The front part of the cover has the words "REPÚBLICA DE PANAMÁ" (Republic of Panama) on top, the coat of arms of Panama in the middle, and the word "PASAPORTE" (passport) on the bottom in Spanish, English and French.

The biometric passport symbol appears at the bottom of the front cover under the word "PASSEPORT".

[1] Panama unveiled an electronic passport, in late 2012, with a supposed implementation in 2013, in either March, or October.

[4] In January 2014 Panama finally started issuing electronic passports to its citizens.

[5] In 1998 Pavlo Lazarenko, the former Prime minister of Ukraine was arrested due to money laundering charges as he tried to enter Switzerland.