# Pensionado cards and visas: what each one costs

A Pensionado retiree deals with three documents from Immigration: a processing card while the application is in process, a multiple entry and exit visa to travel during that time, and the permanent residency card once approved. The fee table of Executive Decree 320 of 2008 sets B/. 30, from B/. 50 to B/. 200, and B/. 100.

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## The processing card: B/. 30, valid six months

Immigration issues a processing card to everyone who files a residency application, valid for six months. The fee table lists B/. 30 for it. We found no rule that extends this card, so the application should be resolved within those six months.

- [Executive Decree 320 of 2008, articles 16 and 315](https://s3-legispan.asamblea.gob.pa/legispan/NORMAS/2000/2008/DECRETO%20EJECUTIVO/Administrador%20Legispan_26104_2008_8_13_MINISTERIO%20DE%20GOBIERNO%20Y%20JUSTICIA_320.pdf)· [Full text](https://iurispa.com/legislacion/decreto-ejecutivo-320-de-2008/)

## The multiple entry and exit visa: from B/. 50

Without this visa you cannot freely leave Panama and come back while your application is in process. It can be issued for up to five years. The fee is B/. 50 for less than a year, B/. 100 for the first year and B/. 25 for each additional year, so five years cost B/. 200. Once you are a resident, you enter and leave without it.

- [Executive Decree 320 of 2008, articles 262, 264 and 315](https://s3-legispan.asamblea.gob.pa/legispan/NORMAS/2000/2008/DECRETO%20EJECUTIVO/Administrador%20Legispan_26104_2008_8_13_MINISTERIO%20DE%20GOBIERNO%20Y%20JUSTICIA_320.pdf)· [Full text](https://iurispa.com/legislacion/decreto-ejecutivo-320-de-2008/)

## The permanent residency card: B/. 100

Once your permit is approved, you are registered with a permanent number and receive your permanent residency card. For permanent residents the fee table lists B/. 100; the table has no line for Pensionado as such, so we confirm the amount with Immigration before you pay. The permit itself is indefinite: what expires is the card, not your residency.

- [Executive Decree 320 of 2008, articles 203 and 315](https://s3-legispan.asamblea.gob.pa/legispan/NORMAS/2000/2008/DECRETO%20EJECUTIVO/Administrador%20Legispan_26104_2008_8_13_MINISTERIO%20DE%20GOBIERNO%20Y%20JUSTICIA_320.pdf)· [Full text](https://iurispa.com/legislacion/decreto-ejecutivo-320-de-2008/)

## Your dependents

Spouses, children and dependent parents are processed as dependents of a permanent resident, and the exemption that spares the main applicant the B/. 250 fee and the B/. 800 deposit is written for the main applicant only. Our cost breakdown shows each dependent’s fees line by line, marked “to confirm” until Immigration confirms them.

- [Your costs, line by line](/eligibility/)
- [Bringing your family](/bringing-your-family/)

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