Panama: visa, passport and entry requirements
Passport · Passport validity: 6 months after the day you plan to leave Panama (for visitors); 6 months after the day you arrive (if you live in Panama)
Entry document
- ✓Passport
- ✕National ID card
Passport validity
6 months after the day you plan to leave Panama (for visitors); 6 months after the day you arrive (if you live in Panama)
Your passport must have at least one blank page. You will be denied entry if you do not have a valid travel document or try to use a passport that has been reported lost or stolen. — Check with your travel provider that your passport and other travel documents meet requirements.
Visa
Issued on arrival
Apply through the Embassy and Consulate of Panama in the UK. For sea arrivals, this may differ. For information on extending your stay, check with the Panama National Migration Service. — 3 months (for land or air arrivals, or cruise ship/Panama Canal transit) — 100 US dollars, plus 5 US dollars registration fee per passenger or crew member (for non-cruise ship sea arrivals)
Your whole journey
Stopovers aren’t in our pages yet: the Sherpa link checks them for your nationality.
Passport, visa and stopovers: check on Sherpa ↗Free tool, pre-filled for a British passport: change the nationality if needed.
Vaccination required on entry
Yellow Fever
If you are coming from a country listed as a transmission risk, you must have a certificate to prove you’ve had a yellow fever vaccination
Yellow fever risk areas (WHO list)
Africa: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad*, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia*, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya*, Liberia, Mali*, Mauritania*, Niger*, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan*, Togo, Uganda
Americas: Argentina*, Bolivia*, Brazil*, Colombia*, Ecuador*, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama*, Paraguay*, Peru*, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago*, Venezuela*
* only in parts of the country
A country may apply its own list: the official text above prevails.
Source: WHO, International Travel and Health, Annex 1, 18 November 2022, revised 3 January 2023 ↗
Recommended vaccinations
Recommended vaccinations
Recommended vaccinations for Panama