How to get a police certificate – Panama
If you need to give your fingerprints for a police certificate, this isn’t the same as giving your biometrics (fingerprints and photo) for an application.
Name of the document you need
Record Policivo de Uso Internacional
Police certificate and IRCC requirements
You must provide a police certificate when you apply for:
- permanent residence
- citizenship
- some temporary residence programs
Check your application package or instructions for details.
How to apply
If you are a citizen of Panama
If you live in Panama
Apply in person or send a representative to apply for you at the Departamento de Investigación Judicial (see Contact information).
If you live outside of Panama
Apply in person at the General Consulate of Panama or send a representative to apply for you at the Departamento de Investigación Judicial in Panama (see Contact information).
If you are not a citizen of Panama
If you live in Panama
Apply in person or send a representative to apply for you at the Departamento de Investigación Judicial (see Contact information).
If you live outside Panama
Apply in person or send a representative to apply for you at the Departamento de Investigación Judicial (see Contact information).
Information and documents you need
- Your identification document (Cédula) or passport (or a photocopy if a representative is applying for you)
- If a representative applies for you, they must have notarized authorization.
- Forms are to be completed at the Dirección de Investigación Judicial or at the General Consulate of Panama on the day of the request.
- You must specify the certificate is for “Uso Internacional”
- Fiscal stamps, purchased from Banco Nacional, are required to issue the certificate. For more information on fiscal stamps, contact the Departamento de Autenticación y Legislación (see Contact information and address below).
- If you are not a citizen of Panama, the information and documents you need are listed on the Departamento de Autenticación y Legislación website (see Contact information and address below).
Contact information
Dirección de Investigación Judicial (available in Spanish only)
DIJ Ancón (Front of the Supply Market)
Telephone: (507) 512-2222 / (507) 512-2210 / (507) 512-2246
DIJ San Miguelito (Roosevelt)
Telephone: (507) 512-2509 / (507) 512-2510 / (507) 512-2511
DIJ La Chorrera
Phones: (507) 244-5888 / (507) 244-1682
Departamento de Autenticación y Legalización (available in Spanish only)
Avenida Ricardo J. Alfaro, Edificio Plaza Edison Local # 15
Panama
Telephone: (507) 511-4045/4046
Fax: (507) 511-4061