Arranging visas from within Ecuador

Dear Sophie,

Welcome to the Ecuador forum.

Your situation involving applying for a volunteer (or other temporal) visa may be complicated by your having technically 'overstayed' your tourist permit.

Laymen Expats on this forum cannot reliably give you information for that reason and because the visa laws have recently changed.  It takes a while for a new set of regulations to be implemented with any consistency at immigration field offices.  Meanwhile, there will probably be variations in the way any immigration officer or supervisor may deal with an individual Expat's case.

It might be necessary to find someone with connections and experience to champion your case -- a visa facilitator or an attorney.

I'd be wary of any further advice given you on this thread unless it is from an Ecuadorian immigration attorney or a visa specialist who handles such matters on a daily basis.

You can attempt to apply for a volunteer visa.  However, it cannot accurately be predicted by layman Expats whether the overstay complication will cause problems.

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If you decide to talk to a visa professional, you should consider asking about the worst-case visa scenario that may be possible when you try to leave the country.

By technically overstaying for about two years and then knowingly staying on even longer with a (potential) temporal visa, you could be in for an even stiffer penalty than a nine-months barring.  Anecdotal reports have told of year-long bans against re-entering Ecuador, for instance. 

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The possibility of a volunteer visa may be eliminated by the fact that, technically, you are not in Ecuador legally.

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op am using right forum. where in Quito can i find a rotary club to fellowship with?

Sinde wrote:

where in Quito can i find a rotary club to fellowship with?

Facts that Rotary International members and prospective members might like to know....

1.  Rotary's home office is in Evanston, Illinois, near Chicago.

2.  Two of the seven Rotary international offices are in South America --

  one in Sao Paolo, Brazil -- email listed as ribo(at)rotary.org ...

  the other in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

3.  For the last 12 years, Rotary has been doing project fairs in Ecuadorian cities including Cuenca and Quito.

4.  The 13th annual Ecuador project fair will be held in Guayaquil for three days in November -- the 17th through the 19th.  About 100 projects may be featured this year.  Google rotary international project fair xiii Guayaquil

5.  Rotarians assisted in the aftermath of the big earthquake that occurred on the Ecuadorian coast in April of 2016.

6.  An English-language Rotary page, not Ecuador-specific, is available at www.rotary.org

7.  A Spanish-language web page is available at www.rotaryecuador.org

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Because Rotary does outstanding work around the world, I have provided the above information.

Please note, however, that this is a visa thread.

Consider posting additional information about Rotary on a non-visa thread to avoid any conflict with expat.com's off-topic policy.

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Sinde wrote:

where in Quito can i find a rotary club to fellowship with?

Facts that Rotary International members and prospective members might like to know....

1.  Rotary's home office is in Evanston, Illinois, near Chicago.

2.  Two of the seven Rotary international offices are in South America --

  one in Sao Paolo, Brazil -- email listed as ribo(at)rotary.org ...

  the other in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

3.  For the last 12 years, Rotary has been doing project fairs in Ecuadorian cities including Cuenca and Quito.

4.  The 13th annual Ecuador project fair will be held in Guayaquil for three days in November -- the 17th through the 19th.  About 100 projects may be featured this year.  Google rotary international project fair xiii Guayaquil

5.  Rotarians assisted in the aftermath of the big earthquake that occurred on the Ecuadorian coast in April of 2016.

6.  An English-language Rotary page, not Ecuador-specific, is available at www.rotary.org

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Because Rotary does outstanding work around the world, I have provided the above information.

Please note, however, that this is a visa thread.

Consider posting additional questions or information about Rotary on a non-visa thread to avoid any conflict with expat.com's off-topic policy.

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Thanx about the rotary information. but i really want to catch up with  rotary club inQuito

To start a Rotary thread, visit the welcome page of the Ecuador forum .. and choose the option to start a new topic.

To reach the forum's welcome page, click on Ecuador on the second to the top line near the upper left corner of this page.

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