Ecuador Publishes Names of Countries Now Mandated to Get Visa before Entering Country
- Ecuador's consulate in Washington D.C. published a full list of 46 countries whose nationals have to obtain a visa before visiting the country for tourism
- Applicants are required to pay a fee for document review and an additional fee if the visa was approved, with several documents including criminal background checks required
- An appointment was mandatory and additional documents such as proof of legal residence and bank statements were required
Ecuador published a list of 46 countries whose nationals are required to obtain a tourist visa before entering the South American nation, and a large number of African countries featured prominently on that list.
It outlined the visa requirements for foreign nationals who wished to visit Ecuador for tourism purposes, with work strictly prohibited under this category.
Source: UGC
The information was made available through the Ecuadorian Consulate in Washington D.C.
African and Asian countries on Ecuador's visa list
The full list of countries whose citizens required a visa to visit Ecuador included a significant number of African nations:
1. Angola
2. Albania
3. Bangladesh
4. Cameroon
5. Chad
6. Cuba
7. Egypt
8. Eritrea
9. Ethiopia
10. Philippines
11. Gambia
12. Ghana
13. Guinea
14. Guinea-Bissau
15. Kenya
16. India
17. Iraq
18. Iran
19. Kyrgyzstan
20. Libya
21. Mauritania
22. Nigeria
23. Pakistan
24. Nepal
25. Democratic Republic of Congo
26. Democratic People's Republic of Korea
27. Senegal
28. Sierra Leone
29. Syria
30. Sri Lanka
31. Somalia
32. Sudan
33. South Sudan
34. Venezuela
35. Vietnam
36. Yemen
37. Haiti
38. Republic of Congo
39. Mali
40. Côte d'Ivoire
41. Myanmar
42. Uzbekistan
43. Tajikistan
44. Afghanistan
Haitian nationals faced an additional requirement: they had to obtain a tourist registration as a step before visiting Ecuador, on top of the standard visa process.
What applicants need to apply
Those required to apply for the visa had to pay a non-refundable fee by money order for the review of their documents.
If the application was approved, an additional fee was required before the visa was issued. An appointment was mandatory, and applicants had to arrive prepared with a valid passport carrying at least six months of remaining validity.
Other required documents included a completed visa application form, available for download from the Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a recent passport photograph against a white background, proof of legal residence in the country from which the application was being made, and bank and credit card statements covering the last three months.
Criminal background checks were also required from the country of origin or any country where the applicant had lived in the past five years.
These records had to be apostilled and officially translated into Spanish, with the translation itself also requiring notarisation and apostille.
Nigeria releases categories of visa classes
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that Nigeria's Short Visit Visas allow travel for up to 90 days across various fields, including business, tourism, and academic exchanges.
The application pathways are strictly split between traditional embassy processing and a digital e-Visa platform.
Source: Legit.ng
