{"id":6214,"date":"2012-10-31T13:22:19","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T18:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=6214"},"modified":"2012-10-31T13:22:19","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T18:22:19","slug":"new-visa-and-work-permit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/new-visa-and-work-permit\/","title":{"rendered":"New Visa and Work Permit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Passport_of_Panama.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6215\" title=\"Passport_of_Panama\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Passport_of_Panama.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Passport_of_Panama.gif 250w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Passport_of_Panama-213x300.gif 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While I have heard a lot of chatter from various law firms touting the new Visa laws and the ease to obtain one along with a work permit, I decided to ask my attorney who processes thousands of visa applications including forestry and investor visas, work permits and more to see what was the real story.\u00a0 Here is what he tells me.\u00a0 So before you plunk down a thousand dollars thinking it will be a piece of cake, check with competent counsel please.\u00a0 I hate getting the calls and emails after the fact about getting screwed over.<\/p>\n<p>Tom, obtaining this New Permanent Work Permit is not so simple.<br \/>\nFirst\u00a0the foreigner\u00a0has to be hired by a Panamanian corporation with minimum wage and social security benefits. Only\u00a010% of the working force can be foreign.<br \/>\nIf the corporation has less than 10 workers then the salary of the foreigner has to be at least $1000 plus $250 per each dependent.<br \/>\nThe worker also has to file for a Permanent Residency Card at the Immigration Office presenting\u00a0labor contract, good health certificates, criminal background checks, marriage license (if applying with wife), birth certificates (for children), social security receipts, etc.<br \/>\nThe immigration office demands from the foreigner a $800 repatriation\u00a0deposit plus a $250 fee. We charge $1500 for the Permanent Residency of the principal person and $250 per each dependent.<br \/>\nThe foreigner (assisted\u00a0by his attorneys) has to take the residency card and other paperwork to the Ministry of Labor to then apply for the permanent work permit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I have heard a lot of chatter from various law firms touting the new Visa laws and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-articles-panama-perpsective"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Visa and Work Permit - Blog and Newsletter<\/title>\n<meta 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