The Government of Panama has promulgated a decree that allows Venezuelans with expired passports to use this document to carry out various internal procedures for a period of six months, as reported by President José Raúl Mulino.
«Yesterday I signed and today the authorization is being uploaded to the network so that for different procedures (…) Venezuelans can access the procedure with their expired Venezuelan passport. “That will help many people who are in Panama and who cannot, for obvious reasons, go to Venezuela to renew their document,” the president said during his weekly press conference.
Use of passport expired for six months
After the elections in Venezuela, both countries decided to close their respective diplomatic representations. In addition, the Venezuelan Government has suspended commercial flights to Panama.
According to the 2023 national census, Panama officially has the residence of 60,290 Venezuelans.
Ricardo Contreras, coordinator of the ConVZLA Panama command, told EFE this week that the main challenge currently facing the Venezuelan community in Panama is expired passports. This document is necessary along with the immigration card to carry out procedures such as renewing the driver’s license or cashing checks.
(With information from EFE)
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