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I have received different answers from official sources regarding this. The Canciller铆a/Direcci贸n de extranjer铆a said the old rule applies to permanent resident visas that were submitted prior to February 6th. However, when I went to ... Read More

No, amparo is spouse/children, or relatives of Ecuadorian nationals and permanent visa holders although it may include refugees as well. Convenio refers to the 9VII visa categories (Ecuador and Venezuela, residents of the Mercosur countries). Read More

Beginning Feb. 13th, the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Movilidad Humana (MREMH) in Quito was no longer accepting applications for the former category 9 immigrant visas with the exception of amparo and convenio. All of the other types of ... Read More

Sure, the election is important and Correa could leave the reglamento for his succesor. However, considering the importance of the Ley de Movilidad for Correa and the AP, along with their desire to push it through before last month's elections, ... Read More

That would be the maximum according to the ley de movilidad. The president has 120 days from February 6th to issue the "reglamento", which should contain the details of the new provisions. From what I was told last week, this should be ... Read More

ec=Ecuador. Having a degree refers to a university degree (bachelor's, master's, ph.D...etc,), which was a requirement for the 9V professional immigrant visa. This was the easiest way to obtain permanent residency in Ecuador since you ... Read More

Thanks for the update on how things are handled in Quito. Whether that鈥檚 how new visas will be handled in the Big G or the obscure pueblo where Cuenca Expats have to go for their visas .. is speculation at this point. As for 鈥渢hose who ... Read More

It appears the new procedures regarding the ley de movilidad will be published within a week or two. While the person at the Dirrecion de Extranjeria who is processing my visa is in training courses, another person at the office said that ... Read More

Formal classes are great for learning the grammar/syntax/rules but they will only get you to a certain level unless you are practicing it regularly. I had taken Spanish courses when doing my undergrad in the US but without being to practice it ... Read More

In regards to the 9V professional visa, it is now a 2-year temporary resident. After 21 months, you can apply for a permanent residency. In regards to documents, I believe they are the same for temporary and permanent resident. While the new law ... Read More

This topic is complicated enough on its own, so sarcasm probably won鈥檛 be of much help on this thread. You stated that existing permanent visas will be subject to the requirements of the new law that (as you explained it) converts permanent ... Read More

I believe you were looking for the verb "coger", which in Spain (and to some extent Colombia and Ecuador) means "to take, or grab". For example, "donde puedo coger el autobus hacia Madrid?" or "Necesito ir a la ... Read More

Not exactly. Residency visas -- for instance, investor visas and professional visas -- that have been already granted do not have expiration dates. So if we accept the premise that permanent residents are grandfathered-in while their visas are ... Read More

Join the club, permanent residents who obtained residency recently are wondering the same thing.While the final text has yet to be published, from what I understand there were few (if any) changes from the "informe del segundo debate". On ... Read More

My girlfriend (and visa facilitator) went to the Dirrecion General de Extranjer铆a yesterday to ask the same question. In regards to visas in process, like mine, it depends on a few things: when the law becomes official (ie: published in the ... Read More

Now that's its the law, the next question is how will they go about implementing it. My best guess is it will take some time for it take effect since the "Ley de Movilidad Humana" is a comprehensive overhaul of Ecuador's ... Read More

Join the club, permanent residents who obtained residency recently are wondering the same thing.Now that's its the law, the next question is how will they go about implementing it. My best guess is it will take some time for it take effect since ... Read More

It's definitely confirmed that Correa signed the ley de movilidad humana today. Now comes the fun part.....trying to find out how this will affect my pending 9V professional visa application. Under the current law the 9V is a permanent resident ... Read More

Skype is much better for video/voice calls not to mention interoperability, as in you can use it on a tablet, phone, pc...etc. WhatsApp is mainly limited to phones although they now have a desktop client. I would prefer to not use WhatsApp if it ... Read More

I don't think there is a clear answer as of yet, but I would not be surprised if they apply it retroactively to visas that were already approved within the last year. However, it is definitely going to affect my plans. I was going to apply for ... Read More

I was checking (as the OP) to see if there was a way to change the title of this thread to something less confusing but it seems there is none......perhaps one of the moderators can? I've read through everything pertaining to visas and ... Read More

I wanted to correct my original post to avoid confusion. While the "Proyecto de Ley Org谩nica Movilidad Humana" has passed through the second debate in the Ecudorian legislature, it has not been enacted into law. However, it does stand ... Read More

Usually, the documents have to be validated/certified/authenticated first in order to get an apostille, For example, for my diploma, the university registrar attached a notarized letter of authentication stating that I had obtained this degree on ... Read More

Not yet, my packet is still in transit to Ecuador. It should be arriving within the next few days although it will be a few weeks before I can begin the application for the 9V professional visa since you have to register the degree with SENESCYT ... Read More

My only complaint with WhatsApp is the inconsistent call quality. In that regard, Skype is tends to be better. However, as was mentioned earlier, with WhatsApp recently adding video calling, it has secured it's place as the number one messaging ... Read More

Lol, the same would happen in Mexico. I remember a couple of years ago when there are problems with WhatsApp for a few days and people suddenly forgot how to communicate. WhatsApp is by far the most popular app for communication in Latin America ... Read More

We ultimately decided to go the visa cable route and do it ourselves. Its really not all that difficult to do it although it is easier in person. In our case It's not a bad option since she lives in Quito and the Ecuadorian consulate is a short ... Read More

Certainly not the news I wanted to hear a month before I begin my visa application. While I've read the same thing, that many of the visas in question were processed through Cuenca, I would agree with Susan that future applications for ... Read More

Top five problems.... 2. If you miss the six-month impuestos window, SENAE will tax the bejeesus out of you, and even if you make the window, they may invent a reason to impose some creative new tax. When does the 6 month window begin because ... Read More

After I had posted here I (she) was able to get some information from the "Cancilleria" about the processes for the 9V and 9VI visas. For the 9VI you have to remain in the country while it is being processed.....I am unsure about the ... Read More

I've done a bit more reading up on what's involved with the 9V professional visa and 9VI visa via marriage. The reason I mention the 9V is my university is on the list published by SENESCYT and I DO eventually plan working in a field related ... Read More

I spoke with the Ecuadorian consulate today and they confirmed this as well, that I would need to have a type 12-IX visa and then apply for the type 9VI (Amparo por Union de Hecho) if I wanted to get married (and remain) in Ecuador. Also, if we ... Read More