{"id":27398,"date":"2019-11-02T11:48:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T15:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/?p=27398"},"modified":"2020-09-21T07:44:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T12:44:08","slug":"interested-in-a-panama-residence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/blog\/interested-in-a-panama-residence\/","title":{"rendered":"Interested in a Panama Residence?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in 2012, Panama introduced the <\/span>Friendly Nations Visa<\/span> under Presidential Decree 343. The fast-track permanent residency program not only made it easier to obtain residence there if you belonged to one of the 22 eligible countries, but it also opened up investment opportunities to the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since then, a number of other orders have increased the list of friendly nations to 50 countries. <\/span><\/p>\n

These include:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Andorra<\/td>\nArgentina<\/td>\nAustralia<\/td>\nAustria<\/td>\nBelgium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brazil<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\nChile<\/td>\nCosta Rica<\/td>\nCroatia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyprus<\/td>\nCzech Republic<\/td>\nDenmark<\/td>\nEstonia<\/td>\nFinland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
France<\/td>\nGermany<\/td>\nGreat Britain<\/td>\nGreece<\/td>\nHong Kong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hungary<\/td>\nIreland<\/td>\nIsrael<\/td>\nJapan<\/td>\nLatvia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Liechtenstein<\/td>\nLithuania<\/td>\nLuxembourg<\/td>\nMalta<\/td>\nMexico<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monaco<\/td>\nMontenegro<\/td>\nNetherlands<\/td>\nNew Zealand<\/td>\nNorway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paraguay<\/td>\nPoland<\/td>\nPortugal<\/td>\nKorea<\/td>\nSan Marino<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Serbia<\/td>\nSingapore<\/td>\nSlovakia<\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/td>\nSpain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sweden<\/td>\nSwitzerland<\/td>\nTaiwan<\/td>\nUruguay<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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What Makes This An Ideal Plan-B Visa Option<\/h2>\n

Besides being one of the cheapest and easiest visas in the world to obtain there are a few important benefits to understand about Panama’s Friendly Nations Visa. Namely:<\/span><\/p>\n