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Tourist Visa

PanamaShort stays and visits

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

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm whether a visa, electronic authorisation or visa on arrival is normally required.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the visit purposes this route covers.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

The National Migration Service issues tourism visas valid for a term of no more than ninety (90) days, without prejudice to international agreements ratified by Panama and the principle of reciprocity (Article 16). The official source does not state a rolling-period rule or the number of entries.

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  • Rolling-period and number-of-entries rules are not stated.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

Passport or travel document with at least three (3) months validity; confirmed air reservation with onward itinerary or e-ticket; ID or residence card of the country of domicile; proof of economic solvency for the stay of no less than B/.500.00 (e.g. certified cheque, traveller's cheques, bank or credit-card statement, work certificate, pension proof, tax return); confirmed hotel reservation if applicable; invitation letter if applicable.

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  • https://www.migracion.gob.pa/wp-content/uploads/Solicitud-y-Requesitos-para-Visa-de-Turista-2.pdf
    2. Presentar original y copia completa del pasaporte o documento de viaje con un mínimo de tres (3) meses de vigencia. 3. Reservación aérea comprobada con itinerario de continuación del viaje o tiquete electrónico. 4. Copia del documento de identificación o carné de residencia del país donde tenga su domicilio.
  • https://www.migracion.gob.pa/wp-content/uploads/Solicitud-y-Requesitos-para-Visa-de-Turista-2.pdf
    7. Prueba de solvencia económica para su manutención y sustento según el término de estadía en el país, la cual no podrá ser inferior a quinientos balboas (B/.500.00) y se demostrará con alguna de las siguientes opciones: 7.1. Cheque certificado o giro bancario a nombre del solicitante. 7.2. Cheques viajeros a nombre del solicitante. 7.3. Certificación bancaria, con estado de cuenta del último mes que refleje saldos disponibles 7.4. Tarjeta de crédito con el estado de cuenta del último mes que refleje saldos disponibles. 7.5. Certificado de trabajo con último recibo de sueldo o acreditación de trabajador independiente, en caso de tratarse de un empleado de entidad pública o privada. 7.6. Documento que demuestre la pensión o jubilación con su comprobante de pago; de tratarse de una persona pensionada o jubilada. 7.7. De ser independiente: declaración de renta del último año fiscal.
  • https://www.migracion.gob.pa/wp-content/uploads/Solicitud-y-Requesitos-para-Visa-de-Turista-2.pdf
    9. Reservación de hotel confirmada, (si procede). 10.Presentar, si procede, carta de invitación,

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

Apply by completing the visa application form; applications may be filed abroad (with three photographs) or before the National Migration Service in Panama, paying fifty balboas (50.00) for migration services when filing with the Service. The official source does not state when a stay can be extended or changed.

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  • Extension conditions are in a separate SNM document not read (https://www.migracion.gob.pa/wp-content/uploads/03.REQUISITOS-PARA-SOLICITAR-EXTENSION-DE-VISA-TURISTA-CORREGIDO.pdf, connection reset).

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

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