Crew and passengers must declare mandatory before Customs

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From the 29 of July, All passengers and flight crews must declare before Customs, At the entrance and exit of Ecuador, the Customs Registration Form – FROM, a setback for travel facilitation.

What until today was only necessary for travelers entering or leaving the country with more than $10.000 US dollars or the equivalent in another currency, will change from the end of July and will be mandatory for everyone, Even for pilots and cabin crew, Yes, just as they read it.

This was confirmed to me directly by SENAE in X:

Everyone must declare before Customs of Ecuador

As we can see, either exit or entrance, be crew or passenger, You must make a mandatory customs declaration, otherwise, You may be fined for failing to comply with the new regulation. Ecuador.

Definitely, a setback and even though this declaration is already digital from the 9 from December to 2024, It will be a new unnecessary procedure that, Thousands of passengers a day must be screened at airports in Quito, Guayaquil and Manta, generating additional delays for travelers, even more so when it will be a common denominator that many, Above foreigners, They will not have heard of the requirement and could, on a case-by-case basis, even potentially missing a flight, generating stress and a bad travel experience to our country that so badly needs more tourists and recover your connectivity.

Specific, everyone must fill out the form called FRA, regardless of the cash value they carry or bring and even now the assets must be valued as personal items and declared.

How to fill out the Customs Registration Form?

In theory, it's easy, But as we are Ecuador and we like to complicate things, We must first have an account, Imagine a Norwegian or a KLM pilot having to create an account, since there is no option to do it as a visitor:

1. Enter a https://www.aduana.gob.ec/servicio-al-ciudadano/formulario-de-registro-aduanero/.
2. Create an account with your passport or ID.
3. Select if your declaration is an entry or exit.
4. Select travel date and customs control point.
5. Complete your personal data.
6. Fill out your airline details, country of origin, destination and address.
7. Complete customs control questions.
8. Pon crear from.

Ready that's all, take close to 8 minutes and it depends on having all the data. It is worth indicating that when I try to create the FRAG, An error came out and I could not finish the process and if you want to correct, You have to fill out everything, terrible user experience and not to mention the horrible English translation of this form.