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Panama Short Stay Visa for Remote Workers / Friendly Nations Visa: Family & Dependents

Bringing a spouse or kids on the Panama Short Stay Visa for Remote Workers / Friendly Nations Visa — what changes and what to check.

Verified Aug 2026 · Panama's Executive Decree 198 (remote workers) and the post-2021 Friendly Nations Visa rules under Decree 197

Family inclusion terms differ meaningfully between the two routes. On the Friendly Nations Visa's bank-deposit path specifically, each dependent typically adds roughly $2,000 to the required deposit on top of the primary applicant's own amount. The remote worker visa's family provisions are less consistently documented publicly — confirm directly if you're bringing dependents on that route.

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