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Permanent Residence after General Migration Regularisation

PanamaLong-term residence

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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What qualifying residence period is required and when does the period begin?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the qualifying residence period and when it begins.

Which types of residence count fully, partially or not at all where the official rules specify this?

Residence under a Provisional Residence Permit obtained through the extraordinary regularisation process "Crisol de Razas" or through the General Migratory Regularisation Procedure.

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  • https://www.migracion.gob.pa/wp-content/uploads/PRP-RMG-235.pdf
    Podrán optar por este permiso todo extranjero que haya obtenido un Permiso de Residencia Provisional a través de los proceso de Regularización Migratoria Extraordinaria denominados “Crisol de Razas” o mediante el Procedimiento de Regularización Migratoria General,

What absence/continuity rules affect accumulation of the qualifying residence period?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the absence and continuity rules for the qualifying period.

What other major conditions apply, how is the status obtained, and what renewal, document-validity, retention or loss rules matter?

Applicants must meet the requirements of Article 28 of the Decree-Law and prove ties (arraigo): family (Panamanian children; marriage to a national, with an interview if married less than two (2) years; dependent of a permanent resident), employment (valid work permit or pending Ministry of Labour application), or tax (operating notice where applicable, last two income-tax returns filed with DGI, income-tax clearance). Fees: certified cheques of B/.250.00 and B/.900.00 to the National Treasury and B/.800.00 to SNM. The official source does not state renewal, document validity, retention or loss rules.

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  • Renewal, document validity, retention or loss rules not stated.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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