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Panama
Registrants are consistently refused, or the law bars entry.
This rating rests on little or old data, so treat it as a rough guide.
Based on 1 report. Score −1.00 on a scale from −1 (always refused) to +1 (always admitted), with recent reports counting most. The newest report is more than three years old, so conditions may have changed. How scoring works
Law restricts entry for people with criminal records
Panama's migration service may deny entry to any foreigner who has a criminal record in their country of origin or departure. The rule covers any criminal record, not only sex offences, and applying it is discretionary.
Decreto Ley No. 3 de 22 de febrero de 2008, Art. 50 num. 4 (and Art. 51) · discretionary
We haven't confirmed this citation against the official text yet.
- Decreto Ley 3 de 2008 (scan of Gaceta Oficial No. 25986, 26 Feb 2008) · Justia Panamá (digitized by Asamblea Nacional)
- Declaración jurada sobre antecedentes personales · Servicio Nacional de Migración de Panamá
- By 2022
Refused entry
Row from the RTAG Travel Matrix, an undated summary last maintained around 2021.
- Registrants turned away
- Yes
- Law bars sex offenders
- Yes
- Law bars people with felonies
- No
- Has its own offender registry
- No
Registrant Travel Action Group (RTAG) · Legacy matrix · Summary