It depends on your family ties and your nationality of birth. You must already hold permanent residency: the petition asks for your permanent residency card.
This is guidance, not a decision. Absences, the type of residency you held and your documents all matter; we review your case before filing.
Article 10 sets out three ways to apply. Everything else, including the documents and the exam, follows from it.
Foreigners with five consecutive years of residency in Panama, who are of legal age, declare their wish to naturalize, expressly renounce their nationality and prove Spanish and basic knowledge of Panama’s geography, history and political organization.
Foreigners with three consecutive years of residency who have children born in Panama to a Panamanian father or mother, or a Panamanian spouse, under the same declaration and proof.
Nationals by birth of Spain or a Latin American state, if they meet the same requirements their own country asks of Panamanians to naturalize.
Book a free 15-minute call. We will tell you which route applies and when you can file.
