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Since September Ecuador already has the issuance of an electronic passport that will facilitate travel abroad.
After a long wait, al fin Ecuador takes a technological step more than expected, the electronic or biometric passport is already a reality from the 14 September 2020 the first units were issued.
In this post we will review its benefits, where and how to get it, cost and more details about it.
Electronic passport Ecuador
The electronic passport opens a new way of traveling for Ecuadorians, given that it is an important step to achieve in the medium – In the long term, the elimination of visa requirements for several countries worldwide, such as the long-awaited visa to the Schengen area., whose elimination would greatly stimulate tourism and trade with the bloc.
Profits
The new passport brings a series of advantages for users, where they stand out:
- Less control time at migratory points.
- Increased cryptographic information security with chip containing full user information such as names, surnames, birth date, Photos, etc.
- Complies with ICAO standards.
- Increased passport production capacity.
- Air time reduction.
How much
- The new Ecuadorian passport will have a cost of $90 Dollars.
Validity
- Although the cost of the passport increased, the validity is now 10 years.
Where can passport be issued
- Initially, This passport may be issued at the Civil Registry of 3 cities: Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca.
- These passports will also be issued by the Foreign Ministry in Quito and at the consulates in Madrid and New York..
since when is it available
- in Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca the new ordinary passport is available from 14 September 2020.
- Subsequently, the capacity will be extended to the rest of the 25 service points of the Civil Registry nationwide.
- Consulates will issue passports from the end of November 2020.
How to obtain or renew the passport
- The new passport can be obtained at the Civil Registry.
- For this, must be presented directly at the Civil Registry centers and pay the indicated value at that time.
More details and the step by step I tell you here:
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What are the measurements not in the photo, of the Ecuadorian passport? I think they scammed me.
The photo of the Ecuadorian passport is taken at that moment in the civil registry, you don't have to carry.
Good Morning, I have an ordinary passport that is valid until 6 September 2022 and I have an American visa valid until 27 September 2021 Can I get an electronic passport? Will the ordinary passport be valid until what date?? when can i use the electronic passport?
thanks for your help
You can get the new passport without problem and when you travel continue to show the old one where the visa is in migration.
In the electronic passport the information of previous entries and exits of the country or start of 0 …I mean without that information.
The entry and exit information is always registered in the general migration system.
Good Morning, one question and sorry for the ignorance, At present with the biometric passport it is necessary to have a visa to be able to travel to Spain…??
So is, A visa is still required to travel to the European Union, this restriction has not been lifted.
Good Morning , No. I'm very related to this , but if I have the Biometric passport for the first time, it helps me to travel to Argentina?
Yeah right, no problem, but check the current restrictions of Argentina.
With the state of exception decreed yesterday, do they know if the civil registry will issue passports? I urgently need to renew mine
I understand the face-to-face working day has been suspended, but could you come to ask.
Good evening. I am abroad, my passport expired, the embassy is closed, I need to know if a third (my mother) can you do the process for me, in Ecuador, and then send me my new passport abroad?
What procedure should I follow to be able to renew my passport and be able to return to Ecuador?.
I understand that it is not possible, it is a personal process, especially since they must take a photograph of you when the new passport is issued.
Points of payment for the passport please
Payment is made directly at the passport issuing center.
Good morning, how long will it take for my passport to be delivered in Quito?
Of 1 a 2 hours.
Thanks
Thanks to your help, you suddenly know if I take an appointment online at
How long will my appointment be scheduled?
Because I am going to travel to
Ecuador 🇪🇨 Just to renew it
But I only have a week
When shifts open, you choose the day and time of the shift.
I want to cancel an appointment to renew my passport
It seems to me that there is no way, just don't go and then you can get another one.
In what time is the biometric passport delivered pork I have dual nationality and I will only travel to Ecuador to renew it due to expiration???
Once you have the turn, they deliver the same day.
If I have a valid previous passport, there is no problem to travel if I do not update it by the biometric?
No, it is no problem.
can you let me know the process for renewal of ecuador passport if i am in the US? can i renew online and get the e-passport. I am a citizen of ecuador. It expired.
Hi! You must go the nearest ecuadorian embassy/consulate in the States, that’s the only way for renewing it, there is not e-passport in Ecuador.
I would like to get the biometric passports ,two years ago they stole the passports of my children and mine ,I have the complaint document ,I have not taken out a new passport ,because I was waiting for the biometric passport ,to make it easier for me to travel to norway in the future ,I have to ask the father of my children for permission to get the passports?
Surely yes.
Where do I schedule an appointment for the electronic one because it only comes out for the ordinary
the ordinary, is now the electronic, They are the same, as long as it is in the cities indicated here.
I'm trying to book an appointment for Guayaquil but those places always come out full D:
That happens to all of us 🙁
At 5 in the morning the reservation of quotas opens
good info ronald.
In a person with a disability, what would be the requirements?
In what sense?
the essential conadis card so that you pay 30% less than the value
thanks for your reply.
Greetings
For those with a valid passport, you can get the new electronic passport?
Of course, can you take it out, but you still have to pay $90 and you would have two valid passports.
you take out the new passport and you have to take the old one so that it becomes invalid, that one would no longer serve you
If the previous passport for example: have a valid visa. It serves you until the visa you have expires.