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Working Permits in Panama

If you wish to apply for a working permit, you will have to take into consideration that before you have to establish a migratory category of passers who are in the categories of: sportsmen, businessmen, notabilities of the cultural, musical and scientific world, travelling agents of commercial houses, administrators, international auditors of companies established in the Republic of Panama, with the purpose of practicing audits to the books of such companies; artists and musicians; temporary visitors with the purpose of giving services as specialized workers or technicians; immigrants and refugees.

The Ministry of Work and Labor Development is the organization in charge to approve the working permits for foreign workers.

Persons who may apply:

  1. Foreign worker with spouse of Panamanian nationality.
  2. Foreign worker with 10 or more years of residence in Panama. 
  3. Foreign worker within the 10% of the ordinary personnel. 
  4. Expert foreign worker or technician within the 15% of the specialized personnel. 
  5. Expert foreign worker or temporary technician within the 15% of the specialized personnel. 
  6. Foreign worker as executive in a company of the Colon Free Zone.
  7. Foreign worker in a company that has less than ten workers, according to the Marrakech Agreement. 
  8. Foreign worker as trustworthy employee of a company that produce its effects abroad. 
  9. Alien in quality of Refugee.


For more information on the requirements to apply for any working permit please contact us or access  http://www.mitradel.gob.pa/