{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"ZA","name":"South Africa","slug":"south-africa"},"destination":{"code":"PA","name":"Panama"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-23","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"south-african-ordinary-passport-panama-short-visit-visa-free-2026","title":"South African ordinary passports: Panama visa-free short visits","summary":"Panama's live Embassy schedule expressly places South Africa in its no-visa visitor cohort for stays up to three months.","status":"visa_free","conditions":["Applies to an ordinary South African passport holder travelling as a short visitor.","The Embassy's named no-visa cohort states a maximum tourist stay of three months.","Work, residence, transit, special documents, final admission and separate third-country-document waiver rules remain outside scope."],"sourceIds":["panama-embassy-south-africa-visa-waiver-2026"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"panama-embassy-south-africa-visa-waiver-2026","title":"Immigration and visas","url":"https://www.embassyofpanama.org/visas-1","publisher":"Embassy of Panama in the United States","jurisdiction":"Panama","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-23"}]}