Panama country guide
Retirement · Last checked 2026-08-07
Jubilado Pensionado
Qualifying lifetime pension
Panama’s Jubilado Pensionado permit is an indefinite residence permission for an applicant receiving a lifetime pension of at least B/.1,000 per month from a foreign government, international organization, or private company.
- Country
- Panama
- Applicant basis
- Qualifying lifetime pension
- Responsible authority
- Servicio Nacional de Migración
- Official route status
- Current official route
- Information available
- Detailed guide
- Last checked
- 2026-08-07
Supported requirements
What the current source supports
- Document a lifetime pension of at least B/.1,000 per month from a foreign government, international organization, or private company.
- Provide the notarized application and power, three photographs, authenticated passport copy, criminal-record certificate, health certificate, and sworn personal-background form listed by the authority.
- Provide the pension certification and, for a private-company pension, the additional company-existence, manager-letter, payment, or bank evidence listed by the official checklist.
- A personally owned Panama property worth more than B/.100,000 can reduce the principal pension floor to B/.750. Spouses may combine qualifying pensions to reach B/.1,000.
- For included dependents, document B/.250 per month in additional pension income for each dependent or the accepted local-bank reference, together with the required relationship evidence.
Applicant scope
Who this route generally serves
- Generally designed for
- Retirees and pension recipients able to prove a lifetime pension and the route’s identity, background, health, and pension evidence.
- Legal basis named by the authority
- Article 200 of the migration regulation cited by the current Servicio Nacional de Migración checklist.
Route lifecycle
What to confirm from application onward
- Financial basis
- A lifetime pension of at least B/.1,000 per month; or at least B/.750 with personally owned Panama property worth more than B/.100,000. Each included dependent requires B/.250 per month in additional support under the stated branch.
- Government service fees
- The current one-page route checklist does not publish a stable route-specific fee. Confirm all live immigration, notarial, authentication, and card charges before paying.
- Initial status
- An indefinite residence permit under the Jubilado Pensionado category.
- Renewal
- The official checklist states that no extension is required for this indefinite permit. Identity-document and registration maintenance remain separate administrative matters.
- Dependents
- A spouse and qualifying dependent children may be included with the required support and relationship evidence. Inclusion and approval are not automatic; children generally receive temporary dependent treatment until age 25 while studying full time, subject to the checklist’s disability exception.
- Work rights
- The pension basis does not establish unrestricted local employment or professional rights on this page.
- Presence considerations
- The cited checklist does not establish one route-specific physical-presence rule.
- Permanent residence
- The authority describes an indefinite permit. This page does not relabel it or infer an automatic separate permanent-residence or nationality result.
- Citizenship relationship
- Naturalization is a separate constitutional and administrative process and is not established by this permit.
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.