Ecuador Doubles Time in EC on a Tourist Permit to 180 Days

I would hope your daily reading subscription included a link to the following article

https://www.cuencahighlife.com/new-immi … -180-days/

Nards' link brings news that there is a new category of visa called the temporary residency visa, good for two years .. and renewable for an additional two years.

Other new wrinkles:

   -- Expats on non-immigrant visas must show proof of health insurance.

   -- Expats may travel to other UNUSUR nations in South America on cédula (national ID) alone.  Previously, cédula and passport have had to be shown.

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Bloggers posting about the Cuenca Highlife article are asking when the new visa law takes effect.

Expats may also want to know the fees for 2017 visas, especially the two-year temporary visa.

The news about the visa regs is dribbling out.

It's not clear whether El Supremo has signed the legislatively-endorsed bill into law, although there's little question that he will.

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Ecuador's neighbors already had liberal tourist-entry laws, so -- with the downturn in Ecuador's economy and its longstanding welcome-mat for Expats -- the new law makes sense.

Colombia grants 90 days on request at its airports and border-points on a tourist stamp, easily and cheaply renewable for another 90 days in country.  However, there is a graduated scale of substantial fines for overstaying a visitor permit or a visa.  180 days out of 365 is the maximum aggregate total of days allowed a tourist in any 365-day period.

Peru allows 180 days on a tourist stamp.  Peru's penalties for overstays have historically been extremely mild.

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