# Cuba passport to Panama: Visa required

Current access classification: **Visa required** — Traditional visa required before travel.

Access data checked August 24, 2026. Evidence status: **official evidence collected**.

This page concerns ordinary short visits unless an official source states otherwise. Authorities apply the current rule, and individual circumstances can change the applicable treatment.

## Evidence timeline

- **Current official route — Cuban ordinary passport: Panama stamped visa required** (Visa required)
  Panama first placed Cuba in the stamped-visa category in 2015. The subsequent Tourist Card route was removed in 2021, and SNM’s 2024 notice still describes the Cuban stamped-visa process.
  - This is an advance stamped consular visa, not an eVisa, ETA, visa on arrival, online appointment or Tourist Card. The 2024 notice says the online appointment request was disabled while the process was being addressed; it does not announce a nationality exemption.
  - The 2017 amendment modifies Article 2 of the 2015 decree. The 2018 Tourist Card and the 2019 stamped-visa procedure form part of the later history; Executive Decree 88 removed use of the Tourist Card in 2021.
  - The official sources do not provide an accessible consolidated in-force nationality register. The legal chain and the 2024 operational notice support this policy at medium confidence; recheck for later repeal or amendment before promotion.
  - Third-country visa/residence routes, transit, work, residence, diplomatic/service/special documents and individual admission are outside this ordinary-passport baseline.
  Official sources:
  - [Ministry of Public Security / National Migration Service: Executive Decree 509 of 14 September 2015: Cuba stamped visa](https://www.migracion.gob.pa/wp-content/uploads/decreto-ejecutivo-509-del-14-de-septiembre.pdf)
  - [Ministry of Public Security / National Migration Service: Executive Decree 364 of 2017: Cuba stamped-visa amendment](https://www.migracion.gob.pa/wp-content/uploads/Decreto-364.pdf)
  - [Ministry of Public Security / National Migration Service: Executive Decree 613 of 2018: Cuba Tourist Card](https://www.migracion.gob.pa/wp-content/uploads/DECRETO-613-CUBA.pdf)
  - [Ministry of Public Security / National Migration Service: Executive Decree 122 of 15 March 2019: Cuba stamped-visa procedure](https://www.migracion.gob.pa/wp-content/uploads/DECRETO_122_MARZO_2019.pdf)
  - [Gaceta Oficial Digital / Ministry of Public Security: Executive Decree 88 of 16 March 2021: removal of Cuba and Dominican Republic Tourist Cards](https://www.gacetaoficial.gob.pa/storage/gacetas/2021/03/29244/GacetaNo_29244_20210318.pdf)
  - [Servicio Nacional de Migración: National Migration Service notice of 11 July 2024: Cuban stamped-visa process](https://www.migracion.gob.pa/comunicado-11-07-2024/)

## Useful links

- [HTML evidence page](https://multipassrank.com/cuba-panama-visa)
- [Cuba passport access](https://multipassrank.com/passport/cuba)
- [All passport requirements for Panama](https://multipassrank.com/destination/panama)
- [Dataset license](https://multipassrank.com/data-license)