Jamaica or Peru
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| Jamaica | Peru | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary in IT | — | — |
| Citizenship | 5 years | 2 years |
| Partner can work | yes | — |
| Parents | — | — |
| Pets | difficult | no trouble |
| Pet limit | no limit | no limit |
| Quarantine | 14 days | no |
| Residence permit fee | — | — |
| Rent, 2 bedrooms | $ 1 149 · estimate | $ 846 · estimate |
| Basket | $ 40,0 | $ 25,9 |
| Life expectancy | 71.61 | 77.94 |
| Homicides/100k | 40.36 | 8.6 |
| Natural hazards, 0–10 | 5 | 6.4 |
How the two sets of routes differ
Long-stay routes in this reference: Jamaica — 18, Peru — 41. Types present in both: work, study, family and retirement. Jamaica adds: repatriation. Peru adds: investment, talent and working holiday.
Fees, thresholds and deadlines
Jamaica: fees range from 2,000 to 100,000 JMD. Routes with a published decision deadline: 11; the shortest is 3 days. Peru: fees range from 19.1 to 162.5 PEN. Routes with no fee: 2. Routes stating an income threshold: 4; the lowest is 1,000 USD a month. Routes with a published decision deadline: 29; the shortest is 5 days.
Beyond the first permit
Permanent status: both after 3 years. Citizenship: Jamaica after 5 years, Peru after 2 years. Both allow a second citizenship.
Jamaica in brief
Jamaica is the most populous English-speaking island in the Caribbean, with an economy built on tourism (Montego Bay and Negril are the main resort destinations), the bauxite industry, and diaspora remittances. A work permit for foreigners is required under the Foreign Nationals and Commonwealth Citizens (Employment) Act and is issued by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security; CARICOM nationals holding a CARICOM Skills Certificate work without a permit under the CSME free movement of skilled persons regime. Permanent residence through employment is available after more than 3 years of work in the country; naturalisation requires 5 years of cumulative residence, and citizenship by marriage to a Jamaican citizen can be applied for immediately after the marriage is registered. Dual citizenship is permitted without restriction to a list of countries. Importing dogs and cats is mandatory through the sole legal port of entry (Kingston), with 14-day quarantine and a mandatory rabies antibody test (FAVN) regardless of country of origin — no exemption for 'rabies-free countries' was found. The homicide rate is one of the highest in the world, 40.36 per 100,000 population (UNODC, 2024). The territory lies within the tropical cyclone season zone (June–November, INFORM risk 8.2 out of 10) — in 2026, Hurricane Melissa affected seven parishes and over a third of the country's population — and in a seismically active part of the Caribbean (INFORM earthquake risk 7.9 out of 10).
Peru in brief
What makes Peru interesting is the wait for citizenship: two years of legal residence, one of the shortest in this guide, with no renunciation of the previous passport and permanent residence after three years. That is exactly what is changing. Law No. 32421, published on 14 August 2025, raises the period to five years and adds proof of annual income of at least 10 tax units and a broader exam. It is not in force: commencement is tied to publication of its regulation, and the regulation has not appeared. So the country runs on the old rule, which could switch at any moment, and planning a move around the two-year figure is a bet on how fast your own case moves. The second thing that defines Peru is nature: earthquakes 9.6 out of 10 and tsunamis 9.1 on the INFORM scale, with El Niño flooding added along the northern coast. The cost of living outside Lima is low: rent in Chiclayo and Piura is a third of the capital's.
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