Pérdida de la nacionalidad naturalizada
Ciudadanía en Panama
- Elegibilidad
- La nacionalidad adquirida por NATURALIZACIÓN se PIERDE 'por las mismas causas', es decir, por renuncia expresa o tácita (adquisición de otra nacionalidad/servicio al Estado enemigo). La asimetría: la nacionalidad naturalizada se puede perder allí donde la nacionalidad natural es indeleble (Const Art 13).
- Plazo
- n/a
- Renuncia
- No requerida
Resumen
Nationality acquired by NATURALIZATION is LOST 'por las mismas causas' — i.e. by express or tacit renunciation (acquiring another nationality / enemy-State service). The asymmetry: naturalized nationality is losable where natural-born nationality is indelible (Const Art 13).
Base jurídica
Primary statute: Const Art 13. 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 13 are met.
Nationality acquired by NATURALIZATION is LOST 'por las mismas causas' — i.e. by express or tacit renunciation (acquiring another nationality / enemy-State service). The asymmetry: naturalized nationality is losable where natural-born nationality is indelible (Const Art 13).
Outcome turns on the precise statutory condition; see TRC tiers.
A naturalized Panamanian must treat acquisition of another nationality — or entering the service of an enemy State — as a tacit-renunciation LOSS trigger under Constitucion Art 13, and must not assume the natural-born 'no se pierde' indelibility applies to them; it does not. The asymmetry is verbatim-stable across the pre-2004 and vigente texts, so the popular 'the 2004 reform lets everyone hold dual nationality' belief is a myth as to the naturalized class. That said, any ACTUAL deprivation is constrained: it must proceed through the applicable procedure (DL 3/2008 framework; Registro Civil /
Loses Panamanian nationality
Art 13: naturalized (derived) nationality is lost 'por las mismas causas' — the tacit renunciation that only suspends ciudadania for natural-born citizens actually forfeits nationality for the naturalized.
Would lose Panamanian nationality
For the naturalized, acquiring another nationality is tacit renunciation that forfeits nationality (Art 13) — the asymmetry with natural-born citizens.
Myth corrected — loses Panamanian nationality (there was no 2004 dual-nationality change)
MYTH CORRECTION: there was no 2004 dual-nationality reform. Const Art 13 — under which adquirida/derivada (naturalized) nationality 'se pierde por las mismas causas' — is verbatim-identical pre-2004 vs vigente, so a naturalized Panamanian who voluntarily acquires another nationality still loses Panamanian nationality by tacit renunciation (contrast the indelibility natural-born citizens enjoy). The ONLY genuine 2004 Titulo II change is Art 11 (adoption now vests on inscription of the adoption in the Civil Registry); dual nationality was NOT touched.
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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