Thread: Need a police record from panama

I lived in Panama for two years going in and out of the country every three months. When i would go through the States, they always told me to say my residence was Panama, even though I only had a tourist visa. Now applying for residencey for my wife in the States and we need a police report from the past countries we lived in for more than a year. Does anyone know how I can attain a police record from panama for our time there?

Thanks,
Adam

Found this on the Canadian governments' website:

A Record Policivo can be obtained from the Departamento de Autenticación y Legalización del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. Applicants must apply in person or send a representative on their behalf with a photocopy of the applicant’s identification document or, in the case of foreigners, with a photocopy of the applicant’s passport. Applicants or their representatives must complete the form provided by the Departamento de Autenticación y Legalización del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores on the day of the request and present a photocopy of their passport or Cédula. The Departamento de Autenticación y Legalización del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores forwards the request to the Policía Técnica Judicial (PTJ). Fiscal stamps, purchased from Banco Nacional, to pay the processing fee and legalization fee should be provided at the time of document collection. Departamento de Autenticación y Legalización
Avenida Ricardo J. Alfaro, Edificio Plaza Edison Local # 15
Panama
Telephone: (507) 511-4045/4046
Fax: (507) 511-4061
Website: www.mire.gob.pa




In Panama they like to change their procedures every few months without informing about it (especially their own employees who are usually more confused than clients).


If you were travelling the world on a tourist visa I would tell them that. The meaning of the word "lived" is something that could be debated for months on end by the top attorneys, at a handsome six figure fee.


You present your passport and a police record to match it, any other questions you just say, travel/tourist.

They are no longer on Plaza Edison by the way, you have to continue down Tumba Muerto past El Dorado / El Rey, past the Caja de Ahorros, then you will have them above Banco Nacional on the left side, on the second level.