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I am in a situation where I booked my flight from Europe to Peru and where I am stuck in the visa process because of a missing document that will apparently still take some time to be ready. I am starting to consider an alternative to Peru in case I don't get the visa in time. I am a Tunisian citizen living in Germany and the embassy here says it takes 6 weeks to issue a tourist visa (I fly in 4 weeks). Next to Peru, there are Brazil and Ecuador, countries for which I don't need visas.

If a book a ticket from Lima (where I land in Peru) to Quito for example, will I be able to board from Europe by showing them that I directly fly to Quito after landing in Peru? Is a direct transfer to Lima airport possible (like in the European airports).

The logic behind that is that I already booked the flight for Peru so if I don't get the visa in time, it would be a big waste of money. So investing a bit more in an additional ticket from Peru to Ecuador for example and visiting Ecuador instead would be a solution.

I am also applying for a Bolivian visa in the mean-time, because I plan to visit it as well. Would it be possible to fly to Bolivia from Lima directly and apply for the Peruvian visa there?

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As long as you have an onward ticket from Lima, you don't need a visa for transit <24 hours:

 Peru (PE)  TWOV (Transit Without Visa): Visa required, except for Holders of confirmed onward tickets for a max. transit For details, click here time of 24 hours.There is no hotel accommodation available at Lima Airport.

According to Timatic (The system the airlines use at check in to see if you're eligible to board) you're good

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