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In short: Panama offers three main residency routes for anyone arriving with capital or income of their own. Qualified Investor grants permanent residency in about 30 days with a minimum investment of 300,000 dollars in first-sale real estate (500,000 on the secondary market) or 500,000 in securities or deposits, under Executive Decree 17 of September 2026, which replaced Decree 722 of 2020. Friendly Nations grants two-year temporary residency, convertible to permanent, to nationals of a list of countries with a real estate investment of 200,000 dollars, an equivalent deposit or an employment contract. Pensionado grants permanent residency to anyone who…

In short: in Panama electronic invoicing has been mandatory for every new taxpayer since 2022, for government suppliers since 2023 and for independent professionals since 2024, and since 1 January 2026 the free invoicing tool of the Directorate General of Revenue may only be used by those invoicing up to 36,000 balboas a year and issuing at most 100 documents a month; everyone else must contract a Qualified Authorisation Provider (PAC). Each invoice is issued in XML format, validated before being delivered to the customer, receives a Unique Electronic Invoice Code (CUFE) and is represented in a readable receipt called…

In short: Panama is the point where the submarine internet cables linking North and South America, and the Caribbean with the Pacific, cross. Seven systems run through its waters today, TAM-1 arrived in 2026 with a capacity of 650 terabits per second, the Cabinet Council awarded two new 20-year concessions and Google announced in August 2026 the Americas Connect project, with the Alisios cable linking the Dominican Republic, Panama and Chile. On that network rest 14 data centres, the Multinational Headquarters regime, Ciudad del Saber and the Tocumen air hub. Radar Panamá explains what the country has, what it lacks…