Roger B Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 2 hours ago, Rooikop said: Watch the TV Roger it was on TV. Sorry but I HAVE TO WATCH TV NEWS everyday and have not seem it yet. Also I read almost all the newspaper everyday and havent seem it printed yet. Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieElaine Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 (edited) Attended Ambassador Feeley's town hall this morning at the Boquete library. One needs to be away 30 days to reset the 180 day tourist period but the US Embassy was on the phone with the person who heads Panama's migration yesterday and they were informed that the present situation is a way to keep Venezuelans from living permanently in Panama without applying for residency. There is the assumption that the situation will be resolved but for now they are sticking to the "letter of the law" in order to control the situation. I do feel badly for those expats who do not have fingerprints though and there are quite a number of them. They fall through the cracks. They cannot get an FBI report without finger prints and can no longer reside as a tourist for 2 years and use the Panamanian Police report. Our new ambassador is very nice and seems to really care about the situation. Apparently US citizens are being told they cannot leave Panama at this point at Paso Canoas. Edited March 14, 2017 by MarieElaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooikop Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 14 hours ago, Roger B said: Sorry but I HAVE TO WATCH TV NEWS everyday and have not seem it yet. Also I read almost all the newspaper everyday and havent seem it printed yet. Thanks, Apparently it was a Facebook video and was removed 2 hours after it was posted.interesting how things lost in translation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted March 15, 2017 Moderators Share Posted March 15, 2017 Be advised that several replies in this topic have now been split out and merged with a different topic here on CL. The other topic is about safety/security, and is found at http://www.chiriqui.life/topic/5288-attempted-forced-entry/ This topic is about an Executive Decree of December 2016 and its implications for those living semi-permanently in Panama as "border hoppers" using a loophole in the law. The other topic is, as mentioned above, about safety/security and the use of certain public safety resources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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