REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY
NATIONAL MIGRATION SERVICE
REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY FOR A SHORT STAY VISA FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
Article 56: “It is based on the principles and rights contained in the Law International Humanitarian and Human Rights for those victims or affected by natural disasters and other emergency situations that present a risk to the general population.”
Article 57: “The foreigner who comes on behalf of governmental organizations or non-governmental organizations duly accredited, who enter the country to promote an orderly management of aid, achieving optimal use of resources to reduce through action national concentration, the loss of human life, damage to property and solutions to the emergency that may arise when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs determines it.”
Article 58: It will be exempt from the requirements of article 28 of the Decree Law and the
article 17 of Executive Decree 320, however, you must provide:
1. Letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs certifying assistance humanitarian, the type of aid and the time to be provided by the Agency International.
LEGAL BASIS: Political Constitution of the Republic of Panama, Decree Law 3 of 22 of February 2008, of Executive Decree No. 320 of 08 of August 2008, Article 56, 57 and 58 as modified by Executive Decree No. 26 of 02 March 2009, Law 38 2000.