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Gaceta Oficial No. 30613 (16 de septiembre de 2026): Decreto Ejecutivo No. 17 de 8 de septiembre de 2026, que subroga el Decreto Ejecutivo No. 722 de 15 de octubre de 2020 y sus modificaciones, y dicta medidas económicas, migratorias y de inversión para la subcategoría de Residente Permanente en calidad de Inversionista Calificado
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Gaceta Oficial 30613 (16 Sept 2026), 41 pages; pp. 2-37 are scans read by OCR (spa+eng). Pp. 1-22 and 38-41: contents, Decretos 204 and 211 (appointments), DE 5 (environmental emergencies), DE 33 and 34 (Economy ministry) and commercial notices, all out of scope. Pp. 23-37: Decreto Ejecutivo 17 of 8 Sept 2026, replacing DE 722 and its amendments for the Qualified Investor subcategory: overall minimum B/.300,000 of foreign-source own funds (art. 2); MICI certificate rules (art. 3, 3-month validity, co-ownership); real estate B/.300,000 first sale / B/.500,000 secondary market (art. 4); valuation and appraisal rules (arts. 5-6); presale B/.300,000 via trust or 100% payment with bank instrument, 180-working-day substitution, 3-year cap (art. 7); securities B/.500,000 in private-equity/venture funds, Panamanian government debt or other registered securities, 5 years, 90-day restoration after market falls (art. 8); fixed deposit B/.750,000 at private banks or B/.500,000 at Banco Nacional/Caja de Ahorros, 5 years (art. 9); fees B/.5,000 + B/.5,000 repatriation deposit, dependants B/.1,000 + B/.1,000 (art. 11); 5-year maintenance with annual proof, 30-day notice, 90-day reinvestment (art. 12); naturalisation after five consecutive years (art. 14); processing maxima 15 working days (MICI) and 30 working days (SNM) (art. 15); filing from abroad (art. 16); new dependants B/.1,000 + B/.1,000 (art. 17); 12-month switch for Solvencia Económica holders, pre-15-Oct-2020 investments ineligible (art. 18); 6-month grandfathering (art. 19); subrogation of DE 722/109/193 (art. 20). No statistics. Route amounts, fees, deposit and naturalisation were already in the tables (t-2b6fc0b222, t-08807a143d, t-d0090088e5, t-0c2512386d, t-623ac85a5a, t-b1efe09d1b; fees noted on t-de6c73134f/t-3e97f07cc3; events e-3021dbfbd8, e-a1c0701293). This pass adds the art. 2 overall minimum, holding period, reinvestment window, processing maxima, certificate validity, new-dependant payments, the Solvencia switch event and an event listing the remaining procedural deadlines. Pass extract-gapfill-2026-10-09 (decision 8) added naturalisation after five consecutive years of residence (art. 14) from this decree.
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Rules and prices (19)
- Minimum investment for any optioneach main applicant; overall minimum from foreign-source own funds (gifts and donations not counted); real estate first sale and presale; other routes higherPAB 300,000Since 16 Sep 2026 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2026Panama · Qualified Investor Program
- Property purchasemain applicant; first sale of a new, unoccupied property from the developerPAB 300,000Since 16 Sep 2026 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2026Panama · Qualified Investor Program
- Off-plan property purchasemain applicant; trust deposit or 100% payment backed by stand-by letter of credit, bank aval or guarantee; at most 3 years on presale alonePAB 300,000Since 16 Sep 2026 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2026Panama · Qualified Investor Program
- Depositmain applicant; 5-year fixed deposit at Banco Nacional de Panamá or Caja de Ahorros (state banks)PAB 500,000Since 16 Sep 2026 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2026Panama · Qualified Investor Program
- Property purchasemain applicant; secondary-market property (previously sold, occupied or let)PAB 500,000Since 16 Sep 2026 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2026Panama · Qualified Investor Program
- Investment in shares or securitiesmain applicant; private-equity/venture funds, Panamanian government bonds or other registered securities, held 5 yearsPAB 500,000Since 16 Sep 2026 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2026Panama · Qualified Investor Program
- Depositmain applicant; 5-year fixed deposit at a private general-licence bankPAB 750,000Since 16 Sep 2026 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2026Panama · Qualified Investor Program
- Fee for adding a dependanteach new dependant (child born or adopted, or spouse married, after the main approval); payment to the National TreasuryPAB 1,000Since 16 Sep 2026 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2026Panama · Qualified Investor Program
- Fee to the National Migration Service per new dependanteach new dependant added after the main approval; payment to the Servicio Nacional de MigraciónPAB 1,000Since 16 Sep 2026 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2026Panama · Qualified Investor Program
- Processing feeeach dependant; application fee to the National Treasury (plus B/.1,000 repatriation deposit)PAB 1,000Since 16 Sep 2026 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2026Panama · Qualified Investor Program
- Processing feemain applicant; application fee to the National TreasuryPAB 5,000Since 16 Sep 2026 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2026Panama · Qualified Investor Program
- Validity of investment certificateMICI investment certificate; must be valid when the complete application reaches the SNM3 monthsSince 16 Sep 2026 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2026Panama · Qualified Investor Program
- Qualifying period for citizenshippermanent resident in the qualified-investor category and dependants: consecutive years of residence in Panama before applying for naturalisation5 yearsSince 16 Sep 2026 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2026Panama · Qualified Investor Program
- Holding period for the investmentmain applicant; investment must be kept, with annual proof to MICI for five years5 yearsSince 16 Sep 2026 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2026Panama · Qualified Investor Program
- Maximum processing time for investment certificateMICI investment certificate, from admission of a complete file15 working daysSince 16 Sep 2026 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2026Panama · Qualified Investor Program
- Maximum processing timeSNM decision on the residence permit, from receipt of the complete file after the MICI certificate30 working daysSince 16 Sep 2026 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2026Panama · Qualified Investor Program
- Time limit to reinvest after a salepermanent resident whose investment ends, is sold or replaced within the five years90 daysSince 16 Sep 2026 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2026Panama · Qualified Investor Program
- Repatriation deposit per dependanteach dependant included in the application; repatriation deposit to the SNMPAB 1,000Since 16 Sep 2026 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2026Panama · Qualified Investor Program
- Repatriation depositmain applicant; repatriation deposit to the SNMPAB 5,000Since 16 Sep 2026 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2026Panama · Qualified Investor Program
Timeline (4)
- Panama updates investor-residence property and deposit amounts16 Sep 2026Price changePanama · Qualified Investor Program
- Panama allows investors to naturalise after five years16 Sep 2026Rule changePanama · Qualified Investor Program
- Solvencia Económica holders given 12 months to switch to Qualified Investor (DE 17)16 Sep 2026Rule changePanama · Residence by own economic solvency
- DE 17 sets verification, maintenance and deadline rules for Qualified Investors16 Sep 2026Rule changePanama · Qualified Investor Program
About the document
What it covers Pp. 23-37: new consolidated rules. First-sale real estate B/.300,000; secondary-market real estate B/.500,000; presale contracts B/.300,000 (max. three years on presale alone); securities B/.500,000 (private equity funds, Panamanian government bonds, other registered securities); deposits B/.750,000 at private banks or B/.500,000 at Banco Nacional de Panamá / Caja de Ahorros; fees; annual verification; naturalisation after five consecutive years (art. 14); transitional rules.
Notes Scanned gazette with no usable text layer; quotes were taken from a Spanish OCR (tesseract, spa model, 250 dpi) and checked against the page image by eye for the figures used. In force on promulgation (art. 21), i.e. publication on 16 Sept 2026. Also posted by the SNM: https://www.migracion.gob.pa/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Decreto-Ejecutivo-No.-17-de-8-9-2026.pdf
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