Peru-Border Crossing
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Necessary Documents
- Passport
- Drivers License
- Vehicle Title/Registration
- 1 photocopy of each
Huaquillas / Aguas Verdes
The Peruvian immigration and customs aduana offices are located on your right 3km after crossing the international bridge over the Rio Zarumilla from Ecuador. Angle park on your right directly after the small car importation office, there is a 4 sol or USD $1.50 enforced 'parking fee' paid when you leave. To get to the correct immigration window you will need to walk to your right then turn left into the building, after another left the booths will be ahead of you to your right. After immigration stamps your passport you will need a photocopy of the stamped page and also the face page of your passport for the car importation. Head back to the importation office and give the passport copies and a copy of your car title and or registration to the aduana agent. Then fill out 2 parts of the SUNAT (superintendencia nacional de circulacion y salida) form, aduana will stamp and date the back of the form - they keep one part and you keep the other. You then get a pretty big SUNAT sticker to stick on the windshield. There is no charge for importing your car. The car will then be Fumigated by a person wearing a backpack sprayer unit, they just spray around the bottom of the car, this is obligatory and costs 3.10 sol or USD $1.25 then you're on your way.
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Necessary Documents
- Passport
- Vehicle import permit
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[edit] Entering Peru
Aguas Verdes
June 5th, 2009
After reading the guide book's exaggerated write up of the Huaquillas / Aguas Verdes border crossing we almost went inland where the border was supposed to be a lot calmer. But we wanted to check out Mancora for the surf so we went for it. It took four hours to drive from Quenca and we rolled into Hauquillas on a Friday afternoon right around comida time, probably the worst time to cross a busy border anywhere, so we were braced for madness but after canceling our Ecuadorian car permit and driving the 3km to Aguas Verdes we found only one other person waiting in line for both immigration and aduana. We made the mistake of trying to import the car without having first been issued our 90 day visa from immigration – get your passport stamped first and then get a photocopy of the stamped page to give to the aduana. The older guy at the aduana desk seemed easily confused so make sure you get everything stamped right. He stamped our first form in the wrong place and only upon our insistence filled out another form (better this minor hassle now than weeks dealing with cops looking for any reason to give us the runaround) After preparing for a hectic cross ... this one, at least for us, wasn't too bad at all!
--posted by Tom
June 19, 2009
We accidentally entered Peru illegally at this border crossing. If you follow the giant road signs that say 'Frontera' they will guide you down a brand new highway past a customs building that is still under construction. Don't follow the signs! Instead, head in to Huaquillas. You will have to pay a municipal $0.25 'toll' to enter the town. Right after the tolls on the opposite side of the road is a small aduana building. If you pull a U-turn to park in front of the aduana, you will then be forced to drive through the toll both a second time and they will insist you pay again. At the aduana, you will need to surrender your Tarjeta Andina that you received when you entered Ecuador, have you passport stamped, and then head through the crazy market that takes over the streets in Huaquillas. One other word of advice: do not pay anyone anything if they are not wearing a uniform. We stopped at something we thought might be the border office and some guy waved semi-official looking tickets at us saying we needed to pay $5 to cross the border. We refused to give him money, and asked a uniformed official nearby if we should pay anything. He said no, never give anyone money if they aren't wearing a uniform, but didn't seem too concerned when we told him that someone was outside his office trying to collect money. I guess that's just the way it works.
--posted by Kristin
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