Category Archives: Immigration

Cuban migrants spend Christmas on the streets of Panama and Costa Rica

It will continue the migration crisis in Costa Rica with more than 7,000 Cubans stranded on its border because the member countries of the Central American Integration System (SICA) will not agree to a solution. Tuesday December 22 held a technical meeting of SICA in Mexico, despite the Cuban immigration issue was addressed, did not […]

Panama deports 732 foreigners

Until November 2015 Migration has spent $ 253.385 in the deportation of foreigners to their countries of origin. During the first 11 months of 2015, Panama has deported a total of 732 foreigners to their country of origin by the National Immigration Service (SNM), exceeding the figure from January to November 2014, when the record […]

Decrease work permits to foreigners 8.2%

    Until August 2015, the Ministry of Labor and Workforce Development (MITRADEL) approved a total of 6,459 work permits to foreigners. The figure is 8.2% lower than in the same period of 2014, when 7,035 permits were granted to foreigners so they could work in Panama. From January to August 2015, the largest number […]

Cuban visa stamped up to three years

Cuban citizens wishing to travel to Panama, and can do so through a multiple visa stamped in and out, in the Panamanian consulate in Havana, Cuba, according to the Executive Decree 509 of September 14 which was published in the in the Official Gazette. Cubans may have stamped visa for up to three years, at […]

Greatly increased interregional migration in Latin America

    Intraregional migration between Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly among neighboring countries has increased in recent years, although the United States and Canada remain the main focus of attraction for Hispanic immigrants, according to the Third Report of the Continuous Reporting System on International Migration in the Americas (SICREMI 2015). During the period […]

Residence visa can be rehabilitated

Foreigners with more than six years abroad and wish to recover the resident should start a new process Foreigners who once had residence visa for Panama, but transferred their residence abroad may apply for restoration of rights. Resolution 22657 of August 12, 2015 allows foreigners with residence visa who left the country two years ago […]

Foreigners can defend titles to practice in Panama

Foreigners entering Panama applying to reside and seek visas for professionals have a new option to make the process of legalization of their diplomas. The National Immigration Service approved that immigrants undergo revalidation process your career technical titles, bachelor’s degrees or master’s degrees. The revalidation applies in those professions in which the State should collate […]

Foreigners can defend titles to practice in Panama

The Immigration Service endorsed the option of retaining the diplomas, coupled with approval in force since last June. Foreigners entering Panama applying to reside and seek visas for professionals have a new option to make the process of legalization of their diplomas. The National Immigration Service approved that immigrants undergo revalidation process your career technical […]