Passports
Please note, the renewal process for a passport can take up to 8 to 10 weeks. If you need to travel to Panama before that time, it might be better to request a
travel document and then to renew your passport once in Panama.
Requirements:
• 2 photocopies of
Application Form completed and properly signed, in identical fashion as your Cedula.
• 2 photocopies of old passport (only first and second page). If lost, you have to send the
Report of Lost Passport Form sealed and signed by a Notary Public.
• 2 photocopies of your Panamanian Cedula (Picture Identification Card), even if it has expired
and two 2 photocopies of another form of photo identification with signature. If you have lost your cedula, send us two notarized copies of two picture IDs. Note: The Consulate has the right to refuse the application without the cedula, regardless of alternate picture IDs and you may need to apply for a Travel Document to travel to Panama.
• 2 photocopies of your Birth Certificate. This must be the short form/half-page computer form (If you do not have it, you need to request a new one for an additional $10.00).
• Certified check or money order for US$120.00 made out to The Consulate of Panama. Retirees from Panama pay $95.00 dollars.
• Self-addressed prepaid envelope for return of documents.
• If your passport has not yet expired you must send a letter in Spanish requesting the annulment of the old passport (Click
here to see a template). There is an extra fee of $9.00 dollars for the annulment. This form must also be sealed and signed by a Notary Public.
• 4 pictures:
• Recent color photographs
• Frontal
• 2 X 2 Passport picture
• White background
Picture Traits for Women:
• No low cleavage
• No sleeveless shirts
• No wigs
• Face and ears must show
• No color contact lenses
Picture Traits for Men:
• No earrings
• No long hair (if so, must be tied in the back)
• No braids (if so, tied them in the back)
• No color contact lenses
Married and Divorced Persons
Applicants who have changed their single status to married should register their Marriage Certificate with Panama’s Civil Registry and request a new Cedula before requesting a change in the passport.
Applicants who have dissolved their marriage must first register their divorce before the Civil Registry.
Applicants who are married and have adopted their spouse’s last name, but wish to continue using their maiden name, should make the appropriate application before the Civil Registry and request a new Cedula.
All these changes must be made prior to requesting a new passport; otherwise the passport will bear the same first and last name as the current Cedula.
Minors
Requirements:
• 2 photocopies of the
Application Form. All minors that are 13 years of age at the time of application and not yet 18 years old must sign the application form and send a picture ID with notarized signature. If the minor does not have a valid picture ID, their signature can be endorsed before a Notary Public using
this Form. The parents can sign the bottom part of the application and fill out the
Parents’ Authorization Form.
• The Application must always be signed by the parents. If the child is not yet 13 years of age, both parents must sign the application.
• 2 photocopies of old passport (only first and second page).
• 2 photocopies of Birth Certificate, if applying for the first time.
• 2 copies of
Parents’ Authorization Form, signed by both parents, who should sign in identical fashion to their Cedula.
• 2 photocopies of Father’s and Mother’s Panamanian Cedula or passport.
• The fee for Passport renewal is $120.00.
• 4 passport pictures (see requirements above for passport renewal).
