{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"KP","name":"North Korea","slug":"north-korea"},"destination":{"code":"PA","name":"Panama"},"status":"visa_required","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-24","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"dprk-ordinary-passport-panama-authorized-visa-2026","title":"North Korean ordinary passports: Panama authorized visa required","summary":"Panama's current Embassy visitor schedule separately lists the Republic of Korea as visa-free and the People's Republic of Korea in the authorized-visa cohort. In that paired context the latter maps to North Korea, whose ordinary-passport visitor must obtain consular issuance after Migration Service authorization before travel.","status":"visa_required","conditions":["Applies to a standard North Korean ordinary passport used for a short visitor trip; diplomatic, official, service, residence, work, transit and other special-document routes remain outside scope.","The applicant must appear in person at the Panamanian consulate. The authorized-visa approval process may take up to 60 business days, and travel should not be finalized until the visa is granted.","A traveller holding a qualifying valid visa or residence from the countries named in Panama's Executive Decree 521 exception may use that conditional waiver instead; it is not the unconditional passport baseline.","Migration Service authorization and consular issuance do not guarantee final admission at the border."],"sourceIds":["panama-embassy-live-authorized-visa-schedule-2026","panama-mire-authorized-visa-preauthorization-2026"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"panama-embassy-live-authorized-visa-schedule-2026","title":"Immigration and visas: Authorized Visas schedule","url":"https://www.embassyofpanama.org/visas-1","publisher":"Embassy of Panama in the United States","jurisdiction":"Panama","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-24"},{"id":"panama-mire-authorized-visa-preauthorization-2026","title":"Consular services: processing stamped and authorized visas","url":"https://mire.gob.pa/servicios-consulares/","publisher":"Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores","jurisdiction":"Panama","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Spanish","reviewedAt":"2026-08-24"}]}