Passport Renewal Process during COVID

Passport update – FYI had an appt for emergency passport replacement yesterday at the US Embassy in Quito @ 8:30 we were on our way in an hour. Paid the full fee, rec’d only the small emergency passport good for one year about 5 pages. Good news is that I can have a regular passport done for free when ever… Read More

Visa extension process

I just wanted to share this information. I just got a 90 day visa extension in Ibarra at the oficina de Inmigración. You need to go to immigration FIRST! They will give you a form to fill out and a piece of paper that you need to take to the banco pacífico and pay the amount 128.00 US. The bank… Read More

Check your days out of the country

Ibarra location Luis Villamar y Olmedo Telf: (06)2950444 / 101 Most of the taxis in Cotacachi know how to get there – I have also taken a cab from Super Maxi. take your cedula and passport (think they need copies of both) ask for Movimientos Migratorios cost is I think $5 from Cynthia Lopez First you have to go to… Read More

Immigration Law Update Feb 2017

New Immigration Law TOURISM Article 56 – Tourist. Tourists are all people who come to Ecuador with the intention of carrying out tourist activities and are prohibited from carrying out work activities. Every person, from any country, with some exceptions, (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, Senegal and Cuba, who require a previous registration), can enter Ecuador… Read More

Visa Office in Ibarra

thanks to Cynthia for this information Ecuadorian Visas can be easily submitted to the Ministerio del Exterior in Ibarra rather than going to Quito. We went to the Quito office with our designated appointment time and they suggested we go to Ibarra instead because it would be easier and faster. We did and it was efficient. The Office of the… Read More

Canadian Passport – Ready

Forms & Info | Photos Canadian Passport renewal – talk about service, just got a message from the Embassy in Quito that my passport is ready woohoo they will send it DHL or Servientrega. Initially sent to the embassy on 3.30 but I forgot to sign something so they called and I sent the additional doc on 4.17 and todays… Read More

Visa & Cedula Requirements for Ecuador

Special thanks to Dana Cameron (Ecuador Expats on FB for this information) as of this date April 28, 2013 this information is current I’m a visa facilitator. This is what you need to apply for a pension visa: 1. Letter in Spanish requesting the visa. 2. Completed application form. 3. 2 passport style photos. 4. Letter stating your monthly benefit,… Read More