Ecuador.
How Ecuador sells residence for investors (golden visa): 1 residence programme, open today. Every number and rule below links to the document it comes from.
3 documents and articles behind this page, listed at the bottom.
Residence
Sells the right to live in the country (a “golden visa”), sometimes leading to citizenship later. Ecuador: 1 residence programme, open today; 91 numbers, 19 prices and rules. Every country's residence programmes
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Ecuador temporary residence visa as investor (visa de residencia temporal inversionista, Ley Orgánica de Movilidad Humana arts. 59-60)
Sells the right to live in the country (a “golden visa”), sometimes leading to citizenship later.
At least 100 unified basic wages in a bank deposit held at least 730 days, in registered property, or in shares of an Ecuadorian company (foreign ministry procedure page, 2026). The basic wage is reset every year, so the dollar value changes; not converted. The 2017 regulation had lower figures (70 wages for deposits and shares, 80 for property; t-1bd3144c9d, t-20147f2da0); the act that raised them to 100 is not stored. Two-year temporary residence. Fees excluded (US$50 application, US$270 visa).
Notes from the research
Two-year temporary residence for a foreigner who holds a bank deposit for at least 730 days, real estate, or shares in an Ecuadorian company, each worth at least 100 unified basic wages (salarios básicos unificados), or a contract with the State. Amounts in basic wages, not converted. Launched 2017-02-06: the Ley Orgánica de Movilidad Humana is in force on publication (Registro Oficial 938); the earlier Ley de Extranjería was not read. The portal publishes monthly 'Atenciones' for the procedure since 2019, not defined.
The line follows the official figure for each period.
Prices and rules
What is measured
- Procedure attentions (gob.ec 'Atenciones')91
What we know is missing
- No yearly figures at all for applications or people let in or money raised.
A gap means no figure is in our data: either it was never published or we haven't found or read it yet. Charts leave gaps open rather than drawing across them.
All the numbers we have for Ecuador
91 numbers about Ecuador's residence programmes. Pick a programme and what you want to see. Each dot is one number from one document; click anything to open its source.
What happened, and when
The 3 documents behind this page
- 2024-12 · GovernmentConcesión de visa de residencia temporal inversionista · Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Movilidad Humana (MREMH), Guía Oficial de Trámites y Servicios (gob.ec)
- 2018-04 · Law or regulationReglamento a la Ley Orgánica de Movilidad Humana (Decreto Ejecutivo 111, Registro Oficial Suplemento 55 de 10 de agosto de 2017), consolidated to 17 April 2018 · Presidencia de la República del Ecuador (Lexis Finder consolidation, hosted by FAOLEX)
- 2017-02 · Law or regulationRegistro Oficial Suplemento No. 938 (6 de febrero de 2017): Ley Orgánica de Movilidad Humana · Asamblea Nacional del Ecuador (Registro Oficial; copy hosted by FAOLEX)
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