Every straight-couple guide says “add your spouse as a dependent.” Ours can’t. Here’s exactly what changes — and what doesn’t — when two men try to get residency in Panama on two separate timelines, including what we’re actually doing about it.
City, almost nobody cares that you’re gay. We’re a couple actually making this move, and here’s our honest answer to the question underneath all the others, plus the ten-item checklist protecting our own relationship.
Panama’s Supreme Court says our marriage doesn’t exist. Panama City mostly just lets us exist — and those are very different things. We’re a gay couple actually moving there, and after twelve days walking the city as a visibly together couple, here’s the answer nobody else will give you straight.