Hi I am in a simular situation myself. My fiance is Peruvian so I will try to find out more details with her. Obviously once I am married I do not need to worry so much about these requirements, however for the sake of security and good business practice I will try to find out more information and will be happy to share. If you do the same it could be mutually beneficial. Cheers, teddyinlima

Hi Teddy,

I found out some information myself in the meantime. What you can do is to form a company and hire yourself (in which case hiring a manage from abroad qualifies as an exception to the rule that only 20% of the employees can be non-Peruvians) as an employee. Of course you will need to apply for a working visa before starting to work in your company, which should not be a problem.

Good luck!

There is a exception to the 5 employees rule. If it is a new business it can hire a foreign manager who then applies for a work visa. This is under Article 6, law 689. The new business would have to be a SAC (or greater), not a EIRL.

Of course, there is a catch. The work contract needs to be approved by MINTRA (Ministerio de Trabajo). They are very strict. You would have to have strong written and legalized documentation that you are highly qualified to run a business, more so then the Peruvian managers who are effectively competing for the job.

Peruvian lawyers will be happy to setup the business with you, but not guarantee that MINTRA will approve the work contract. If MINTRA rejects your qualifications, you will not get a visa. You will still be left with the company, the SAC.

is better if u work for some peruvian friend and get u carnet de extranjeria and u can open u own business, but natural,  get u RUC and start to pay just only 20 soles a month to the SUNAT, if the buss going well u can change it to pequena empresa, use the corrupt system pay some bribery and be gentle.   
in my experience i open a Bazar Regalos in San Borja, waste 25,000 dollars and since December 2014 till now the economy is so bad really bad, i decide to close the business, beware a lot a lot of scammers!!