Dear Expat.com forum readers,
I arrived 6 months ago in Lima (but have been here many times before) and want to open a local business.
I would like to start a local business but have difficulties with the job requirements of the Peruvian goverment.
As you might know an immigrant can not work for his/her company in Peru unless you intent to hire 5 employees (followed by the actual hiring in the next year). I thought of working around it by incorporating a company and employ myself but Peruvian law requires minimum 5 Peruvians working for a company before employing an immigrant. I need to do most of the work in the company myself (obviously).
Since I do not expect profits to employ 5 people and to pay myself a reasonable wage how could I work around this requirement? The type of business does not allow exceptions in the amount of employees.
Maybe you could share your personal experiences related to this requirement?
Thank you for your time answering my question.
Regards,