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파나마

The dollar is the currency, and a pensioner parent can settle permanently.

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학비
연 ~$16.2–18.3k
The one-off capital donation is large relative to the annual fee and is not included here. Panama prices everything in US dollars, which are legal tender.
생활비
월 ~$2,300
Family of three, all in, excluding fees. Compared at country level, so capital cities and large metros run higher. The price level behind it prices the basket residents buy, and a foreign renter cannot reach the cheap end of local housing — poorer countries may still sit too low here.
교육
Good
보호자 비자최근 변경
A pension buys permanence; anything else buys a process
치안
Mid
Eighty-first globally and fifth in Central America and the Caribbean

세부 자료는 아직 영어입니다. 어느 언어로 보셔도 같은 수치입니다.

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학비연 ~$16.2–18.3k

The International School of Panama, via the US Department of State’s fact sheet carrying the school’s own figures, published 2023-24 annual tuition of $14,756 for PK4 to grade 5, $16,188 for grades 6–8 and $18,304 for grades 9–12, plus a one-time capital donation of $16,000 and separate registration and IB programme charges.

The one-off capital donation is large relative to the annual fee and is not included here. Panama prices everything in US dollars, which are legal tender.

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생활비월 ~$2,300

Pathoff judgement directed by evidence, not computed from it: the country’s position comes from the World Bank household consumption price level for 2024 (0.511 of the United States, CC BY 4.0 — the ICP benchmark carried forward annually by the World Bank’s own method); the US reference budget is ours. See the Pathoff method, section 12.

Family of three, all in, excluding fees. Compared at country level, so capital cities and large metros run higher. The price level behind it prices the basket residents buy, and a foreign renter cannot reach the cheap end of local housing — poorer countries may still sit too low here.

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교육Good

Pathoff judgement, no rubric yet: placed against the other countries here from general knowledge of the international-school sector. Under review — see the Pathoff method, section 9-3.

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보호자 비자A pension buys permanence; anything else buys a process

Pathoff outcome rubric (the Pathoff method, section 10-1), early outcome band "Partial or conditional access": There is no guardian status, but a parent with a qualifying lifetime pension of $1,000 a month becomes a permanent resident outright, and the Friendly Nations route grants residence on a job, a Panamanian company or a qualifying deposit. High in the band: the routes are published and lead to permanence, but a working-age parent generally does not have a lifetime pension, and the Friendly Nations terms were tightened again in January 2025.

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규정
최근 변경됨. 다른 곳의 오래된 안내는 이미 틀렸습니다
마지막 확인
2026-09
치안Mid

Global Peace Index 2026: rank 81 of 163, score 1.976. Converted by the Pathoff GPI formula (GPI in lib/scoring.ts)

Eighty-first globally and fifth in Central America and the Caribbean

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Panama uses the US dollar, flies everywhere, and lets someone with a modest lifetime pension become a permanent resident outright — which is a genuinely unusual thing to be able to say about a parent’s status. Against that: it is the second most expensive country in Latin America here, the heat and humidity never let up, and the school market is a handful of schools in one city.

절차는 이렇습니다

1

Work out which route the parent actually qualifies for

Pensionado needs a lifetime pension; Friendly Nations needs a job, a company or a deposit.

⏱ 2–6 months
2

Apply through a Panamanian lawyer

Immigration filings here are made by counsel rather than in person, and that is the norm.

⏱ 3–8 months

가족들이 모이는 곳

Panama City (Costa del Este, Clayton)
The international schools and most of the foreign community
Boquete
Cool highland air, a long-standing retiree town, and no international school

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사진: 파나마 · Dr. Thomas Liptak, 라이선스 CC BY-SA 4.0, 출처 Wikimedia Commons.