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Requirements for an Authorised Visa 

Requirements to Apply

All documents issued overseas must be Authenticated before being presented in Panama

Citizens of the following countries should request an Authorised Tourist Visa before arriving in Panama.  The Authorise Tourist Visa is requested either through the closest Panamanian Consulate or Embassy or through a Panamanian lawyer or law firm.  Please note that the application usually takes about 3 weeks (for a standard authorised visa) and sometimes up to two months (where the approval of the Security & Defence Committee is required).  Approval of the visa is completely discretionary, and the Immigration Department will simply indicate whether or not it has been approved. 

For nationals of the following countries to get authorised visas, the prior approval of the Security & National Defence Committee is required:

Requirements for an Authorised Tourist Visa

This should be requested through the nearest Panamanian Consulate or through a Panamanian attorney directly to the Immigration Department.  

The requirements to get a visa approved are: 

1. Fill in the application form below and email it to us.
2. Banking Reference with details of amounts held (for the sponsor).
3. Banking Reference with details of amounts held (for the applicant).
4. Letter from the responsible person or company in Panama (sponsor), certifying that they undertake full responsibility and indicating the purpose of the trip
5. Certified statement (sworn declaration) from the country of origin, certifying the relationship between the parties (if applicable). 
6. Certified statement (sworn declaration) from the country of origin, indicating that the applicant does not have a criminal record. 
7. Certified statement (sworn declaration) from the country of origin, indicating civil status of the applicant. 
8. Photocopy of the sponsor's cedula, duly authenticated by the Civil Registry.  (Where the sponsoring company is from the Free Trade Zone, then a copy of the Free Trade Zone certificate). 
9. Photocopy of the passport (the entire passport - all pages, including blank ones)
10. Photocopy of the last visa for entry into the Republic of Panama (if the applicant has travelled to Panama previously).  
11. Return tickets to your country of origin
12. Two photographs (passport size)
13. Copy of the residency card or I.D. from their country of origin.

If you have visas for other countries, then these may be influential in getting an authorised visa into Panama. 

Copy and paste into an email.

*The applicant is the person in Panama who is applying on behalf of the person whose entry into Panama is requested.  This is often the law firm that represents that person's.

**sponsor (the person that is economically responsible for that person while they are in Panama). 

Approval, once granted, is faxed to the closest consulate where the consulate issues the Authorised Visa directly into the applicant's passport.  Please note that the Authorised Visas are usually granted for 15, 21 or 30 days.  When you are applying you will need to specify the time-limit for which you want the visa - although we have had instances where the Immigration Department has granted the visa for a different time period from that requested.

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