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Colon Free Zone Executive Temporary Residence

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

This pathway is designed for a foreigner who performs functions in executive, trust, management, or specialised technical positions in companies authorised to operate in the Colon Free Zone, with a salary of no less than two thousand balboas (B/.2,000.00) monthly.

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  • Requisitos para solicitar permiso temporal
    Artículo 76: Podrá solicitar este permiso el extranjero que preste funciones en puestos ejecutivos, de confianza, de gerencia o de técnico especializado en empresas autorizadas para operar en la Zona Libre de Colón, con un salario no menor de dos mil balboas (B/.2,000.00) mensuales.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The applicant needs an employer relationship: the foreigner must be contracted by a company authorised to operate in the Colon Free Zone. The employer must provide a letter of responsibility stating the position and salary, and a certification from the Colon Free Zone confirming the existence of a contract between the company and the foreigner, the executive's suitability or specialisation, and the company's existence and validity.

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  • Requisitos para solicitar permiso temporal
    Artículo 76: Podrá solicitar este permiso el extranjero que preste funciones en puestos ejecutivos, de confianza, de gerencia o de técnico especializado en empresas autorizadas para operar en la Zona Libre de Colón, con un salario no menor de dos mil balboas (B/.2,000.00) mensuales.
  • Requisitos para solicitar permiso temporal
    10. Carta de responsabilidad de la empresa, donde conste el cargo y el salario del solicitante.
  • Requisitos para solicitar permiso temporal
    12. Certificación de la Zona Libre de Colón, donde se haga constar la participación del interesado en la compañía establecida en dicha zona y se solicita la expedición del permiso de visitante temporal, para lo cual deberá constar lo siguiente: a. La existencia de un contrato entre la empresa y el extranjero. b. Idoneidad o especialización del ejecutivo. c. Existencia y vigencia de la empresa y de su clave de operación.

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The decisive professional characteristics are: the position must be executive, trust, management, or specialised technical; the employer must be a company authorised to operate in the Colon Free Zone; and the salary must be at least B/.2,000.00 monthly. The Colon Free Zone certification must also attest to the executive's suitability or specialisation.

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What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The applicant must hold a work permit. For extensions, the Social Security certification of nine consecutive contributions is accepted even if the holder has changed company within the Colon Free Zone, so a change of employer inside the Free Zone is contemplated. The source does not state whether family members may accompany.

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Limits of the record
  • Family accompaniment is not addressed in the source.
  • The source does not state whether work outside the Colon Free Zone or in another occupation is allowed.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

An extension (prórroga) requires the original requirements except the criminal-record certificate and cheques, plus a Social Security (CSS) certification of payment of nine (9) consecutive contributions, even if the holder has changed company within the Colón Free Zone. The official source does not state the initial duration of the permit or any longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • Initial duration and any longer-term residence direction 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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