Panama country guide
Business investment · Last checked 2026-08-10
Inversionista de Centros de Llamadas para Exportación
Investment in an enterprise providing export call-center services and meeting the incorporated export-processing-zone residence requirements
A permanent-residence route based on investment in an enterprise providing export call-center services and satisfying the incorporated export-processing-zone requirements.
- Country
- Panama
- Applicant basis
- Investment in an enterprise providing export call-center services and meeting the incorporated export-processing-zone residence requirements
- Responsible authority
- Servicio Nacional de Migración / Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias / Autoridad Nacional de los Servicios Públicos
- Official route status
- Current official route
- Information available
- Detailed guide
- Last checked
- 2026-08-10
Supported requirements
What the current source supports
- Apply to the Servicio Nacional de Migración with the required investment and operating-license certifications.
- Provide the investment certificate and the ASEP license and current-service certificate.
- Provide a bank letter documenting the foreign-source funds.
- Provide the standard identity, record, health, and declaration documents required by the current checklist.
Applicant scope
Who this route generally serves
- Generally designed for
- Foreign applicants able to document the qualifying enterprise investment, operating licenses and current service, foreign-source funds, and the current filing evidence.
- Legal basis named by the authority
- Executive Decree 97 of 2002, Decree Law 3 of 2008, Executive Decree 320 of 2008 Articles 214–216, and the current SNM checklist.
Route lifecycle
What to confirm from application onward
- Financial basis
- The checklist incorporates the export-processing-zone residence requirements but does not restate a standalone numeric threshold; no numeric amount is inferred here.
- Initial status
- A permanent-resident route with a later definitive-permanence filing under the current checklist.
- Renewal
- The definitive filing repeats the current evidence except the specified record and payment items and adds company tax clearance.
- Permanent residence
- Definitive permanence requires a separate filing; it is not automatic.
Official evidence
Sources for this route
General planning information only—not legal, tax, or investment advice. A listed route does not determine eligibility. Verify current rules with the responsible authority before acting.