What the Panama visa rules mean for Australia travellers
Australia citizens can enter Panama without a visa and stay for up to 90 days. You only need a valid Australia passport at the border; immigration officers may still ask for a return or onward ticket, proof of accommodation and enough money for your stay. The 90-day limit usually counts calendar days from your arrival, so book your return flight inside that window.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Panama applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: Panama's National Immigration Service lists a passport or travel document with a minimum of 3 months' validity among its entry requirements. The UK Foreign Office says a British visitor's passport must have an expiry da…
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: WHO lists Panama as requiring proof of yellow fever vaccination from travellers aged 1 year or over arriving from countries with risk of yellow fever transmission. WHO also recommends vaccination for all travellers aged…
- Travel insurance: Travel insurance is not among the requirements that foreigners must meet to enter Panama under Article 43 of Decreto Ley 3 of 2008 ("los extranjeros deben cumplir los siguientes requisitos"), as the National Immigration…
- Return or onward ticket: Panama's National Immigration Service lists a confirmed reservation to leave the country within the established period among its entry requirements, and Article 43 of Decreto Ley 3 of 2008 requires a return ticket to th…
Panama entry rules compared
Panama lets 115 passports in without a visa and requires an embassy visa from 83. Australia citizens are treated the same way as Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Nauru. Overall the Australia passport ranks #42 in the world with 112 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Americas? With a Australia passport you can also visit 27 countries in the region without a visa, including Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Bahamas, Belize, Chile and Colombia.
In the other direction, Panama citizens need evisa to visit Australia.