Hi again. This question is strictly about Cuence, unless what I read somewhere else Online recently happens not to be true ... should have kept the link but simply forgot, as I was in the middle of doing tons of research for various Countries & Cities at the time.
Anyway, the question is about Expats coming to Cuence, Ecuador, in order to live there PERMANENTLY. My wife and I have one final move "left in our tank" (grin) and that will be to either Cuence or Puerto Cayo, in 2020. We're very experienced Oversees movers, and yes, we'll be checking out Cuence for about 3 months at first.
I seem to have read that the Visa/Immigration process has, since 2017 or early 2018, been upgraded with much more staff around the entire Country, as well as more computerization, in order to speed the visa and/or immigration process up? I believe the same article mentioned that Cuenca now has it's own imigration office, so Expats no longer have to travel all the way to Quito for Visa & Immigration requirements. Is this true?
The process for Visas is especially important to my wife and I since we have pets that we'll be taking to Ecuador with us. It would be a burden on one of our needy dogs, if we were gone for an entire day just because of paperwork formalities. Leaving the pets behind is not an option, they're a part of the family.