Visa-free Panama for Cubans

Since October 22, the National Migration Service (SIM) of Panama made official the possibility that the Cubans can travel to Panama without Visa, only having its Tourist Card.

Important: The National Migration Service (SNM) reports that the issuance of tourist cards to Cuban citizens was temporarily suspended, because immigration authorities are reviewing the procedures for entering Panama as a tourist. Read more…

On the same date, Decree 613 came into force, by which the use of the so-called Tourist Card, with which the Cubans have the right to visit Panama for a maximum period of 30 calendar days, and the cost of this Tourist Card It is only 20 balboas.

To travel to Panama from Cuba, without a visa, the only thing they need Cubans, is to have a round-trip air ticket to the Island. Likewise, those wishing to travel will need to have a self-employed worker's card; have a certificate that accredits them as creators (artisans) or have traveled on some previous occasion to Panama or to any other country failing that. Therefore, if you have a round-trip ticket and meet one of these other three requirements, you can travel to Panama yes, whenever you want.

If you are a citizen Cuban and wants to travel to Panama under these new regulations of free Visa, you should know that you can acquire your Tourist Card in the Consulate itself Panama en Cuba, located in Havana.

On the other hand, and according to the official statement of the National Migration Service of Panama, all the Cubans have a Visa valid in their passport, they will not need to purchase one of these cards.

Likewise, still the Cubans have the option and the right to request a Visa stamped on your passport, valid for 5 years, for repeated entries and exits to PanamaIn this case, they must appear in person at the Embassy of Panama en Cuba, having made a prior appointment.

Cubans: Stamped Visa for Panama for 5 years