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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - Once again - I'm glad that Sam and Paul made this effort. They took their "book" all over the place and made read more »
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - Colombia's Department of Administrative Security (DAS) received five Colombians this past weekend who had been read more »
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By Alexis Charris Palacios for La Estrella - Panama's Immigration Office has a new director, Clovis Sinisterra, who is a member of the National Cris read more »
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By Alexis Charris Palacios for La Estrella - Panama's Security Council has decided to take control of Panama's Office of Immigration due to the even read more »
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This is a unique program where one invests $40,000 in an approved Panama reforestation program. This allows the investor to obtain a Visa for themselves and their spouse as well as dependent children... read more »
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - I can't tell you how many calls and emails I got this morning about the tourist visa thing (again.) Last week Dixa Castillo de Mendez, the Chief of the Legal Office of Panama's Department of Immigration issue read more »
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By CHRIS WALKER for Panama-Guide.com - Don, I noticed there wasnÂ’t a “how to get your tourist extension” article on your website. IÂ’ve compiled my adventures that were posted in the Panama Forum. We have had an adventure in extending our touris read more »
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By Fred & Linda (Posted to Americans in Panama) - Paying It Forward - Thanks to all for info to get Multi Entry Visa renewed. Here is the scoop. Guard at entrance was enforcing dress code! Fred had on jean's shorts that were below the knee with sh read more »
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - Un-friggin' believable. Yesterday a friend of mine was about to fly out of Panama. He had overstayed his tourist visa by about two weeks and knew that the would have to pay a $25 fine. He had paid that fine i read more »
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La Estrella de Panama - About 1,840 foreigners from different countries have been deported out of Panama for different reasons, according to the Director of Immigration a read more »
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By Rafael Pérez G. for La Prensa - At least thirty Chinese illegal aliens were arrested yesterday afternoon by Panama's National Maritime Service (SMN). They were detained on Isla Melon, loca read more »
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - Holy crap. I just ran into this article posted by Panama's Minister of Tourism on the IPAT website, which responds to an article appearing in La Estrella on 23 October read more »
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - I just got a call from someone who went down to immigration today to help some visiting friends process an extension for their 30 day tourist visa. Immigration officia read more »
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By Eliana Morales Gil for La Prensa - If the new law (by executive order) establishing the regulations governing immigration policy for the country is app read more »
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By Santiago Cumbrera for the Panama America - The Executive Degree creating the National Immigration and Naturalization Service underwent several modifications yest read more »
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By Eliana Morales Gil for La Prensa - Given the criticisms received from several sectors with regards to the proposed law to reform Panama's National Immigration service which had been presen read more »
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Don, - As far as I can tell the arrangement for Americans has been left as it was at 90 days. This in spite of the hassle that Panamanians have when they want to visit the USA. However for Canadians it remains at 30 days which can normally be extended. However in practice this is a big hassle and requires the use of a lawyer. In the case of my Can read more »
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By Edgar Enrique Figueroa for La Prensa - The Panamanian National Police and immigration authorities apprehended a total of 74 foreigners who were in Panama without documents in the last four days. Of the total, 68 were arrested in Colón, Chiriquí y Veraguas and were for the m read more »
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By José Quintero De León for La Prensa - Panama's National Direction of Immigration and Naturalization is investigating cases of falsified Panamanian visas as part of actions being taken to detect foreigners who have entered the country without complying with the law. Tayra Ba read more »
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - You know, there's one thing I hear all the time from people. It basically goes like this - "Don, I read your website all the time, and what I like best is your ability to cut right to the heart of an issue, to get to the point in plain language, and with no pussy-foo