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Written by Andrew Cowan
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Sunday, August 24 2008 |
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Panamanian law allows for pensioners to live in Panama as permanent residents. While it is intended for retirees, you do not necessarily have to have stopped working to be granted a Pensionado visa. The visa allows foreigners to live in Panama as permanent residents if they can demonstrate a monthly pension of $500 a month, with an extra $100 for each dependent.
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Written by Andrew Cowan
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Sunday, August 24 2008 |
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Panama is an amazing country and it’s appeal has been growing steadily. Because of its peaceful populace, incredible climate and close ties with the United States, more and more people have been visiting Panama, to explore everything it has to offer and also to invest. People entering the country as tourists are those people who are in Panama for the “exclusive purposes of recreation or observation”. These people will be required to obtain a tourist visa card.
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Written by Matt Landau
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Friday, June 15 2007 |
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So recently there’s been a lot of fuss over a restriction the Panamanian government put on tourists. And without sounding narcissistic, I am pretty sure they made this law specifically for me.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Thursday, June 14 2007 |
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It’s everything you envision: one-eyed hookers, scraggly hobos, and a stash of various immigrants clearly not native to the Republic. The immigration office in the city is a loud, sweaty, frenzied affair and I desperately want to go back a second time.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Sunday, May 27 2007 |
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It was a fairly muggy Saturday afternoon when, walking through a quiet intersection just short of Via Espana, I felt a tug at the back pocket of my jeans and turned to find a beautiful woman smiling as if I’d just kicked some game her way. It was the kind of tug that might have gone unnoticed had there not been a beautiful face not inches away from mine. We walked a few paces, our shoulders touching, our hips brushing, and our feet semi in sync. Any closer, and I’m pretty sure we’d have been having intercourse.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Written by Claire Saylor
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Wednesday, March 21 2007 |
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I crossed over the Costa Rica-Panamanian border at 9:40pm on March 13, after braving the unsympathetic glares and rhetoric from the man behind the plexi glass. While slightly less than traumatic, I would have appreciated a bit of a heads up on what to expect.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Sunday, September 10 2006 |
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I woke up at about six AM because the woman next door was being loud. She was talking loudly. About hamburgers. “I took it out of the freezer and it melted into this little meat puddle” she said. I wondered what that meant exactly. Was the meat just so bad and milky that it had no texture?
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Thursday, March 02 2006 |
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In Panama you can gain legal residency in several different ways. Panama's laws are perhaps the most friendly in all of Central and Latin America because of the country's interest in attracting retirees and investors.
Here are a few types of residency visas that you can obtain:
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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