Friendly Nations Visa — Job Agreement — Basic Package

Focused coordination for the initial Friendly Nations job agreement route

The Friendly Nations Visa — Job Agreement — Basic Package is designed for eligible applicants who need a structured but focused coordination path for the initial provisional residence application through the labor route.

This package connects the essential components of the project: company setup or activation, RUC, Operating Notice, municipality registration, job agreement workflow, work permit coordination, immigration lawyer communication, personal bank account support and basic dependent solvency organization.

It is designed for the initial two-year provisional residence stage.

The Basic Package does not include the later permanent residence application, cédula coordination, ongoing company maintenance, annual tax filings, municipality tax filings, payroll or Social Security coordination unless expressly added.

What the Basic Package is designed to solve

The job agreement route can become confusing because the immigration application depends on several non-immigration steps.

Before the immigration lawyer can build a strong file, the company may need to exist, show a commercial activity, hold corporate documents, prepare the employment relationship and support the work permit path.

The Basic Package helps the client avoid treating these as separate tasks.

It gives the client a coordinated roadmap from company setup to the initial provisional residence filing.

What the Basic Package may include

Depending on the approved proposal, the Basic Package may coordinate:

• Friendly Nations route planning with immigration lawyer;

• company incorporation or activation workflow;

• resident agent and registered office coordination, when stated;

• local director or corporate representative coordination, when stated;

• corporate RUC registration coordination;

• Operating Notice coordination;

• municipality registration coordination;

• job agreement drafting workflow;

• job agreement registration workflow;

• work permit application coordination;

• immigration document checklist;

• legalization and translation workflow;

• personal bank account coordination;

• basic dependent solvency document organization;

• provisional residence application tracking;

• basic status reporting.

Estimated Basic Package roadmap

Step 1 — Eligibility and project structure

Estimated time: 2–5 business days

CitizenResident helps coordinate the initial review of nationality, family members, company needs, employment route, salary profile, bank account needs and document readiness.

Step 2 — Company incorporation or activation

Estimated time: 1–3 weeks

If a company is needed, CitizenResident helps coordinate the incorporation or activation workflow with the appropriate legal provider.

Step 3 — RUC, Operating Notice and municipality workflow

Estimated time: 1–3 weeks after company registration

CitizenResident helps coordinate RUC, Operating Notice and municipality steps where included. DGI requires legal entities to register in RUC after Public Registry registration, and PanamaEmprende is the system for the Operating Notice when required.

Step 4 — Job agreement workflow

Estimated time: 1–3 weeks

CitizenResident helps coordinate job agreement drafting and registration workflow with the corresponding legal or labor professional. MITRADEL’s 6A-2 employment route requirements include a registered employment contract and employer corporate documentation.

Step 5 — Immigration file preparation

Estimated time: 2–6 weeks, depending on foreign documents

CitizenResident helps coordinate document tracking, legalizations, translations, company evidence, dependent records and immigration lawyer communication.

Step 6 — Provisional residence filing

Estimated time: depends on professional and authority processing

The immigration lawyer files the Friendly Nations provisional residence application. The official SNM requirement sheet identifies this first stage as a two-year provisional residence permit.

Step 7 — Work permit coordination

Estimated time: depends on labor professional and MITRADEL processing

CitizenResident helps coordinate the workflow with the labor professional, but work permit filing and legal labor work are handled by the appropriate professional.

What is not included in the Basic Package

Unless expressly included in the approved proposal, the Basic Package does not include:

• legal advice by CitizenResident;

• immigration filing by CitizenResident;

• labor advice by CitizenResident;

• accounting or tax advice by CitizenResident;

• bank approval;

• work permit approval;

• government fees;

• professional fees not stated in the proposal;

• company annual maintenance after the first stage;

• resident agent renewal;

• registered office renewal;

• annual government tax / tasa única payment;

• CPA appointment;

• DGI annual income tax return coordination;

• municipality tax return coordination;

• payroll and Social Security coordination;

• permanent residence application after two years;

• cédula coordination;

• naturalization application;

• ongoing post-approval coordination support.