Being the number one issue of complaint is not because it is the first thing that must be done in order to take advantage of the benefits Panama has to offer. I receive more complaints about this one subject than all others combined, year after year. And they are usually the most passionate, because when it comes to having the right to reside where you have spent money, people naturally become feisty. I am sure this article will bring many such comments and they are welcome. This problem has gone on for years, but in the last few years delays in immigration have reached a point where many foreigners just give up and take a pass on Panama. Part of this problem is the fact that more people than ever are trying to get residency and the government is ill equipped to handle it. Millions of dollars of new facility and equipment that were purchased to alleviate the problem are still not operating, and with a new administration coming into office they will have to learn the ropes which will no doubt cause further delays. And it does not seem to matter if you are an investor with 20 million dollars or a Costa Rican who married a Panamanian trying to get residency, plan on a long wait to get that all important document.
No one complains more than we promoters as we spend millions of advertising dollars to attract potential clients only to have them become so discouraged with immigration delays that they just say it is not worth it. Their stories echoing throughout the internet cause potential clients to not even give Panama a look. This is one area the new administration has promised to make a positive changes, but it will not come soon enough for those impatiently waiting years for what should take months. Hat tip to Kraig for sending me this article from El Siglo that I have posted after a google translation.
Lawyers say they are playing with them
Many lawyers are beginning Migration to believe that the phenomenon of the Bermuda Triangle was transferred to the Office of Visa 2, the National Migration Service (NMS) of Cuba Avenue.
Instead of planes and boats in the Caribbean, this office records disappear from foreigners seeking to acquire residence in the country.
"It is not a novelty that comes to notice and told you can not find the file," said Raul Andrade, president of the Law Society Specialist Migration Affairs (ADEM).
The situation should not surprise anyone. And is that with roles in cajeta pulled and put into any space that still remains free, is not an easy job for the officials of this department to locate any document.
"There is no point having good workers will find something that's difficult," explained one of the lawyers who obtained a negative result in his bid to be reported. Preferred not to disclose his name at the moment.
Sometimes you can see to lawyers who break the protocol, and to not lose the day doing this procedure, get together with staff to find documents in the midst of disorder.
This is just one of the difficulties with the current administration of NMS, as Andrade.
Members of the ADEM, criticized the way he has acted Sinisterra Clovis, director of this institution, with respect to proceedings pending signature of the director or any authorized officer.
Weeks ago, Sinisterra sent to the National Bar Association (CNA) a list of more than three thousand files that were signed in the expectation that lawyers or notify them interested, then complained that the backlog of more than 7 thousand records .
Following the request of the director, some lawyers were up to the ANC, and they said, they found that the list had procedures that were already resolved. "They are playing with us," claimed the attorneys, who clarified that the list should be first in Visa 2, Migration, and not in the bar.
Sinisterra preferred not to talk about this and apologized because he was in meetings.
Waiting?
CompromisoClovis Sinisterra pledged to sign all the paperwork in default before 1 julio.DesordenEn Visa 2, for notification, files are pulled in 20 cajeta without classification.
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