Permanent Residency

Well, after an extended period of time it appears that by the end of the day today, the Kimball family will be permanent residents of Panama (Boty of course doesn't need any papers - she is Panamanian by birth). This has been a long and drawn out process. We have crossed two different administrations during this process. We started with one firm on one type of visa only to start over several years later with our current counsel with our original plan. The laws have changed many times over. Each time the law changed it required us to provide incremental information. However, now we are at the precipice. We have been told that our application has been approved so we are on our way to the Immigration offices in Panama to get our permanent cards. It is a great day! Now we wait for the Viola's turn.