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Entry requirements by air to Panama

In this installment we reviewáthey are the different ones requirements from entrance to Panamá por vía aéarea on international flights.

Panamá the specíphysically the Tocumen International Airport It is one of the terminalséareas of greatest importance to the regionóin Latin America thanks to the hundreds of flights that arrive and depart from hereí thanks to Copa Airlines international flights towards all América.

Hereí the updated requirements SEPTEMBER OF 2021:

Panamá: new entry requirements from September

Suram passengersérica

In the specific caseínumber of passengers arriving from Suramérica a panamá dutyán comply with the following protocol from the 19 april 2021:

  • Dutyán present a PCR test or beforeígeno performed 48 hours prior to arrival in Panamaá.
  • Upon arrival in Panamaá dutyán perform a molecular test prior to registration in immigrationón. The cost of the test is $85 and the passenger mustá cover this value.
  • with negative result: Mandatory isolation of 3 días at home or in a hospital hotel for travelers according toún provided by the health authority, at the cost of the Panamanian StateñO.
    • On the third díto repeatá the ant swab testígeno and if it turns out negative, finishá the quarantine. The cost of this test will beá by the health authority.
  • Passengers with positive result dutyán perform a PCR test and mandatory isolation of 14 días in a Hospital Hotel arranged by the Health Authority.
  • From the 3 may isolation 3 días podrá be carried out in other hotels that have been authorized at the traveler's expense.
  • Measure does not apply to connecting passengersón international.

Passengers from other countriesíses

In this sense, all national travelers, residents or foreigners seeking entry to Panamaá on international flights dutyán meet and present the following requirements:

  • A negative PCR or ANT swab test certificateínegative gene, which must have been made máximo 48 hours before arrival in Panamaá.
  • Passengers who have a negative test certificate mustán comply with all biosafety measures established by the national Ministry of Health and thusí avoid mandatory isolation.
    • Does not apply to passengers with Laissez – United Nations passer-by.
  • Both passengers and crewóflight number dutyán complete the form «Declarationón Health Jury».
  • In the event that passengers upon arrival do not have a negative PCR test, dutyá take a test ráask at the traveler's expense prior to passing through Migración.
  • If the result of this test ráask is positive, the traveler's dutyá carry out mandatory isolation in a hotel designated by the Ministry of Health and thenés de 7 díreturná to have a new test, to theí end the isolation or extend it to the 14 días.
  • This requirement does not apply to passengers in transit.ánsito, but travelers dutyán meet the requirements of your país final destination.
  • It is a requirement to present the entry enabling document as cécitizen dulaía, passport or visa monún be the particular case of the traveler.

Panamanian passengersñthe residents

  • From the 23 June 2023 are exempt from quarantine 3 días and molecular test upon admission.
  • Submit a PCR or ant testíCOVID-19 geno negative performed 48 prior to arrival in Panamaá or made when entering the Tocumen Airport.
  • Card or certificationódigital complete vaccination scheduleón endorsed by WHO, EMA and FDA, equal to or greater than 14 días a su úlast dose.

All requirements updated by país for Latinamérich and the Caribbean will find themán in the following link:

Updateón of entry requirements to países of Latinamérich and Caribbean

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192 comentarios en “Requisitos de ingreso por vía aérea a Panamá

  1. Hi Nicolas! I am of Gabonese nationality and I plan to visit Nicaragua next month (August) and I have a transit stopover in Panama for 24 hours, do i need transit visa?

  2. Hello friend, I am Venezuelan in Chile and I am going to travel to Venezuela with a stopover in Panama from 18 hours I need a visa? I will wait for my layover times at the airport

  3. Maricela Loredo

    HOLA
    I AM FROM THE COUNTRY TUNISIA, HAVE A SCALE OF 4 HRS AT PANAMA AIRPORT, I MUST PRESENT SOME SPECIFIC DOCUMENT, MY FINAL DESTINATION REMOVED, ECUADOR.

  4. Hello there. Tomorrow I travel from Colombia to Argentina. For being from
    Mercosur agreement can I travel with the identity document. I don't have a passport because Argentina doesn't require it from me.
    I make a stopover in Panama 4 hours.
    Can I make this stopover without having a passport??

  5. Hello quel such, I have a flight to Belize from Bogota with a Venezuelan passport. I don't have a visa for Panama, There will be problems when arriving at the Panama airport. or if they let me make my travel connection

  6. Buy the tickets in this way departure from coombia with final destination panama on 2 of June and return on 6 July bound for Colombia, Is that time range allowed or does it have any inconvenience?, I would appreciate your guidance!

  7. Hello there, Good Morning. I am going to travel from Madrid to Guatemala, with a stopover in Panama. What are the requirements for the connection in Panama?. I am Venezuelan with Temporary Residence in Spain. Thanks

  8. Hello there. I will travel from Paris to Caracas and make a stopover 6 hours at Panama airport – Tocumen. I won't get out of it. As a passenger in transit, do I have to fill out the Affidavit of Health? Thanks.

  9. Hello, a person who travels with an airline and makes a stopover in Panama for 6 hours to leave with another airline requires a transit visa ?

  10. Hi Nicolas!
    I'm from Guayaquil. I'm going to travel to NY in March just for a week, I have 10 transit hours in Panama on my round trip flight 7 transit hours on my return flight. I have the complete vaccination scheme with Pzifer (2 dose) and I am going to take the PCR test that I require to enter the USA, I will not carry luggage in the hold. My question is, in addition to filling out and presenting the affidavit of health, Is it possible to leave the airport to enter Panama to visit a little during those connection hours both on the outbound and return flights??

  11. Hello good, I plan to travel from Venezuela to Spain, On the return flight, the stopover in Panama is 9 hours, They told me that I can't be more than 7 hours without a visa.. that's how it is? I could wait for those 9 hours at the airport no problem

  12. Good morning, I'm traveling to Brazil and I have a one-hour layover in Panama. They say they ask me for a form that I have to bring already filled out. Can you tell me which one it is? Thank you.

  13. Good morning, I'm making a stopover in Panama on roundtrip flights. . On the outbound flight, my American visa will be valid for 5 months and 18 days ( According to the validity of the American visa, it must be 6 months ) in the return the validity of the same would be 4 months and 28 days . I will have problems if I do immigration or it would be better to stay in transit . Thanks

  14. Buenas tardes,
    I leave Caracas for Panama, I scale 9 hours and from there I fly with another line to Madrid, my doubts are:
    I have to have a visa?
    It is true that I cannot carry cabin luggage?
    Thank you very much for your help

  15. Mayra Fleites Rojas

    Hi Nicolas , I travel from Ecuador to Cuba in November with a scale of 4 hours, I have full AstraZeneca vaccination. I need to have pcr ?????
    Thanks

  16. I have a flight from Spain with a stopover in Panama and the duration is 13.6min I already have the vaccinations I would need the test to leave since I stay all those hours at a relative's house.... Thanks !!!!

  17. Buenas tardes, a friend comes from Tunisia, and goes to Ecuador but has a two-hour layover in Panama, You need a visa for Panama and get tested???
    Thanks for your reply

  18. Hi Nicholas, regards. I have a big question. I have a Medellin Mexico ticket with a stopover in Panama from 15 hours, It happens that he arrives at 7pm and leaves the next day at 11 AM. I am Venezuelan, Is there any problem in staying at the airport?? Or I won't be able to fly? I do not have a Visa, it's just transit

  19. Hello, if my plane only makes a stopover in Panama, what are the requirements and, on the other hand, where do I download the affidavit of health if I need it??

  20. Hello there, I'm going from Santiago to Quito, I have a stopover in Panama of a little less than 2 hours, It's enough? I have no risk of missing a plane?

  21. Hello good. I travel from the Dominican Republic to Peru- Trujillo. (I do not have a Visa) if I scale 48 mnts in Panama I need a visa ?

  22. Good Morning. I travel the 1 of October from Uruguay Montevideo Airport to Guayaquil Ecuador with stopover in Panama of 2 hours. I have current COVID vaccination with two doses of sinovac, In Ecuador they do not require negative PCR only by presenting the vaccination certificate, My question is if on that stopover at the Panama Airport they require a negative PCR or only with the vaccines is it enough?????

  23. Sayonara martinez

    I travel to Cartagena the day 30 September and return on 12 from October to Panama I have the 2 Vaccines I have to get isopado

  24. Good Nicholas Larenas, I travel from Barcelona to Honduras,with a stopover in Panama 15 hours ,got there at 17 until 11 a.m.. What restrictions are there?? And I'm not going to leave the airport I can spend the night there ? And regarding yellow fever, what restrictions are there?.

  25. Hello there ,I am Venezuelan with a Spanish residence card and arrived in Panama from Madrid at 18:50 to connect with a flight to Caracas at 11:15 the next day ,Asked :Am I allowed to wait in the transit area or do I have to apply for a visa or permit?? Thanks

  26. Please can you support me, I buy a ticket in Mexico to Panama and from there I have another ticket to Venezuela, I still have to migrate? the Suitcase influences this process

  27. Hello there, I have a flight to Cancun from Lima,Peru and a scale of 12 hrs, I have to take tests before I go? and at the Panama airport? and for the return from cancun to panama? and from panama to lima?

    please your support.

  28. Buenas tardes.
    I must travel to the Dominican Republic from Colombia. I have a layover in Panama for 15 hours.
    What should I do if I want to leave the airport and get to know something about Panama??
    Would they require isolation even if I have a vaccination schedule?? Could you take the trip from Panama to the Republic without difficulties??

  29. Hello there, I have a flight to ISTANBUL, with stopover in Panama with Copa and immediate connection with transfer to Turkish Airlines, but the tickets are issued separately, therefore I must pass immigration from Panama, collect bags, to then go and check in at the Turkish Airlines counter. Can I have problems for leaving the flight connection area to the baggage hall?

  30. Hello there! Please if you can help me, I ask you.
    My parents travel from Caracas to Panama with Laser but immediately they must change airlines to Copa to go Panama Quito.
    How is a change of airline they must remove luggage and re-check in. How is this case handled with migration and health? This so they don't have to send them to quarantine.
    They would simply go out and with the same go back in.

  31. Good afternoon. I'm traveling from El Salvador to Oman. (Arab Emirates). They are two different flights, one from El Salvador to Panama and the other from Panama to Oman, between them there is a scale of 23 hrs. I would like to leave the airport and go to a hotel. I understand that in this case I must present the negative PCR test and at least 500 dollars in cash. In the worst of cases, I would have no problem staying at the airport, is this possible?

  32. Hello there, I am Venezuelan, My flight is from Caracas to Panama/Panama to Buenos Aires. If the transit time exceeds 12 hours I require a visa??? Thanks.

  33. Good day.. I arrive at pana at 17:00 hours, to continue the next day at 15 hours… I must have a visa to spend those hours inside the Panama airport ?

  34. It is necessary to have a visa to stay at the Panama airport if I am only transiting since my wait is 18 hours at the Panama airport to take my next flight to Venezuela?

  35. Buenas tardes, If I travel from Lima to Monterrey via Panama….I understand that the test is only a connection, it is not necessary, but apart from that, what other things will they ask me for apart from the passport

  36. Hello there, I travel from Amsterdam to Ecuador (my final destiny) but I have a layover in Panama, I'm clear about the PCR, I take it because they demand it from me in Ecuador, additionally I have to fill in the online health form? Or being transit it is not necessary? I've been trying for days for someone to clarify if I have to do it or not, I have also reviewed the questionnaire and they ask me for a place to stay in Panama and obviously I do not have it since that is not my final destination, I hope you can help me! Thanks!

  37. My final destination is Chile but I have a connection in Panama from 9 hours follows the restriction of stopovers no greater than 6 hours?

  38. Marlon Michell BARRERA MARTINEZ

    Good evening, I am traveling from Colombia to Peru with a stopover in Panama for a few hours, Is there a need to have a passport or can I travel without a problem with a stopover in Panama only with the ID?? Thanks a lot.

  39. Hello good morning I have a question.
    I'm going to go to Panama and I have to wait 23 hours for my second flight I have a relative who can receive me I have to quarantine? How much do I have to pay to get back in?? ( I saw that you say that I must follow the guidelines indicated here) Where can I find them or can you help me with some information??

  40. Hello there, good day, please your help.
    I am from Chile and we had scheduled a trip from 29 from oct to 08 Nov, but Copa airlines informed us that we had to reschedule the trip and the only option they gave us at no cost is to travel from the 17 al 25 October, therefore we have a scale of 14 hours in Panama (defined by the same airline), I would like to know if there will be any problem, what are the requirements to enter and make the stopover and I also have the doubt if the passport is enough. please if someone help us, Thank you!
    I read the Copa info, but the truth is that it is not very clear.

  41. If I go from Bolivia to Cancun with a stopover in Panama and I don't leave when I go but I will return in 10 days and I will make the same stopover but I would like to enter Panama, will it be possible to enter with a PCR test, just without isolation, it will only be for 7 hours

  42. Good morning I travel Colombia – NY , making a stopover in panama with a connection 3 hours operated per glass , I want to know if I should take a test when I arrive at the airport or the one I should do in Colombia will work for me , I have suitcases in the hold , and I have heard that this forces me to take a test in Panama, I appreciate your help

  43. Hello there. Good Morning. I travel from Venezuela to Madrid making a stopover in Panama and I change airlines and I have luggage.
    It's the first time I've been through Panama.
    How is the transit process??
    Must go through immigration?
    And the codvi test and forty?
    What do you recommend me?

    1. If you change airlines, You do have to pick up your luggage and check it again at your new airline, so you must go through immigration and indicate your ticket for the next flight so that they let you pass without quarantine.

      1. Hi Nicolas!
        It is possible that migration lets a person through without activating the quarantine?
        It is a similar case to the one described in this comment thread.
        The passenger must change airlines and if they carry hold luggage.

        Thank you please if you help me with your answer

  44. Hello there, I will make a trip from Venezuela-Panama-Miami! All sections with Copa Airlines,or layover is an hour and a half, In Panama I have to take out the bags and register them again? Being that I fly with the same airline to my final destination?

  45. Good evening, I have a question if I travel with a French passport from Venezuela to Panama with a drink and then I will make a connection with another airline to Paris can I take hold luggage? They told me that I could not do it that I could only travel with hand luggage so as not to leave the transit area, it is true? Or if I could do it using my checked luggage without complying with the quarantine requirements? I wait your answer thank you

  46. Buenas tardes, I will be a week in Panama, I take the antigen test from my country of origin or I must take the test at the Panama airport at the time of admission?

      1. Hello good evening!! I am going to travel to Miami with a stopover in Panama from 2 hours. If I am already vaccinated, is it enough to transit through Panama or do I need the test??

  47. Thank you very much, another question, and the health questionnaire if it should be completed and at what time? Thanks for your attention

  48. Hello, I have a trip to Colombia from Peru with a one-hour stopover in Panama. The question is I will go through immigration? I will have to take another covid test?

  49. Hello there, I want to travel to Trinidad and Tobago from Cuba and I make a stopover in Panama for 5 hours, In that time I can know the channel?

  50. Hello good morning, I have a flight with Copa Chile- Panama then connected with another airline to Venezuela which is Laser, no problem to take the connection? since I have to leave migration to connect with Laser Airlines to Venezuela

  51. Dear Nicholas,

    I congratulate you for the work you do, you help us travelers a lot.

    A query: I want to fly from Buenos Aires to Managua with a stopover in Panama. I am Nicaraguan with a passport valid until January 2022. My passport must be valid for 6 months even though my flight to Panama is for transit? I know that in Nicaragua I would have no problem entering.

    Thank you!!

  52. Good afternoon, I have a flight with my mother from Italy with final destination Nicaragua. We will pass through Spain and we will make a stopover in Panama. 16 hrs, we wanted to spend the night in a hotel near the airport, this scale can be done without quarantine etc?because we arrived at night and left the next day at noon. Thanks

  53. Hello, I am Ecuadorian and I want to travel from Colombia to Ecuador and I understand that I can do it with my ID without having to carry a passport. The flight I want makes a stopover in Panama for a few hours.. I travel with my baby I need to present passports or with my ID is fine?

      1. Nicolas, good evening, Please confirm if you only need an ID making a stopover in Panama without leaving the airport. There is a Lord who says that it is mandatory to present a passport even if you are in transit, that the airline requires it. Please clarify that doubt. Thanks!

    1. Juan Camilo Vivares

      Hello there, Maria Jose.

      Just making a stopover in Panama is already required, obligatory, the passport. You can travel throughout almost all of South America with an ID except if you leave the Andean Pact or Mercosur countries.

      In case of making a simple transit in Panama, the airline will require your passport even if you do not leave the airport, be very careful with that, if you fly direct from Colombia to Ecuador or make a stopover in Peru, Argentina, Brazil or another Andean Pact country or Mercosur, you would not need that document.

      Attentive greeting.

  54. Good evening, my flight is 25 June departure from Maracaibo Venezuela to the US with a stopover in Panama from 2 hours. It is obligatory to stay 3 days of forty?

  55. Good evening.
    I am going to travel to Mexico with a stopover in Panama for 15 hours, I take my test and I have a friend who could host me those hours, you may be able to leave the airport by that time?

      1. Good morning Nicolas I have a connection in Panama, I travel to Guayaquil , I must have the two doses of the vaccine or only with the negative PCR can I travel?

        Thanks

  56. Hello there, I will travel from Lima to Cancun, I make a stopover in Panama for 16 hours, covid test is needed 19 ? What other requirements do they ask me for?, My airline is Copa Airlines

  57. Jorge Arancibiar

    Good morning, I arrive in Panama at 17:00 and my next flight leaves at 15:00, can i stay at the airport, because if I go out to a hotel I have to comply with a quarantine

  58. I travel from France to Honduras with a stopover of 17 hours in panama … Do I have to have a hotel reservation or can I stay at the airport to sleep? Is it mandatory to present the hotel reservation in France or is it not necessary?

      1. Good evening, I have a layover from Cancun to Panama with the final destination of Colombia. 17 hours, I must go to rest in a hotel.

        i need pcr test? and be in isolation? I have to be at the airport at 6 AM of the next day

  59. Hi how are things, I travel from Argentina to Mexico and I have to make a 16 hour stopover in Panama.. I can do them? (I plan to spend 16 hours inside the airport) From the consulate they tell me that at the airport I cannot make stopovers greater than 12 hs and I don't know what to do.

  60. Sebastian Boggio

    Hello there, I travel from Peru to the United States with a scale of 10 hours in Panama. I will need to take another test when I arrive in Panama and quarantine 3 days? Or those measures are only for those who stay in Panama?

  61. Good afternoon, Nicolas, I am traveling from Mexico to Guatemala with a stopover in Panama. 10 hours I intend to go out to see the channel I need isolation or in my case it does not apply ?

  62. Hello, what requirements must I meet in Panama?? I will have a problem if I go out? I have a scale 17 hours and I travel with a minor child, I should go out and sleep in a hotel. I can go back in and come back the next day to catch my flight? I have pcr test taken one day before the trip. I come from Sweden and go to El Salvador

    1. Hello, how did you do with the scale?? was able to leave the airport? and with what requirements? because I call and nobody knows how to give me an answer. I have a scale 19 hs in Panama.

  63. Hello, until when are the restrictions in force for visitors from South America?, I have a layover in Panama 18 May by 15 hours and I would like to leave the airport, thanks for your help.

      1. Hello, good evening, I have a layover in Panama from 15 hours, I'm not going to leave the airport, they will ask me for the visa ?? I am Venezuelan with permanent Argentine ID

  64. Good morning, I am going on a trip from Chile to the Dominican Republic but I have a layover 1 hour in Panama for the connection some requirement I am from Haiti.

    1. Flight Caracas usa with a stopover in panama 19/12/2021
      He returned to the USA Caracas with a stopover in Panama on 9/1/2022
      I have an American visa but when I return it will be valid for 5 months and would be in transit 15 hours ( require 12 maximum ) due to the validity of the visa I will not do immigration and I will be in transit. I will have problems with the 15 hours coming back

  65. Brother, I am going to travel to Mexico and I will make a stopover more than 12 hours in Panama, I need permission to enter the country? I will not leave the airport.

  66. I have a flight from Chile to Colombia, with stopover in PANAMA, Greater than 12 hours, you can go out to the city and come back to take the second flight?

  67. A query I have a flight from Lima to El Salvador with a stopover in Panama…I already asked about the covid-19 test and they tell me that the test I would bring from Peru is enough, because it is only in transit, now a new doubt arises since I have read several comments about passengers who, like me, were only in Panama waiting to board their flight and recommended not to carry hold luggage because if you carry it, they commented that you have to stay 3 days in quarantine in Panama and that it was better to only carry hand luggage…I would like to know if this is true…Beforehand thank you very much.

    1. Hello, good afternoon, I have a doubt, I'm going from Madrid to Nicaragua, I have a scale 17 hours in Panama, I take the PCR test, can i leave the airport and sleep outside?

  68. Hello, good afternoon to all.? I'm going to Mexico I have a new passport, they complicate me for that? I have scale 1 time in panama

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