2) Valid Passport (for at least 3 months).
3) Tourist Card. Available for 30 days with the possibility of extension of 60 days at the Immigration Office in Panama City, before the 30 days expire.
• Proof of Income – notarized.
• Certified Marriage Certificate, if applicable.
• Original Police Record Check issued by the F.B.I. – stamped and signed.
• Copy of your passport (every page) - notarized.
Our Consulate in Washington can authenticate each document for US$30.00. If the document has more than one page, there is a US$2.00 fee per each additional page. Please see our consulate section for payment information and more details.
To file an application, you must do so through an immigration lawyer in Panama . The retiree residence status requires that applicant demonstrates an income or pension of only US$1,000.00 per month and US$250.00 for each dependent. You can certainly travel to Panama on a tourist visa and later change your status in Panama.
• Registration Form. To obtain this form applicant must go in person to the Immigration Office in Panama City.
• Letter from a private company or public entity stating your condition of pensioner and amount received per month in original and notarized. You must have a verifiable minimum monthly income of US$1000.00 from a government program or private corporation. This could be Social Security or another government retirement fund, such as military, state retirement, police pension, etc., or retirement from a private corporation. For your spouse or minor children, your minimum income must be increased by US$250.00 per month per dependent.
• Proof of the amount received duly authenticated by apostille seal or Panamanian Consulate. The fee for the authentication of documents by the Panamanian Consulate in Washington D.C. is US$30.00 per document.
• Health certificate issued by Panamanian Doctor.
• Certificate of good conduct (Police record) issued by the authorities at the place of residence during the last five years duly authenticated by the Panamanian Consulate or by Apostille.
• If you are single, go to your local court and ask for a bachelorhood certificate. If none is available, a notary public can certify this in the presence of two witnesses. The document will have to be authenticated by the Panamanian Consulate.
• Photocopy of passport, all pages including cover, notarized and authenticated by Panamanian Consulate.
• Sworn statement about personal background. This is done in Panama through a lawyer.
• Marriage certificate duly authenticated by apostille seal or Panamanian Consulate.
• Certificate of good conduct of wife and children over 18 years old during the last five years, notarized and duly authenticated.
• Birth certificate of children duly authenticated by Panamanian Consulate.
• 4 photographs of each dependent.
• Health certificate issued by a Panamanian doctor.
• Sworn statement about personal background done through a lawyer.
• Responsibility Letter duly notarized and authenticated by Panamanian Consulate.
• Import tax exemption for household goods.
• 25% discounts on utility bills.
• 25% discount on airline tickets and 30% on other transportation.
• 15% discount on loans made in your name.
• 1% reduction on home mortgages for homes used for personal residence.
• 20% discount on doctor's bills 15% on hospital services if no insurance applies.
• 15% off dental and eye exams.
• 10% discount on medicines.
• 20% discount on bills for professional and technical services.
• 50% discount on entrance to movie theaters, cultural and sporting events.
• 50% discount at hotels during Monday to Thursday, 30% on weekends.