Hi.
I've been told I can spend up to 90 days in Ecuador without VISA, but I'll have to prove when I land at the airport that I won't exceed these 90 days. I know for sure I'm not going to spend more than 2 months in Ecuador, but I don't know exactly when I'm going to leave the country. What would you advice me to do? Do you know any bus company which allows to buy a refundable ticket online?
Thanks!
Do they have special requirements for Spanish citizens? Thinking that you might want to take over the country again? For almost all nationalities they just stamp your passport w/ a 90 day visa when you pass through the airport.
No, you can't buy a refundable bus ticket online.
Have you got proof you are going elsewhere after a couple of months if they do ask? The Spanish visitors I met weren't asked at the airport how long they were intending to stay and just got their passports stamped for 90 days like the rest of us....
Thanks for your answer.
The only requirement they've got is that we do not stay longer than 90 days (unless we've got a VISA). Don't they ask to prove you're not going to exceed these days? I've been told they often do.
Do they have special requirements for Spanish citizens? Thinking that you might want to take over the country again? For almost all nationalities they just stamp your passport w/ a 90 day visa when you pass through the airport.
No, you can't buy a refundable bus ticket online.
Do you not have a round trip ticket, leaving from another country maybe? Lots of travelers go to Ecuador for a few weeks, then head to other countries in South America with the intention of flying home from say, Lima or Rio. Unless things have changed drastically lately, Ecuadorian immigration is not going to make you prove you're leaving in 90 days. They'll just stamp your passport and send you on your way.
They do check when you re leaving the country you haven't exceeded the 90 days but as you are only going to be there for about 60 days there will b no problem. Azbuceadora do they scrultinise your passport for time spent in the country when you leave the country by bus etc and not by air?
They (immigration) will not ask for proof when you land. Perhaps it is on the books, but in latin america, Immigration just does not care.
The only problem will be some airlines will ask for this proof, especially some US, Australian and NZ airlines, as a way of extortingmoney out of you at the last minute. Most European and SAmn airlines will not ask for this, I andmany people I know have flown from Europe many times with many airlines and have never been asked for such proof.
Response to #6: I've never crossed a border by bus, but I seem to remember reading from others that they do check at the terrestrial crossings.
OK I'm from Australia and have never been asked by LAN or Any other airline for proof of when I will leave the country.
I once was given a 60 ay visa at the airport by mistake when my partner who was coming into the country at that stage on an Aussie passport was given a 90 day one and we didn't check mine and when we went to leave 80+ days later they picked it up. Fortunately my partner was born in Quito and pointed out thee discrepancy in our stamps as we both had Aussie passports at that stage seeing his Ecuadorian passport had expired. The officials were very nice and added and extra 30 days to my visa at no extra charge in the end and realised I should have been given a 90 day visa and not a 60 day one so it all worked out well in the end. But I wonder what might have happened if my other half hadn't been born in Quito... We have now purchased a colonial house and plan to live there and it seems I will have no trouble getting a cedula and eventually an Ecuadorian passport so all looks good if I live long enough...lol