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Vehicle Transfer in Panama: Requirements and Steps

Oct

Guides, Professional Services & Technology

Vehicle Transfer in Panama: Requirements and Steps

In short: transferring a vehicle in Panama takes two stages: first at the Panama City Mayor's Office, with the digital transfer card and the vehicle and party documents, and then at the ATTT Single Vehicle Registry, which issues the registration in the buyer's name. According to the Mayor's Office page and the ATTT listing on Panamá Digital, the documents change depending on whether the parties attend in person, whether an agent acts, and whether either party is a company. Updated October 2026. Neither official source publishes the total processing time. In this guide The transfer in two stages Stage 1:…

Panama Motor Show 2026: opening hours, ticket prices, how to get there and where to park

Oct

By Daniela Bohórquez

Lifestyle, Trends

Panama Motor Show 2026: opening hours, ticket prices, how to get there and where to park

Show hours: Wednesday to Friday from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Saturdays from 12:00 noon to 9:00 p.m.; Sundays from 12:00 to 7:00 p.m. Closed on Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 October. In short: the Panama Motor Show 2026 opens in two blocks, from Friday 2 to Sunday 4 October and from Wednesday 7 to Sunday 11, at the Panama Convention Center in Amador. There is no show on Monday 5 or Tuesday 6. On weekdays and Fridays it opens from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., on Saturdays from 12:00 noon to 9:00 p.m. and on Sundays from 12:00 to…

Néstor Romero brings GEO to the Quality Leadership University MBA in Panama

Oct

By Daniela Bohórquez

Business, Companies

Néstor Romero brings GEO to the Quality Leadership University MBA in Panama

In short: Néstor Romero, researcher and chief operating officer of Centria Group, gave a series of master classes in June in the Master of Business Administration at Quality Leadership University (QLU) in Panama City. The subject was generative engine optimization (GEO) and how it differs from traditional SEO: in a search engine companies compete for a position in a list, in AI they compete for a place inside a single answer. Romero asked the future executives to keep one question in mind: when artificial intelligence talks about their sector, what will it say about their company. What was taught The…

Panama Residency Through a Panamanian Child: Requirements, Age and Permit

Oct

By Deilys Romero

Guides, Professional Services & Technology

Panama Residency Through a Panamanian Child: Requirements, Age and Permit

In short: A foreigner with one or more Panamanian children who are at least five years old can ask Panama's National Migration Service (SNM) for a provisional permanent-resident permit for demographic reasons and family reunification. The first permit lasts two years and, once it has run, permanent residency can be requested without repeating the criminal record certificate or the certified checks. The official form does not require marriage to, or living with, the child's other parent. Data checked on October 7, 2026 against the SNM's RD3 form and the rules behind it. Contents of this guide Who qualifies and how…

Possessory rights versus property title in Panama: what each is, how to verify and how to obtain title

Oct

By Daniela Bohórquez

Guides, Real Estate & Construction

Possessory rights versus property title in Panama: what each is, how to verify and how to obtain title

In short: in Panama there are two ways to "have" land and only one is ownership. A title is a property registered in the Public Registry, with a real folio, that can be mortgaged, insured and sold with certainty. A possessory right is the recognised occupation of national land, proven with witnesses, surveys and years of use, and it only becomes ownership after an adjudication procedure before the National Land Administration Authority. Only 35% of the territory is cadastred, according to that agency's head in May 2026, and in July 2026 a police operation dismantled a network selling possessory land…

Driving licence for foreigners in Panama: 90 tourist days, validation and renewal

Sep

By Daniela Bohórquez

Lifestyle, Trends

Driving licence for foreigners in Panama: 90 tourist days, validation and renewal

In short: a tourist can drive in Panama on their home-country licence for 90 days and cannot obtain a Panamanian licence, under the Traffic Regulations of Executive Decree 640 of 2006. Anyone who obtains immigration status must validate their foreign licence, once only, at Sertracen, the only entity authorised to issue licences: it takes the valid physical licence, a certification from the issuing authority apostilled or legalised, the immigration card or E cédula, blood type and a vision and hearing check. The licence lasts up to four years, two for those over 70, costs 40 balboas, a price unchanged since…

Jetour T1: price, technical sheet and performance of its three versions in Panama (2026)

Sep

By Deilys Romero

Guides, Professional Services & Technology

Jetour T1: price, technical sheet and performance of its three versions in Panama (2026)

In short: the Jetour T1 is a compact SUV with off-road styling sold in Panama in three versions: Comfort (32,000 dollars), Sport 2.0T XWD (38,000) and Plug-in Hybrid (38,000), ITBMS included, according to the September 2026 offer prices from Petromotors, the brand's official distributor. Power ranges from 181 hp in the entry version to 342 hp in the hybrid, and all have a 7-year or 200,000 km warranty. It arrived in the country in March 2025 and shares its platform with its bigger sibling, the Jetour T2. It is built in Fuzhou, China. In other markets it is known as…

Jetour G700: price, technical sheet and performance of the hybrid off-roader in Panama (2026)

Sep

By Daniela Bohórquez

Guides, Professional Services & Technology

Jetour G700: price, technical sheet and performance of the hybrid off-roader in Panama (2026)

In short: the Jetour G700 is a ladder-frame off-roader with an 892 hp plug-in hybrid system, sold in Panama from 60,000 dollars in the 5-seat version and 68,000 in the 6-seat version, ITBMS included, according to Petromotors, the brand's official distributor. It promises around 100 km in electric mode, 900 mm of wading depth and a 7-year or 200,000 km warranty. It is the flagship of Zongheng, Jetour's premium line, and is built in Fuzhou, China, on the GAIA off-road platform. Panama was the first country in the Americas to receive it, in January 2026, and its official launch was…

Sep

By Daniela Bohórquez

Business, Companies

A team from Panama and Spain researches how to measure brand presence in AI

In short: a team of researchers linked to institutions in Panama, Spain, Nicaragua and the United States, led by Néstor Romero, chief operating officer of Centria Group, has completed a scoping review on how brand presence in generative AI answers is measured. The study, under peer review at a Central American scientific journal, concludes that no scientifically validated instrument yet exists to measure that presence, that available metrics fall into seven overlapping families with no common framework, and that Spanish-language literature on the subject is almost invisible to international circuits. The team's next step is to build and validate a…

Opening a bank account in Panama as a foreigner: what the rule requires and what each bank requires

Sep

By Deilys Romero

Business, Economy

Opening a bank account in Panama as a foreigner: what the rule requires and what each bank requires

In short: opening a bank account in Panama as a foreigner is legal and increasingly regulated: Agreement 1-2026 of the Superintendency of Banks, in force since July 2026, sets what a bank must ask a foreigner for, a passport with entry stamp, the tax identification number of their country and proof of income, and requires geolocating anyone who opens remotely. What the rule does not set, a bank reference letter and a minimum deposit, each bank decides: from 50 dollars in accounts for residents to 1,000 in international accounts for non-residents. The system is large and open: 49.865 billion dollars…

How long each immigration procedure takes in Panama: regulated and estimated timelines and what lengthens them

Sep

By Daniela Bohórquez

Data, Professional Services & Technology

How long each immigration procedure takes in Panama: regulated and estimated timelines and what lengthens them

In short: Panama's National Immigration Service does not publish how long it takes to resolve a residence permit. Only one deadline is written in a rule: the qualified investor's 30 days. Everything else is a market estimate: three to six months for pensionado and Friendly Nations, two to four for foreign professional, thirty to sixty days for digital nomad. What Immigration does publish are its figures: 16,457 applications resolved in the first half of 2026 with a 97% approval rate, and the fines and fees of each phase. This guide separates what is regulated from what is estimated and explains…

Sep

By Daniela Bohórquez

Data, Professional Services & Technology

Panama’s eight residency routes compared: which suits each profile, budget and timeline

In short: Panama has at least eight residency routes for foreigners, and none is "the best": each fits a profile. Someone drawing a 1,000 dollar pension gets immediate permanent residency without investing; a citizen of one of the more than 50 Friendly Nations gets it with a job or 200,000 dollars; someone with 300,000 for a new property gets it in 30 days as a qualified investor; a remote worker for foreign clients only gets an 18-month stay. This table compares the economic requirement, type of residency, duration and legal basis of each route using official data. The eight routes…