Central America
Central AmericaPanama visa requirements
Travellers from 118 of 198 countries can visit Panama easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit Panama
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed118 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Visa needed80 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
Types of Panama visa
- Visitor visa and visa-free entry7 optionsVisa-free visits last 30, 90 or 180 days, depending on your nationality. Some travellers can qualify for a 30-day visit using a visa or residence permit from another country.
- Transit visa and transit without a visa2 optionsMost travellers can transit without a visa for up to 12 hours with a confirmed onward ticket. Citizens of Cuba and Haiti require a visa, including for transit.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe180 days
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- ArgentinaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ArmeniaVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- AustraliaVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- AustriaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BelarusVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America
- BhutanVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- BoliviaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa180 days
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- BulgariaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe180 days
- CambodiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- CanadaVisa not requiredNorth America180 days
- ChileVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ColombiaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ComorosVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Costa RicaVisa not requiredCentral America180 days
- CroatiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CyprusVisa not requiredSouthern Europe180 days
- Czech RepublicVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- DenmarkVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- El SalvadorVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- EstoniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GabonVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- GeorgiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- GuatemalaVisa not requiredCentral America180 days
- GuyanaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- HondurasVisa not requiredCentral America180 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- HungaryVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- IcelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IrelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IsraelVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- ItalyVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- JamaicaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- JapanVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia180 days
- KuwaitVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- LatviaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe180 days
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MadagascarVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- MaldivesVisa not requiredSouthern Asia180 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa180 days
- MexicoVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- MoldovaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe180 days
- MongoliaVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- MontenegroVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- NamibiaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- NauruVisa not requiredMicronesia180 days
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- New ZealandVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- NicaraguaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- North MacedoniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- PalauVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- Papua New GuineaVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- ParaguayVisa not requiredSouth America180 days
- PeruVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- PolandVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- PortugalVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- QatarVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- RomaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia180 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe180 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa not requiredMiddle Africa90 days
- Saudi ArabiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- SerbiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa180 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- SlovakiaVisa not requiredCentral Europe180 days
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- Solomon IslandsVisa not requiredMelanesia180 days
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- South KoreaVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- SpainVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- TaiwanVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- ThailandVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- TongaVisa not requiredPolynesia180 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- TuvaluVisa not requiredPolynesia180 days
- UkraineVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- United KingdomVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- United StatesVisa not requiredNorth America180 days
- UruguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- Vatican CityVisa not requiredSouthern Europe180 days
- VietnamVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- AfghanistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- AlbaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- AngolaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BahrainVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BeninVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Burkina FasoVisa requiredWestern Africa
- BurundiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- CameroonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Cape VerdeVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChadVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- CubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- DjiboutiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- DR CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- Equatorial GuineaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- EthiopiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GuineaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa requiredWestern Africa
- HaitiVisa requiredCaribbean
- IndiaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- IranVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IraqVisa requiredWestern Asia
- Ivory CoastVisa requiredWestern Africa
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KazakhstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- KenyaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KyrgyzstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LesothoVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LibyaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MacauVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MalawiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MauritaniaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MozambiqueVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- NigeriaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PakistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- PalestineVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PhilippinesVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- RwandaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Sierra LeoneVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SomaliaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- South SudanVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Sri LankaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SurinameVisa requiredSouth America
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TajikistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- TanzaniaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- Timor-LesteVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoVisa requiredWestern Africa
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- UgandaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- UzbekistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- VenezuelaVisa requiredSouth America
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ZambiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- ZimbabweVisa requiredSouthern Africa
Who can visit easily, by part of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Oceania14 of 14 countries
- Europe44 of 46 countries
- Americas30 of 34 countries
- Asia21 of 50 countries
- Africa9 of 54 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter Panama without a visa?
118 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for Panama?
No visa needed: it applies to 118 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for Panama?
80 passports, including India, China, Indonesia, Pakistan Nigeria, and 75 more.
Do India passport holders need a visa for Panama?
Visa needed.
Do China passport holders need a visa for Panama?
Visa needed.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for Panama?
No visa needed, for up to 180 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for Panama?
Visa needed.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for Panama?
Visa needed.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for Panama?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to Panama?
Oceania: 14 of 14 passports enter without applying first.
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