Friendly Nations Visa: Do This BEFORE You Move to Panama- Part 1 of 2

This video will take you through all of the steps you need to take BEFORE you apply for Panama's Friendly Nations Visa to get permanent residency. Some of this information will apply to the Pensionado (Retiree) visa as well. You'll learn who we used as our immigration attorney (and HIGHLY recommend!), how to open a corporation, and all of the documents we had to gather in the US before we could go to Panama. Plus, a lot of "insider tips and tricks" that we learned during the process to save you time and money! You can find Part 2 of this video at    • Friendly Nations Visa: How a Prior Ar...  

IMPORTANT LINKS FROM THE VIDEO

--List of Panama's Friendly Nations: https://kraemerlaw.com/en/immigration...

--Kraemer Law: https://kraemerlaw.com/en/

--FBI Background Check: https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/ide...

--US Post Office locations that provide fast fingerprinting: https://www.edo.cjis.gov/#/org/USPS

-List of Panamanian Consulates in the US for authentication of documents: https://www.embassyofpanama.org/consu... BUT....we prefer to use the one in Los Angeles (https://www.panaconsul.net/) they are quick to respond and very efficient! Remember, you can mail your documents in for authentication and it's MUCH faster than the apostille process!!

--Sample Bank Reference Letter required to open a Panamanian Bank Account: https://igopanama.com/wp-content/uplo...

If you're relocating to Panama, make sure you watch all of the videos in our "Moving To Panama" series! They can be found on our playlist at    • Moving To Panama