Travel documents
Ecuadoreans
- ▸ Valid Passport.
- ▸ Valid Visa (stamped on the Passport) for destination (if required) or residence card.
- ▸ National Identity Card.
- ▸ Vaccination certificate, if necessary for the destination.
Ecuadorean minors
- ▸ Valid Passport.
- ▸ Valid Visa (stamped on the Passport) for destination (if required) or residence card.
- ▸ National Identity Card.
- ▸ Vaccination certificate, if necessary for destination.
- ▸ Authorization given before a Notary Public or issued by the Judge of Minors (original and copy) given by the parents of the minor. Please note such documents have limited time of validity.
- ▸ Ecuadorean minors residing abroad who stay for less than 90 days in the country are exempt of the Court Authorization.
Resident foreigners
- ▸ Valid Passport.
- ▸ Visa (stamped on the Passport) for the country of destiny, if required, or residence card.
- ▸ National Identity Card.
- ▸ Foreigner's census.
- Note: Foreigner resident minors traveling with one parent or without parents require notarized authorization or Authorization issued by the Judge of Minors (original and copy) given by the parent(s) of the minor.
Non-resident foreigners
- ▸ Valid Passport.
- If your stay exceeds 90 days without previously requesting an extension, it is advised to contact Migration offices before your flight. Their offices are located in Francisco de Orellana Av. and Paseo del Parque Av, Samanes Park (block 6).
Additional information
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Ecuador offers information of the countries which require Ecuadoreans to have a visa as well as the countries which require visa to enter Ecuador.
Citizens of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, Senegal, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Angola, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Iraq, Libya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Iran, Vietnam and Yemen require a visa to enter Ecuador.
The Ministry of Government, via their Immigration Support Services, offers the following services nationwide:
- - Issue of migratory movement certificates
- - Issue of programs for permanence in our country
- - Registry and lifting of precautionary measures
- - Notification of fines to foreign citizens that have incurred in an immigration penalty.
- - Free immigration advisory
- Immigration Main Office
- Address: Samanes Park, block 6. Office hours from 08:00 to 16:30.