Panama Investor Visa: $500K Resale Minimum Explained (2026)

Changes to the Qualified Investor visa raises existing home purchase to $500,000

Overnight on September 16, a $300,000 resale condo stopped qualifying for Panama’s Qualified Investor Visa. The same $300,000 still works if the building is brand new. We break down Executive Decree 17, the six-month grandfather window, why Friendly Nations at $200,000 is now the obvious fallback, and the two-year trade-off nobody mentions.