LaurenLake Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Buried in the news stories today about closing the border with Colombia are some quotes from Varela about requiring everyone to have a proper immigration status. For example, this story said "Varela also announced the implementation, in the coming months, of a new immigration policy that requires everyone to have formal immigration status to be in the country after the six months tourist visa." (http://www.thepanamadigest.com/2016/05/panama-closes-border-with-colombia/) I hope this doesn't mean that doing border runs is at an end. Our plans call for a 2-year stay in Panama, so it isn't worth it to us to go through the process to get a pensionado or friendly nations visa. The English language press doesn't have much to say on this, so I'm starting to dig into the stuff in español. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Admin_01 Posted May 10, 2016 Administrators Share Posted May 10, 2016 There is a somewhat related topic started by Chris McCall. It is not appropriate to merge the two topics because they are not really the same spin. For additional information, you may wish to see http://www.chiriqui.life/topic/2254-president-varela-closing-panama-land-border-between-panama-and-colombia/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hil Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 3 hours ago, LaurenLake said: Buried in the news stories today about closing the border with Colombia are some quotes from Varela about requiring everyone to have a proper immigration status. For example, this story said "Varela also announced the implementation, in the coming months, of a new immigration policy that requires everyone to have formal immigration status to be in the country after the six months tourist visa." (http://www.thepanamadigest.com/2016/05/panama-closes-border-with-colombia/) I hope this doesn't mean that doing border runs is at an end. Our plans call for a 2-year stay in Panama, so it isn't worth it to us to go through the process to get a pensionado or friendly nations visa. The English language press doesn't have much to say on this, so I'm starting to dig into the stuff in español. I am not sure PanamaDigest is being honest on what they printed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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