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Descendencia — hijo de padre o madre panameño por nacimiento, nacido en el extranjero

Ciudadanía en Panama

Elegibilidad
Hijo nacido en el extranjero de padre o madre panameño por nacimiento, SI el hijo fija domicilio en el territorio nacional (Const Art 9(2)). El domicilio es la condición de activación, no el nacimiento automático.
Plazo
n/a
Renuncia
No requerida

Resumen

Child born abroad to a father or mother who is Panamanian by birth, IF the child establishes domicile in the national territory (Const Art 9(2)). Domicile is the activation condition — not birth-automatic.

Base jurídica

Primary statute: Const Art 9(2). Operative 1904–present. Authority: Tribunal Electoral (Registro Civil) / Ministerio de Gobierno / Servicio Nacional de Migracion / Organo Ejecutivo.

Escenarios de ejemplo

Los escenarios de ejemplo se muestran en inglés.

  • Eligible via this route if conditions of Const Art 9(2) are met.

    Child born abroad to a father or mother who is Panamanian by birth, IF the child establishes domicile in the national territory (Const Art 9(2)). Domicile is the activation condition — not birth-automatic.

  • Outcome turns on the precise statutory condition; see TRC tiers.

    PA-DSC-01 is a natural-born ('por nacimiento') descent route under Const Art 9(2), available to a child born abroad to a father OR mother who is Panamanian by birth, where the parent already held Panamanian nationality at the time of the child's birth. It is NOT automatic at birth: the operative act is establishing domicile in Panamanian national territory, which the Tribunal Electoral / Registro Civil operationalizes by requiring a 'certificacion de residencia' (in practice in the Panamanian parent's name) plus a sworn declaration of biological parentage/non-adoption, registered via the neare

  • Panamanian by descent once domiciled

    Art 9(2): a child born abroad to a Panamanian-by-birth parent is Panamanian if the child establishes domicile in the national territory — domicile is the activation condition, not automatic at birth.

  • Not yet Panamanian (domicile pending)

    Art 9(2) requires establishing domicile in Panama; without it the descent claim is inchoate.

  • No automatic descent

    Art 9(2) reaches the CHILD of a Panamanian parent; there is no open-ended grandparent/ancestry route — each generation must itself satisfy Art 9 (domicile + parent's status). Positive disconfirmation.

Resumen informativo recopilado a partir de fuentes legales primarias: no es asesoramiento jurídico. La ley de ciudadanía cambia; verifica con la autoridad competente antes de actuar. Verificado por última vez el 2026-07-11.

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