Panama

For a foreign employee of a subcontractor serving a company under contract with the Panama Canal Authority.

For a foreign employee of a qualifying aviation company operating in Panama.

For a technician engaged by a qualifying City of Knowledge entity.

For a foreign executive employed by a qualifying Colon Free Zone company.

For a foreign domestic worker hired by a Panamanian citizen or temporary or permanent resident.

For a foreign national contracted by a Panamanian company for entertainment activity.

For a foreign expert or technician hired within the applicable expert and technical staff quota.

For a trusted executive, expert or technician employed by a qualifying commercial call centre for export.

For a foreign national contracted by a qualifying film or audiovisual company.

For qualifying personnel paid from abroad who do not hold diplomatic status.

For a trusted executive, expert or technician engaged by a qualifying free-zone company.

For a foreign employee of a company performing a contract with the Panamanian government.

For an executive of an international company whose functions take effect abroad.

For a foreign employee contracted by a company covered by the Marrakesh Agreement framework.

For staff contracted by a licensed multinational-company headquarters in Panama.

For a foreign national contracted by the Panamanian national government or an autonomous or semi-autonomous entity.

For temporary unskilled, occasional or technical work on a defined project.

For a foreign employee hired within a Panamanian employer's ten-percent ordinary-staff quota.

For a foreign national contracted by the Panama Canal Authority.

For a foreign employee within the ordinary-staff quota of a registered Panama Pacific employer, developer or operator.

For a foreign employee of a qualifying Panama Pacific company with fewer than ten workers.

For specialised technical or administrative personnel of a Panama Pacific employer above the ordinary fifteen-percent level.

For a seafarer entering Panama to embark as crew on an internationally licensed vessel.

For a foreign investor in a qualifying Panamanian agricultural or livestock activity.

For an investor in a licensed commercial call centre providing export services.

For an investor in an authorised promoter, operator or enterprise in an export processing zone.

For an investor meeting the dedicated film and audiovisual industry conditions.

For a foreign investor in a qualifying forestry or reforestation activity under the temporary investor category.

For an investor placing qualifying foreign capital in a Panama Pacific company, developer or operator.

For a foreign investor in a qualifying Panamanian macro-enterprise.

For an applicant placing foreign-source funds in a qualifying fixed-term deposit with a general-licence Panamanian bank.

For an investor in a certified Panamanian forestry or reforestation activity.

For an applicant combining a qualifying Panamanian fixed-term deposit and real-estate investment.

For an applicant investing foreign-source funds in qualifying Panamanian real estate.

For an applicant investing foreign-source funds through a qualifying real-estate, securities or fixed-deposit modality.

For a qualifying entrepreneur or executive attached to the City of Knowledge framework.

For temporary merchant or investor activity covered by a Panamanian special law.

For a researcher hosted by a qualifying City of Knowledge entity.

For a teacher engaged by a qualifying City of Knowledge entity.

For a foreign professional whose higher-education qualification and proposed profession meet the route rules.

For an international press, radio or television correspondent paid from abroad.

For a researcher, scientist or professional of exceptional talent supported under the dedicated provisional category.

For non-profit academic, cultural, educational, health, scientific, research or internship activity under a qualifying institutional agreement.

For a participant in an educational programme operated by a nonprofit entity approved by MEDUCA.

For a student admitted to a qualifying programme in the City of Knowledge framework.

For a foreign participant in the Fulbright educational and cultural exchange programme.

For a foreign student admitted to a qualifying Panamanian educational institution.

For a foreign student or cadet holding a scholarship from a qualifying public-security institution.

For a qualifying dependent of a Panamanian permanent resident.

For a foreign parent with a qualifying Panamanian child and genuine parental responsibility.

For a foreign national in a genuine marriage with a Panamanian citizen.

For a temporary visit to a qualifying Panamanian citizen or temporary or permanent resident relative.

For a qualifying family member joining a sponsor under the temporary family-reunification category.

For a retiree receiving a qualifying lifetime pension from a government, international organisation or private entity.

For an applicant receiving qualifying monthly interest from a fixed deposit at Banco Nacional de Panama or Caja de Ahorros.

— No eligibility summary published for this route yet

For a holder of a qualifying six- or ten-year provisional permit obtained through Crisol de Razas or the General Migration Regularisation process.

For a foreign national in the cohort and circumstances covered by the General Migration Regularisation procedure.

— No eligibility summary published for this route yet

For an Italian citizen qualifying under the bilateral Panama-Italy residence treaty.

— No eligibility summary published for this route yet

For a lay missionary serving the Catholic or Orthodox Church in Panama.

For a qualifying religious worker serving the Catholic or Orthodox Church in Panama.

For a foreign student undertaking formation to become a Catholic or Orthodox religious worker in Panama.

For a qualifying minister, rabbi, pastor, leader or religious worker of another recognised denomination.

For a foreign artist entering temporarily for a specified event or performance.

For a temporary business visit under the dedicated short-stay category.

For a visa-required traveller visiting Panama temporarily for tourism.

For a person who has held recognised refugee or political-asylee status in Panama for at least three years and intends to remain.

For a person seeking or holding refugee recognition through ONPAR under Panama's international-protection framework.

For a foreign national who was irregularly present when Decree 5 of 13 March 2026 entered into force and had at least one year of qualifying presence.

For a temporary international humanitarian-assistance mission supported by the relevant organisation.

For a person who is not considered a national by any state and seeks formal recognition and protection in Panama.

For temporary entry to begin or continue documented medical treatment in Panama.

For a foreign professional sportsperson contracted for qualifying activity in Panama.

For a visa-required traveller transiting Panama under the dedicated transit procedure.

For a qualifying former diplomat who has ceased service in a mission in Panama.

For a qualifying temporary activity in Panama's banking sector.