No visa needed

Do citizens of Panama need a visa for the Vatican City?

Citizens of Panama don’t need a visa for the Vatican City and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Panama: the passport opens 88 countries visa-free; Panama City — Vatican City: ≈ 9,510 km, about 12.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to the Vatican City without a visa on a Panama passport?

Yes, citizens of Panama don’t need a visa for the Vatican City for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Vatican City visa rules at a glance

With a Panama passport you can visit 88 countries visa-free, 31 with a visa on arrival and 46 with an e-visa; 33 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Panama passport ranks 69th of 199.
Panama passport: visa-free access to 88 countries; Vatican City passport: 92.
Citizens of Panama and the Vatican City can travel together visa-free to 74 countries, for example: Costa Rica, Colombia, Nicaragua, Honduras, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Peru, and Bolivia.
Citizens of the Vatican City, in turn, don’t need a visa for Panama. Panama visa for citizens of the Vatican City

Travelling to the Vatican City: good to know

Panama City — Vatican City: about 9,510 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 12.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +7 hours.
Local time: Panama City 12:00 — Vatican City 19:00.
Local currency: Euro.
Languages: Italian and Latin.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ €0.88.
Vatican City is the 70th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Panama.