Norma Lee's Page

"Do you have any more pictures of the rest of the car and the seats inside?  How big is the engine? Did you buy it from another American or a local person? thank you, NL"

"It all sounds wonderful. I'll be stopping in on my next visit to Boquete."

"Thank you, Fran. It looks very professional. Actually I was researching pet related businesses in the Boquete area when I ran across that picture."

"If you need a boarding facility, Kris Berg has the best one around.... call her at 6879-5455 and see her website at     http://howlingsuccess.com/"

"I thought Guillermo Ford's people were English on the Ford side and Irish (OK.  Scotch-Irish) on the Boyd side.                                                        Genealogía de Familias Panameñas For…"

"Dont worry Norma.  Panama have been, is and will be always an immigrant country.  Our actual president is son of an Italian immigrant, our former and late vice president Billy Ford... guess where his family came from...   Boquete,…"

"Thank you Roger and Judy, for the clarification. My lawyer told me the same today. All those negative comments about not supporting 'extranjero businesses' had me thinking they weren't allowed there now."

"If you have a legal business in Panama City, you can also have it in Boquete.  There are no restrictions specific to Boquete.  Expats can have businesses by obtaining the small business visa. "

"Well.  If you have your company and papers legal to operate a business in Panama (business license + incorparation paper at the Registro Publico) then there is not any problem to relocate and open a branch any place in the Republic of…"

"I wasn't asking about a work permit. I have a small business registered in Panama City now that I hoped to relocate to Boquete, but I read some posts lately here that confused."

"According to the Constitution of Panama in the Article 293 is not allowed to foreigners own a business in Panama....but there are legal ways to do something about it.  It is something allowed only to legal citizens of Panama born or…"

"Use the search function above right and type in "expat business." There is a lot of information already posted on the forum. If you have additional questions, follow up here. "