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Transient or Occasional Artist Visa

PanamaCulture, faith and volunteering

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What exact activity, role or purpose qualifies?

A company may hire a foreigner who enters temporarily to perform unskilled or occasional work, or as a technician in the cultural, artistic, musical, sporting, professional, educational or scientific field, specifically for a given work or project (Article 39, as amended by Executive Decree No. 547 of 14 May 2013).

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What organisation, institution, religious body, charity, teacher or host must support the activity?

The host is the hiring company, which must comply with Article 89 of the Decree-Law and provide its national income-tax and Social Security clearance certificates and a letter of responsibility (from the contracting party) with a notarised copy of its representative's ID.

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What proves the placement, role, affiliation, experience or cultural/religious/voluntary activity?

Proof consists of work permit certification, the artist's employment contract, and a note to the Director General of the National Migration Service, at most ten (10) days before the event, specifying place, date and time of the performance.

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Can the person receive salary, pocket money, accommodation, meals or reimbursement? Can they undertake other work?

The artist is engaged under an employment contract, and a receipt of payment of income tax on the value of the employment contract is required. The official source does not state whether other work may be undertaken.

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Limits of the record
  • Whether other work may be undertaken is not stated.

How long can they stay, can they change host/activity, can family accompany, and can the status be extended?

The permit is granted for a term of one (1) year, extendable annually up to five (5) times. The official source does not state whether the host or activity can be changed or whether family may accompany.

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Limits of the record
  • Change of host/activity and family accompaniment are 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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