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Visa requirements for Panama

Holders of 116 of 198 passports can enter without applying for a visa in advance.

Based on public visa data as of 17 Feb 2026 · 0 of 198 rules verified

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Government travel advice for Panama

United States: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
United Kingdom: No advice against travel
Canada: Exercise normal security precautions (with regional advisories)

What these governments tell their own citizens about travel to Panama as a whole, as of 30 Sept 2026. It is not about visas, and it reflects each government’s relations and consular reach as well as conditions on the ground.

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Each country is coloured by what its passport holders need to enter Panama. Select a country to see its passport page.

Entry requirements by passport

What holders of each passport need for a short visit to Panama — tourism or business — grouped from the easiest entry to the hardest.

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Visa-free116 passports

No visa needed for a short visit.

Visa-free to enter Panama
Passport	Stay	Status	Source
Andorra	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Antigua and Barbuda	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Argentina	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Armenia	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Australia	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Austria	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Bahamas	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Barbados	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Belarus	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Belgium	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Belize	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Bhutan	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Bolivia	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Botswana	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Brazil	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Brunei	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Bulgaria	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Cambodia	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Canada	Up to 180 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Chile	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Colombia	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Comoros	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Costa Rica	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Croatia	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Cyprus	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Czechia	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Denmark	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Dominica	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Ecuador	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
El Salvador	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Estonia	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Fiji	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Finland	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
France	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Gabon	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Germany	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Greece	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Grenada	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Guatemala	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Guyana	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Honduras	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Hong Kong	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Hungary	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Iceland	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Ireland	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Israel	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Italy	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Jamaica	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Japan	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Kiribati	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Kuwait	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Latvia	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Liechtenstein	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Lithuania	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Luxembourg	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Madagascar	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Malaysia	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Maldives	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Malta	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Marshall Islands	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Mauritius	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Mexico	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Micronesia	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Moldova	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Monaco	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Mongolia	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Montenegro	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Namibia	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Nauru	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Netherlands	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
New Zealand	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Nicaragua	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
North Macedonia	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Norway	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Palau	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Papua New Guinea	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Paraguay	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Peru	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Poland	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Portugal	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Qatar	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Romania	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Russia	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Saint Lucia	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Samoa	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
San Marino	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
São Tomé and Príncipe	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Saudi Arabia	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Serbia	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Seychelles	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Singapore	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Slovakia	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Slovenia	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Solomon Islands	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
South Africa	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
South Korea	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Spain	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Sweden	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Switzerland	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Taiwan	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Thailand	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Tonga	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Trinidad and Tobago	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Türkiye	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Tuvalu	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Ukraine	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
United Arab Emirates	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
United Kingdom	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
United States	Up to 180 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Uruguay	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Vanuatu	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Vatican City	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Vietnam	Up to 90 days	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026

Visa required82 passports

Apply for a visa before you travel, with a visit in person: to a consulate or visa centre, or to give fingerprints.

Visa required to enter Panama
Passport	Stay	Status	Source
Afghanistan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Albania	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Algeria	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Angola	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Azerbaijan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Bahrain	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Bangladesh	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Benin	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Burkina Faso	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Burundi	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Cameroon	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Cape Verde	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Central African Republic	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Chad	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
China	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Côte d'Ivoire	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Cuba	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Democratic Republic of the Congo	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Djibouti	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Dominican Republic	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Egypt	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Equatorial Guinea	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Eritrea	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Eswatini	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Ethiopia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Gambia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Georgia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Ghana	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Guinea	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Guinea-Bissau	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Haiti	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
India	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Indonesia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Iran	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Iraq	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Jordan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Kazakhstan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Kenya	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Kosovo	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Kyrgyzstan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Laos	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Lebanon	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Lesotho	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Liberia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Libya	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Macao	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Malawi	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Mali	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Mauritania	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Morocco	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Mozambique	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Myanmar	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Nepal	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Niger	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Nigeria	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
North Korea	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Oman	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Pakistan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Palestine	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Philippines	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Republic of the Congo	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Rwanda	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Senegal	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Sierra Leone	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Somalia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
South Sudan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Sri Lanka	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Sudan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Suriname	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Syria	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Tajikistan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Tanzania	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Timor-Leste	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Togo	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Tunisia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Turkmenistan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Uganda	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Uzbekistan	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Venezuela	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Yemen	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Zambia	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026
Zimbabwe	—	Public data	Public visa data · 17 Feb 2026