01 April 2020 Panama's Ministry of Labor and Workforce Development further extends the validity of work permits issued to foreign workers due to COVID-19 Panama further extended work permits to allow foreign workers to continue working as recommended by the health authorities. Work permits that would have expired from March 12, 2020, to April 7, 2020, are now extended to April 30, 2020. On March 30, 2020, Panama's Ministry of Labor and Workforce Development published Resolution DM-149-2020 to further extend until April 30, 2020, work permits issued to foreign workers that were set to expire by April 7, 2020. Resolution No. DM-136-2020 previously extended to April 7, 2020, the validity of work permits issued to foreign workers that were set to expire from March 12, 2020, to April 7, 2020. Resolution DM-149-2020 not only extends work permits for foreign workers to April 30, 2020, it also suspends until that date proceedings related to work permit requests, such as filiation processes (i.e., judicial determinations of paternity), the submission of new processes (i.e., new permit requests), marriage interviews, and issuance of work permit cards. Likewise, proceedings and legal actions before the Department of Labor Migration and the Regional Directorates of the Ministry are suspended until April 30, 2020.
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