Panama Regularizes Foreigners Immigration Status
- Tuesday, September 13, 2011
In relation to previous times when this process of regularization has been carried out, a statement from the National Migration Service states that its director Maria Cristina Gonzalez, said it was a new process and thanks to the cooperation of the diplomatic corps accredited in the country, and the cooperation of state security sectors, the event has fulfilled the expectations, and so far no situations that might tarnish the process have been recorded. "We are very pleased with the extraordinary migratory regularization process, we are now legal in Panama after having applied two years ago for permanent residency in the country that opened its doors to us", said Marianela Iglesias, a Dominican who has resided illegally in the country for over twenty years, after receiving her residency.
Hundreds of citizens from different countries expressed their satisfaction at the government initiative, due to the fact that they were able to receive their residency within hours. Maria Cristina Gonzalez reiterated that the country has large numbers of foreigners with irregular migratory status and the extraordinary regularization only applies to the immigrants living in the metropolitan area and San Miguelito district who have been residing illegally for more than two years.
Source: Prensa.com
Source: Prensa.com
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From a statement issued by the Presidency of Panama: -
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Another 11,000 foreigners from 44 different countries have regularized their immigration status and obtained work and residency permits.
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