What residency documents or visas did I need if I will be in Ecuador for a while?

"If you plan to stay in Ecuador for a while, you will need to obtain a residency visa, which is generally linked to a work or study visa. This visa can be obtained from the Ecuadorian consulates outside the country, or from the Directorate of Migration inside the country. Generally, you will be required to provide documents such as a copy of your passport, proof of your financial ability to maintain yourself during your stay in the country, proof of your address, and a police report from your native country," remarked another expat in Ecuador.

"Think it was an long term tourist visa for more than 6 month (90 days upon entry and 3 month extension is easy) I needed bank account with about $7000 in it to prove I had resources to stay. Problem was chicken and egg. Had to have cedula to get account opened and had to have account to get visa to get cedula. Did an informal workaround but ended up getting different visa. Trying to prove usa resources for a visa is difficult as the government here wants all kinds of certificates with apostilles for your Financials. Only works with Social Security. As you may or may not know, apostilles are verifications of government issued documents and banks in the USA are privately owned (not owned by government) so any usa bank document cannot be apostilled. Their laws apparently allow them to apostille their bank documents for use outside of Ecuador but usa rules do not allow the same. Also the certificates they want do not exist in usa banking practice," said a member in Ecuador.

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