Nice to hear from you again, I now have a carnet and a bank account in Peru. Here is a summary of my experience this year with the cambio migratorio:
1. I discovered that the social security statement was not acceptable with out the apostle, for this the statement needed a signature, so back to SSA in person for another statement. The first was obtained on line. My daughter with an autorization letter got this for me and sent it to a document company in DC, for 70 dollars they took it to the State Dept for the apostle.
2. With this I returned to Min Ext for approval to be translated, with the translated document which cost 200 soles, (4 pages) I presented the required docs for the RENTISTA visa and they gave me a status check key for the web.
3. They sent me to PIP for another certificate but this time I had to go to a bank and buy a money order in dollars for the FBI. But I did not have to wait for a response, because I live in a provincia, I got 24 hour service. AND the new process is I take the clearance from PIP to migraciones.
4. I gave the certificate to the mesa de partes and told to check my status on the internet for the cambio de migratorio. Now and then I was able to check my status on the web but usually the status look up failed, so many trips back in person to have them check the status. After a few weeks, I got an email from them saying I needed proof of funds available to me in Lima,
5. More trips and wainting in line. I told them no carnet, no bank account. But I offered them an alternative, I was getting funds from ATM machines, They said present original receipts for 1000 dollars during a recent month together with my US bank account statements showing the SSA was depositing my retirement into my account. I did this and after waiting 2weeks, one trip to check the status at the mesa de partes, they printed out my status form showing APROBADO
6. So with this print out, I went to a waiting area for my turn to go upstairs, upstairs another waiting area, they after 2 hours my name was called, another 2 hours and I left with my CARNET. The next day, I went to an interbank branch and opened two accoutns, one in dollars for my transfers from the US and another in soles for transfering dollars into soles for my local expenses. They said I could call them and request a digital code device to use for on line transfers within Peru. They said for most transactions in person I will need my passport and the Carent with shows my passport number.
By the way, my Rentista status has no expiration date and is exempt from the annual fees, thus my only restriction is no more that 183 accumulative days per a 12 month period away from Peru.
End of story