Discover the residence, investment and nationality services available for your life in Panama.
Panama · A CLOSER LOOK
Plan beyond your first permission. Explore which services can support a longer-term path to settlement and citizenship, and understand the requirements at each stage.
Passport imagery represents the destination. Residence and citizenship are separate legal outcomes.
FIND YOUR PATHWAY
Explore the benefits, eligibility, requirements and long-term outcome of each route in Panama.
Permanent residence through qualifying property, securities or a fixed-term bank deposit funded from abroad.
Residency to citizenship
Each stage has its own eligibility requirements.
Residence based on personal financial solvency through property, a bank deposit or a combination of both.
Residency to citizenship
Each stage has its own eligibility requirements.
Residence for nationals of Panama’s specified friendly countries who establish a qualifying employment or investment connection.
Residency to citizenship
Each stage has its own eligibility requirements.
Indefinite residence for a person receiving a qualifying lifetime pension from abroad.
Residency to citizenship
Each stage has its own eligibility requirements.
The Macro-Enterprise route links residence to a substantial, operating Panamanian business.
Residency to citizenship
Each stage has its own eligibility requirements.
The standard forestry-investment option supports authorised reforestation or forest-plantation activity.
Residency to citizenship
Each stage has its own eligibility requirements.
The higher-investment forestry option allows a direct permanent-residence application.
Residency to citizenship
Each stage has its own eligibility requirements.
Employer-linked residence under a qualifying labour category, including the ordinary-staff and technical-staff quotas.
Residency to citizenship
Each stage has its own eligibility requirements.
Investment residence for authorised export-processing-zone businesses or qualifying export call centres.
Residency to citizenship
Each stage has its own eligibility requirements.
Assessment of the professional-residence or employment category matching your intended work in Panama.
Residency to citizenship
Each stage has its own eligibility requirements.
Residency to citizenship
Each stage has its own eligibility requirements.
Professional residence for a qualified foreign graduate in a profession open to non-Panamanians.
YOUR LONG-TERM PATHWAY
Professional residence for a qualified foreign graduate in a profession open to non-Panamanians.
Complete the category’s provisional period and apply for permanent residence. For the usual two-year provisional categories, a fresh application and continued qualifying evidence are required.
Ordinary naturalisation requires five consecutive years of qualifying residence. A permanent-resident card, Spanish, basic geography, history and civic knowledge, and the statutory nationality declaration are required. Certain family and reciprocity cases have shorter periods.
Naturalisation is a separate legal application. A residence permit maintained through occasional visits should not be presented as satisfying consecutive residence.
Each stage requires its own qualifying conditions and decision. The years shown are eligibility periods, not approval times.
Residency to citizenship
Each stage has its own eligibility requirements.
Support for residence connected to a Panamanian employment offer.
YOUR LONG-TERM PATHWAY
Support for residence connected to a Panamanian employment offer.
Complete the category’s provisional period and apply for permanent residence. For the usual two-year provisional categories, a fresh application and continued qualifying evidence are required.
Ordinary naturalisation requires five consecutive years of qualifying residence. A permanent-resident card, Spanish, basic geography, history and civic knowledge, and the statutory nationality declaration are required. Certain family and reciprocity cases have shorter periods.
Naturalisation is a separate legal application. A residence permit maintained through occasional visits should not be presented as satisfying consecutive residence.
Each stage requires its own qualifying conditions and decision. The years shown are eligibility periods, not approval times.
THE DEVISERS APPROACH
A clear path begins with a conversation. Our approach brings structure to a deeply personal decision.
We begin with your goals, the people who matter to you and the life you want to build.
Explore the relevant routes, their requirements and the commitments involved.
A considered application begins with clear guidance and carefully organised documentation.
Coordinate the application and understand the next steps in the official process.
Discuss arrival, renewals and the continuing support relevant to your chosen route.
A LITTLE MORE CLARITY
The application, qualifying conditions and outcome for Panama. Choose a service to see its specific answers.
Apply for permanent residence: Permanent residence through qualifying property, securities or a fixed-term bank deposit funded from abroad. Permanent residence: This category starts with permanent residence once approved, there is no compulsory temporary-residence stage for the principal applicant. Dependants’ permissions can differ. Panamanian citizenship · normally 5 years: Ordinary naturalisation requires five consecutive years of qualifying residence. A permanent-resident card, Spanish, basic geography, history and civic knowledge, and the statutory nationality declaration are required. Certain family and reciprocity cases have shorter periods. Naturalisation is a separate legal application. A residence permit maintained through occasional visits should not be presented as satisfying consecutive residence.
Have a Panamanian lawyer verify the chosen qualifying investment and prepare the authenticated funds and ownership evidence. Submit through the Qualified Investor procedure. After approval, maintain the investment for five years and provide the required continuing certification and residence compliance.
Invest at least US$300,000 in qualifying real estate, US$500,000 through the licensed securities route or US$750,000 in the qualifying bank-deposit route.
Investment certification, lawful foreign funds, identity and immigration documents. Maintain the investment for five years, provide annual confirmation and visit Panama at least once every two years to preserve residence.
A direct permanent-residence application, with eligible dependants and the option to file through a Panamanian lawyer from overseas.
YOUR NEXT CHAPTER
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We’ll help you explore what comes next.
