Source document
Gaceta Oficial Digital No. 26104 (13 de agosto de 2008): Decreto Ejecutivo No. 320 de 8 de agosto de 2008, que reglamenta el Decreto Ley No. 3 de 22 de febrero de 2008 (Servicio Nacional de Migración)
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What is left
The application fee ('pago por solicitud de categoría migratoria') for temporary permits 'por políticas especiales' in the art. 315 table (p. 72): the cells are misaligned in the printed table, so a B/.250 printed inside the row's label block may belong to that row or to the next one (education); the line level with the label prints no amount. The card fee (B/.50) and the absence of a repatriation deposit are the same on both readings and are recorded.
What the document holds
Gaceta Oficial 26104 (13 Aug 2008), 89 pages with a text layer. Out of scope: DE 25 of 2007 on an agricultural trust programme (pp. 1-10), Resolution 47/08 and land-title edicts at the end. Main content: Decreto Ejecutivo 320 of 8 Aug 2008, the regulation of the migration law (Decreto Ley 3 of 2008): visas, temporary and permanent residence categories, fees and sanctions. In scope and in tables: Solvencia Económica Propia (arts. 191-195) and macro-enterprise investor (arts. 185-190) with dependant amounts, employees and art. 315 fees; agrarian investor (arts. 95-97), forestry investor temporary (arts. 100-102) and permanent (arts. 180-182), Panamá-Pacífico investor (arts. 206-207), export processing zone investor (art. 211) and call-centre investor (art. 214), with the art. 315 fee rows that apply to each, launch events for five categories and legal-basis events for four (Ley 25 of 1992, DE 97 of 2002, Ley 41 of 2004, Decreto Ley 6 of 1999); City of Knowledge businessperson or executive subcategory (arts. 108, 113; no investment amount); film and audiovisual industry investor (arts. 217-219, more than B/.150,000; art. 315 fees B/.250 and B/.100). Added in pass extract-partials-p2-2026-10-11: for the City of Knowledge permit, the 6-year maximum of temporary special-policy permits renewable annually (art. 105) and the B/.50 card fee from the art. 315 row for temporary permits 'por políticas especiales' (2 rules). Out of scope: pensioners, Rentista Retirado (arts. 196-197; decision 15), film company staff permits (arts. 106-107), the short-stay visa for traders and investors under special laws (arts. 54-55), workers' minimum salaries, visa fees. No statistics.
What it supports
74 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
Programmes (9)
- Panama temporary residence as agrarian investor (Inversionista Agrario)Launched 26 Aug 2008ActivePanama
- Panama residence as call-centre investor (Inversionista de Centro de Llamadas para Uso Comercial (Call Center) para Exportación)Launched 26 Aug 2008ActivePanama
- Panama residence as investor or businessperson in the City of Knowledge (Inversionista o Empresario Ciudad del Saber)ActivePanama
- Panama residence as film and audiovisual industry investor (Inversionista de la Industria Cinematográfica y Audiovisual)Launched 26 Aug 2008ActivePanama
- Panama residence as forestry investor (Inversionista Forestal)Launched 26 Aug 2008ActivePanama
- Large-business investor residenceLaunched 26 Aug 2008ActivePanama
- Panama residence as investor in the Panamá-Pacífico special economic area (Inversionista del Área Económica Especial Panamá-Pacífico)Launched 26 Aug 2008ActivePanama
- Panama residence as investor in an export processing zone (Inversionista en Zonas Procesadoras para la Exportación)Launched 26 Aug 2008ActivePanama
- Residence by own economic solvencyLaunched 26 Aug 2008ActivePanama
Rules and prices (52)
- Extra investment per dependanteach dependant included; added to the main amountPAB 2,000Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Large-business investor residence
- Business investmenteach applicant; sole holder of shares in the company, which must be a shareholder and officerPAB 160,000Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Large-business investor residence
- Permit feeapplicant; permanent residence 'por razones económicas'; residence cardPAB 100Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Large-business investor residence
- Processing feeapplicant; permanent residence 'por razones económicas'; application for the migration category (payment per application)PAB 250Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Large-business investor residence
- Jobs to createper applicant; full-time Panamanian employees at no less than the regional minimum wage, registered with the Caja de Seguro Social5 jobsSince 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Large-business investor residence
- Repatriation depositapplicant; permanent residence 'por razones económicas'; repatriation depositPAB 800Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Large-business investor residence
- Business investmentapplicant; investment in a company providing call-centre services for export; same requirements as the export processing zone investor permitPAB 250,000Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as call-centre investor (Inversionista de Centro de Llamadas para Uso Comercial (Call Center) para Exportación)
- Permit feeapplicant; permanent residence 'por políticas especiales'; residence cardPAB 100Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as call-centre investor (Inversionista de Centro de Llamadas para Uso Comercial (Call Center) para Exportación)
- Processing feeapplicant; permanent residence 'por políticas especiales'; application for the migration category (payment per application)PAB 250Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as call-centre investor (Inversionista de Centro de Llamadas para Uso Comercial (Call Center) para Exportación)
- Business investmentapplicant; investment in the film industry, in a company authorised under the special regime of Ley 36 of 2007; permanent residencePAB 150,000Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as film and audiovisual industry investor
- Permit feeapplicant; permanent residence 'por políticas especiales'; residence cardPAB 100Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as film and audiovisual industry investor
- Processing feeapplicant; permanent residence 'por políticas especiales'; application for the migration category (payment per application)PAB 250Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as film and audiovisual industry investor
- Extra investment per dependanteach dependant included; temporary forestry investor permit; added to the investmentPAB 2,000Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as forestry investor
- Extra investment per dependanteach dependant included; permanent forestry investor permit; added to the investmentPAB 2,000Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as forestry investor
- Forestry plantation investmentapplicant, personally or through a company; reforestation or forest plantation authorised by the National Environment Authority; temporary residencePAB 60,00013 Aug 2008 – 19 May 2021 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as forestry investor
- Forestry plantation investmentapplicant, personally or through a company; reforestation or forest plantation authorised by the National Environment Authority; permanent residencePAB 80,00013 Aug 2008 – 19 May 2021 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as forestry investor
- Permit feeapplicant; temporary residence 'por razones de inversión'; residence cardPAB 50Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as forestry investor
- Permit feeapplicant; permanent residence 'por razones económicas'; residence cardPAB 100Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as forestry investor
- Processing feeapplicant; temporary residence 'por razones de inversión'; application for the migration category (payment per application)PAB 250Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as forestry investor
- Processing feeapplicant; permanent residence 'por razones económicas'; application for the migration category (payment per application)PAB 250Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as forestry investor
- How often the permit must be renewedtemporary forestry investor permit; extensions2 yearsSince 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as forestry investor
- Residence permit validitytemporary forestry investor permit (temporary residence permits for investment)6 yearsSince 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as forestry investor
- Maximum applicants per companytemporary forestry investor permit through a company; each must have invested B/.60,0002 applicants13 Aug 2008 – 19 May 2021 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as forestry investor
- Maximum applicants per companypermanent forestry investor permit through a company; each must have made the minimum investment2 applicants13 Aug 2008 – 19 May 2021 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as forestry investor
- Minimum forestry plantation areatemporary forestry investor permit; land on which the B/.60,000 is invested10 hectares13 Aug 2008 – 19 May 2021 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as forestry investor
- Minimum forestry plantation areapermanent forestry investor permit20 hectares13 Aug 2008 – 19 May 2021 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as forestry investor
- Repatriation depositapplicant; temporary residence 'por razones de inversión'; repatriation depositPAB 800Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as forestry investor
- Repatriation depositapplicant; permanent residence 'por razones económicas'; repatriation depositPAB 800Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as forestry investor
- Business investmentapplicant; funds from abroad invested in a promoter or operator of an export processing zone or a company established in one (Ley 25 of 1992)PAB 250,000Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as investor in an export processing zone
- Permit feeapplicant; permanent residence 'por políticas especiales'; residence cardPAB 100Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as investor in an export processing zone
- Processing feeapplicant; permanent residence 'por políticas especiales'; application for the migration category (payment per application)PAB 250Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as investor in an export processing zone
- Business investmentapplicant; risk capital of a Panamá-Pacífico Area company or a developer or operator companyPAB 250,000Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as investor in the Panamá-Pacífico special economic area
- Permit feeapplicant; permanent residence 'por políticas especiales'; residence cardPAB 100Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as investor in the Panamá-Pacífico special economic area
- Processing feeapplicant; permanent residence 'por políticas especiales'; application for the migration category (payment per application)PAB 250Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as investor in the Panamá-Pacífico special economic area
- Jobs required from the businessper company; Panamanian employees earning at least the regional legal minimum wage, on the Caja de Seguro Social payroll3 jobsSince 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as investor in the Panamá-Pacífico special economic area
- Permit feeapplicant; temporary residence 'por políticas especiales'; residence card (carné)PAB 50Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as investor or businessperson in the City of Knowledge
- Residence permit validitytemporary residence permits for special policies (incl. City of Knowledge businessperson or executive, arts. 108, 113): total maximum unless a special law sets another term, renewable annually6 yearsSince 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence as investor or businessperson in the City of Knowledge
- Extra investment per dependanteach dependant included; added to the main amountPAB 2,000Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence by own economic solvency
- Property investment under the transitional exceptionforeigners who had invested at least B/.200,000 (and under B/.300,000) in Panamanian property but, by force majeure, could not prove title before the regulation took effect; at the SNM Director-General's discretionPAB 200,000Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence by own economic solvency
- Depositapplicant; fixed-term deposit of at least 3 years at a general-licence bankPAB 300,000Since 13 Aug 2008 · Gaceta Oficial Panamá 2008Panama · Residence by own economic solvency
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Timeline (13)
- Panama creates a B/.300,000 investor residence permit26 Aug 2008LaunchPanama · Residence by own economic solvency
- Migration regulation sets macro-enterprise investor residence (B/.160,000)26 Aug 2008LaunchPanama · Large-business investor residence
- Migration regulation sets forestry investor residence (B/.60,000 temporary, B/.80,000 permanent)26 Aug 2008LaunchPanama · Residence as forestry investor
- Migration regulation sets agrarian investor temporary residence (B/.60,000)26 Aug 2008LaunchPanama · Temporary residence as agrarian investor
- Migration regulation sets Panamá-Pacífico investor residence (B/.250,000)26 Aug 2008LaunchPanama · Residence as investor in the Panamá-Pacífico special economic area
- Migration regulation sets export processing zone investor residence (B/.250,000)26 Aug 2008LaunchPanama · Residence as investor in an export processing zone
- Migration regulation sets call-centre investor residence26 Aug 2008LaunchPanama · Residence as call-centre investor (Inversionista de Centro de Llamadas para Uso Comercial (Call Center) para Exportación)
- Migration regulation sets film industry investor residence (more than B/.150,000)26 Aug 2008LaunchPanama · Residence as film and audiovisual industry investor
- Film industry special regime (Ley 36 of 2007) cited as the basis of the film investor permit2007Legal basisPanama · Residence as film and audiovisual industry investor
- Panamá-Pacífico special regime (Ley 41 of 2004) cited as the basis of the area's investor permit2004Legal basisPanama · Residence as investor in the Panamá-Pacífico special economic area
- Decreto Ejecutivo 97 of 2002 cited as the basis of the call-centre investor permit2002Legal basisPanama · Residence as call-centre investor (Inversionista de Centro de Llamadas para Uso Comercial (Call Center) para Exportación)
- City of Knowledge law (Decreto Ley 6 of 1999) cited as the basis of City of Knowledge residence permits1999Legal basisPanama · Residence as investor or businessperson in the City of Knowledge
- Export processing zones law (Ley 25 of 1992) cited as the basis of the zone investor permit1992Legal basisPanama · Residence as investor in an export processing zone
About the document
What it covers The general immigration regulation. Arts. 191-195: permanent residence for 'Solvencia Económica Propia' (B/.300,000 in real estate, fixed-term deposit, or both); art. 185-186: 'Inversionista de Macro-empresa' (B/.160,000 share capital); also forestry and agrarian investor permits.
Notes Original 2008 text only. Later amendments to these articles (e.g. Decreto Ejecutivo 26 of 2 March 2009 and any later changes to the Solvencia amounts) were not checked, so terms from this source have no end date. Full gazette issue stored (89 pages); the decree has a text layer.
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