Passport Path
Descent

Descendência — filho de pai ou mãe panamenho nascido no exterior

Cidadania em Panama

Elegibilidade
Filho nascido no exterior de pai ou mãe panamenho de nascimento, SE o filho estabelecer domicílio no território nacional (Const Art 9(2)). O domicílio é a condição de ativação – não o nascimento automático.
Prazo
n/a
Renúncia
Não exigida

Visão geral

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.

Cenários de exemplo

Os cenários de exemplo são exibidos em inglês.

  • 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.

Resumo informativo compilado a partir de fontes legais primárias — não é aconselhamento jurídico. A lei de cidadania muda; verifique com a autoridade competente antes de agir. Verificado pela última vez em 2026-07-11.

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