{"id":1,"date":"2013-01-20T20:19:39","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T20:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/williamslawpanama.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2023-07-26T19:41:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T00:41:18","slug":"new-requirements-for-panama-permanent-residency-under-executive-decree-343","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/williamslawpanama.com\/es\/new-requirements-for-panama-permanent-residency-under-executive-decree-343\/","title":{"rendered":"New Requirements for Panama Permanent Residency under Executive Decree 343"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now it is easier for citizens of certain countries to obtain Permanent Residency status in Panama under the Executive Decree 343 signed on 16 May 2012.<\/p>\n<p>You must provide the following documents:<\/p>\n<p>[list]<br \/>\n[li]Passport (must have at least 9 months until expiration).[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]National ID Card (if applicable; US citizens should provide a Driver&#8217;s License)[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]6 passport photos (recommended dress code is &#8220;business formal&#8221;)[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Police record from your country of residence (US citizens need to provide an FBI background check).[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Evidence of economic or professional activity in Panama (one of the following): Real estate in Panama that is in your name or owned by a business that you own, Letter of employment and work contract from a Panamanian employer, Evidence that you own a Panamanian corporation (Note that National Immigration Services might also require evidence of economic activity in Panama &#8211; In other words <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertyfleet.com\/contact\/index.htm\">valium abuse<\/a>, don&#8217;t expect to form a shelf corporation and get residency for it. You need to actually do business in the country to qualify).[\/li]<br \/>\n[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Statement for a bank account at a Panamanian bank in your name.[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]If you are married, you will also need to provide a marriage certificate.[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]If you have any children, you will also need to provide their birth certificates.[\/li]<br \/>\n[\/list]<\/p>\n<p>In order to qualify for this process, you must be a citizen of one of the following countries:<\/p>\n<p>[list]<br \/>\n[li]Argentina[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Australia[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Austria[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Belgium[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Brazil[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Canada[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Chile[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Czech Republic[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Finland[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]France[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Germany[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Ireland[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Japan[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Netherlands[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Norway[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Singapore[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Slovakia[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Spain[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Sweden[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Switzerland[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]USA[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Uruguay[\/li]<br \/>\n[\/list]<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in learning about this process don&#8217;t hesitate in contacting us.<\/p>\n<p>You may find interesting our new package of Business Relocation to Panama.<\/p>\n<p>You can download the Executive Decree 343 from here.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now it is easier for citizens of certain countries to obtain Permanent Residency status in Panama under the Executive Decree 343 signed on 16 May 2012. You must provide the&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[195,214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-immigration","category-williams-law"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamslawpanama.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamslawpanama.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamslawpanama.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamslawpanama.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamslawpanama.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/williamslawpanama.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamslawpanama.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamslawpanama.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamslawpanama.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}