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Protocol for entering Ecuador from abroad

This is the approved protocol for admission to the Ecuador of national or international passengers from abroad starting the 1 June 2020.

ATTENTIONÓN:

From the 15 august 2020 entró en vigencia un nuevo protocolo de ingreso a Ecuador, que lo pueden revisar aquí:

New international entry protocol to Ecuador by vía aérea

 

Los vuelos comerciales regulares de pasajeros se reinician en Ecuador y con ello también, nuevos un nuevo protocolo sanitario para el ingreso al país, permanencia y salida del aislamiento preventivo obligatorio durante la vigente del estado de excepción:

  • Se solicitará a los viajeros el resultado negativo de una prueba PCR, realizada como máximo hasta 7 días antes del viaje. En caso de que en el país de origen no se pueda realizar la prueba de PCR, the passenger, al arribo al Ecuador se someterá a la prueba que la Autoridad Sanitaria determine. The passenger mustá aceptar esta condición antes de embarcarse.
  • Passengers dutyán fill out and sign, prior to disembarkation, the Traveler's File, what to beá entregada al personal de salud del MSP que a su arribo se encargará de la respectiva valoración métip.
  • Immediately afterés de llegar al Ecuador el viajero deberá cumplir con el APO, themselvesún los lineamientos operativos establecidos por la Autoridad Sanitaria, por un período de catorce (14) días. El conteo de los días de aislamiento preventivo obligatorio es a partir del ingreso al país (14 días 13 nights).
  • Todas las personas nacionales y extranjeras residentes que formen parte de los grupos de atención prioritaria realizarán el APO en domicilio. El personal del MSP se encargará de definir los grupos de atención prioritaria al momento del arribo.
  • Todas las personas nacionales y extranjeras residentes que no se encuentren dentro de los grupos de atención prioritaria que cuenten con una prueba PCR negativa realizarán su APO en domicilio.
  • Todas las personas nacionales y extranjeras residentes que no se encuentren dentro de los grupos de atención prioritaria y no cuenten con una prueba PCR negativa, accomplishán su APO en alojamientos temporales.
  • Las personas extranjeras no residentes realizarán su APO en alojamientos temporales.
  • People and family members who have contact with travelers upon arrival or while they are complying with the respective APO, dutyán también cumplir el APO.
  • The change of place of APO, for any circumstance, to beá solicitado documentadamente al PMU. The resolutionón respectiva se informará a los solicitantes y a las partes involucradas en el proceso.
  • En caso de violación del APO y de proporcionar información falsa en la Declaración del Viajero, los viajeros se sujetarán a las sanciones administrativas, civiles y penales que correspondan según lo establecido en la normativa vigente.
  • A partir del séoptimal día, la persona nacional o extranjera residente podrá solicitar realizarse la prueba PCR en los laboratorios acreditados por la ACESS (at on cost), if the result is negative, la persona podrá culminar el tiempo de aislamiento preventivo obligatorio en su domicilio. La persona interesada en optar por esta alternativa deberá enviar una solicitud al correo electrónico [email protected].
  • En todo el procedimiento se garantizará el ejercicio de los derechos de los ciudadanos sujetos a este protocolo.
  • Los PMU serán los encargados de coordinar las acciones con los diferentes actores y Coordinaciones Zonales de Salud para que este protocolo se aplique dentro de sus competencias, being these National PMU in Quito (todo el país) and PMU Guayaquil (Guayaquil).
  • The Ministry of Health Pública deberá notificar con 48 hours in advanceón al Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Púwar, para suspender vuelos directos o con escalas desde países específicos que mantengan un alto nivel de contagio.

 

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593 comentarios en “Protocolo para ingreso al Ecuador desde el extranjero

  1. Dear if I travel the 26 of January and return on 30 January I should still do an outbound pcr and a return one? I'm going to the United States

  2. Good afternoon dear Nicholas
    Can you tell me if there is a change in the COE where a PCR test of 72 hours to enter Ecuador and the same test that one takes when leaving that was worth 10 days?

  3. Maryuri MendozaMore

    Good afternoon, can someone please help me with a question?
    My boyfriend has a professional visa, he left the country in September, but he wants to come for Christmas to spend with my family. The question is, are they charging fines even though we are in a state of health emergency?.
    Please, if anyone knows about the subject, I would greatly appreciate it if you would write to me., I don't know why I can ask them for information since they don't answer

  4. a question Nicolas my granddaughter travels tomorrow Sunday 8 nov 2020 is a minor 7 years, She came to Spain for vacation and stayed because of the coronavirus and tomorrow she returns because her mother is in Guayaquil, tell me they will do the PCR because here in Spain we have not done it

  5. Nicolas, good morning, my girlfriend is an American citizen, she is over 90 days in the country when I return to the US they charge a penalty I want to know please

  6. Hello there. My grandmother of Venezuelan nationality residing in the United States is going to travel to Ecuador. Does anyone know if they require a tourist visa?? I understand that it is only for Venezuelans traveling from Venezuela but she travels from Miami and has a Green Card. Please if you have any information I would appreciate it a lot

  7. Good afternoon, I'm from. return to Ecuador on Saturday 10 October from NY. I have to take the test in Guayaquil or can I do it in Cuenca, which is my home

  8. Hello there, please if you can answer this question, I have dual Ecuadorian and American citizenship, My American passport expires next month and I don't have an Ecuadorian passport, just the ID but it's expired and I can't get a new passport since there are no appointments. They can deny me entry to Ecuador if I present my expired Ecuadorian ID?

  9. Hi, how are you? I'm Ecuadorian. I plan to travel to Ecuador on 9/4 2020 from New York and return in 3 days I would like to know of someone who has returned on these dates who was quarantined in New York and they have been quarantined or simply let them go please I would like to be sure of that before traveling

      1. Thank you very much I would like to know if someone returned these dates and nothing happened when they arrived at New Yorker from Ecuador

  10. good night Nicholas, We traveled to Ecuador on 27 August we were tested for sars cov2, It came out negative, that is what they are doing now in North Carolina., It helps us to enter the country .

  11. Hello, I had the test on Friday in August. 14 and I'm going on a trip in August 21 the exam says PCR I won't have any problem x I have to return in a week x work Thank you for your valuable collaboration

  12. I am an oncology patient. Breast cancer operated on a year and a half ago. I travel with my 2 minor children to remove the 22 of August. I was thinking of doing the blood test. But today I found out that they require the PCR. And the laboratories here are not available to do it in time. to bring me the result. What can you advise me?. I don't want to do the APO in a hotel. Why is the risk of contagion greater?. I hope you can guide me

  13. Hello there! my girlfriend is about to arrive 7 sept from colombia , if you bring the negative PCR test , Could I quarantine at my home?? They know what requirements must be presented in addition to the test result . It would be very helpful if you answer me and guide me . Thanks!

  14. Buenas tardes, a relative is going to travel from New York to Guayaquil on Friday 21 of August, if the test is done tomorrow friday 14 of August, it will be OK? I am concerned that it will be counted as 8 days.

  15. Excuse me, I took the test in July 25 but until august 6 they gave me the test,I can enter Ecuador with that result ? I am arriving in Ecuador on the day 12 What are they 7 days after they gave me my result ?

  16. Good morning, I am an Ecuadorian diabetic with residence in Barcelona, ​​Spain, I want to travel around 20 days for the month of September to Quito to see and be at home with my father when traveling from Barcelona with a negative PCR test when entering Quito Ecuador I can go and stay at home with my father and when I return I must take a PCR test to return to the place of residence Barcelona Spain??
    I would not like to stay in a hotel for fear of contagion

  17. Hello NICOLAS, I am traveling at the end of August from Spain to Guayaquil with my daughter from 3 years old she also needs the PCR test to do it or just me thanks

      1. Hello Nicolás, my question is, I am traveling to Ecuador from London with my 18-year-old son. 5 years they force us to quarantine in a hotel or I can do it at home since the Covid test here is only done for people who present symptoms.

  18. I am going to make a trip from Spain and my final destination is Guayaquil, which is where I have my home but I make a stopover in Quito, where they will carry out the entire admission protocol? in quito? Or they will let me get to Guayaquil and do my APO at my home ?

  19. Greetings, Just in case you know where a person with an immigrant visa can take the COVID test in the United States and what is its cost ?

  20. Gladys Campoverde

    My son took the Isopado test the day 5 August to travel the day 7 August to Guayaquil from Santiago de Chile, but Latam did not make the trip and looked for another airline and will be able to travel the 14 of August. I ask, is that result of the isopado still valid?? serian 8 days since li did….Or should you do another test??

  21. Greetings, Maybe someone knows of cases if a foreigner does not reside in Ecuador and with a negative PCR, has been able to leave the airport to do the APO at a relative's home in Quito.
    I have read that the MSP sometimes allows that, but the protocol says otherwise.
    I really appreciate your answer, I'm sorry if the question is repetitive.
    good night and take care.

  22. Alberto, for thoughts like yours is that we are as we are. You have to comply with the regulations. 14 days of APO as we all fulfill what we enter the country during the pandemic.

    1. Anita, You didn't understand anything I said. I'm not saying a thought. Estoy cuestionando la «nueva normalidad» para gente que llega por negocios o turismo. I complied with a negative PCR to arrive in Ecuador as the norm says, which seems correct to me that they request the test.

      1. The problem is that we do not have a voice before the COE and the authorities in the country so that each case is known and better detail is handled in the protocol.. The resolution is very general and, being so, causes disadvantages and complications for a group. Unfortunately we do not have that representation before the COE or the government of Ecuador so that they can review this resolution. With so many cases already, the resolution should be reviewed and improvements sought without stopping requesting the PCR, which is important, but it should have better options with a better analysis. Unfortunately this space is only informative and even lacks more information. If someone can raise all this from the chanceries of the countries where they come from so that it reaches the chancellery of Ecuador and somehow make our voice reach. It would be good if anyone who arrives with a negative PCR should arrive at the place they prefer and stay for as long as they need to be. Even people who travel from Ecuador to another country for a short time should use the PCR made in Ecuador as long as this PCR is within the 7 maximum days that are requested because it does not matter to do it here or to the country you are traveling while you have the 7 days that requests the resolution and so many things that can be improved in the general resolution set for international travelers.

  23. Hello there. I come to Ecuador for work, I have Ecuadorian citizenship. It doesn't make sense I arrive and they tell me APO 14 days with a negative test just performed. As I do? How does another person who comes business? Turismo? The virus is already everywhere. The world is moving forward with all the security and protocols. You can't stop everything like that.

  24. I travel with my son 5 of August 2020 with negative pcr test return the 11 from August to Ecuador son 7 ds would serve me this test since in the country of origin it takes time 8 ds delivery I have a disability card

  25. Good morning Nicholas, a question , I live in the USA, to leave Ecuador you also need the PCR test , Thank you very much for your time ?

  26. Graciela Rodriguez lostaunau

    Mr. Arenas, please, I am a Resident in Ecuador. I am stranded here in Peru for six months now. I came to visit an older sister. I want to buy a plane ticket or go by road. I will be able to cross the border to Ecuador. I am a resident of more than 45 I have my home for years there and my only son tell me please can I cross the border from here in Peru to Ecuador where I live. .I will appreciate it if you answer me I am an elderly person 75 I am diabetic, hypertensive and with thyroid gland. I urgently need to be with my son, who is the one who sees and cares for me.. answer me please thank you

  27. In September I have to go to the United States for a week, To board the flight I need a Covid test and to enter again the same test will work for me or do I have to take one in the United States?

      1. Thanks for the reply! One more thing, Just in case you know how many days or hours in advance the PCR test must be done to enter the country ?

  28. In case anyone finds it useful.

    I am a Spanish citizen (nonresident alien) and a few days ago I arrived at the airport to see a relative. In the form that is filled out before arriving, I indicated the address of my family member as the contact address.

    They asked me for the PCR test, I showed it and after seeing that it was negative, the person from the Ministry of Health filled out a form so that I could do the APO at my relative's home.

  29. Hello there, My concern is how to perform a COVID test here in the US where I live if they do not perform it on anyone who arrives with said symptoms of discomfort, In addition, the exam has a cost of $150 Dollars!! My trip is coming up 5 days to Guayaquil, I have taken ALL the necessary care measures and avoiding being as cautious as possible. What is the safety of my trip by not presenting a test that cannot be carried out here without presenting symptoms???
    I will not be able to travel, are they going to return me or what will happen???

      1. Thank you very much for answering my question.. One more thing, still having somewhere to go which is the home of my parents , I could do the isolation from home?

  30. I want to go to the USA for 15 days but when I come back I can't do APO for my work , If I bring my negative PCR test, the APO is still mandatory?

  31. I HAVE A NEPHEW OF 10 YEARS, who is an American citizen, She comes from the US with her mother, who is an American and Ecuadorian citizen., They have NEGATIVE PCR Test with date 31 of July. and they arrive on SUNDAY 02 of August. My niece must DO ISOLATION IN A HOTEL

  32. Buenas tardes. I travel to Ecuador the other week. In case you have to do the APO, one selects the hotel or the Ecuadorian authorities assign one?

  33. Nicolas, good afternoon, I am doing my APO in a hotel. I did the PCR test and it came out negative. My question is after I send the results to the PMU to continue my APO at home, how long does it take to receive my certificate or how many more days do I have to be at the hotel thank you

  34. Hello, I traveled to Ecuador, I traveled on 28 July I took the test on 15 and receive the results 22 It came out negative and so they sent me to a hotel saying that it's too soon that I did it. My question is if I have many days of this test because they don't send me to do a new test but rather they send me to a hotel to wait and the people from the airport No
    they explain well
    And they don't even give phone numbers
    Has anyone been through this before?
    you can help me

  35. Hello good,
    I think wrong information is being given. I travel the 5 from August to Guayaquil from Madrid and I am a non-resident foreigner after my partner in Ecuador found out by calling the Guayaquil airport we have learned that being a non-resident foreigner yes or if you have to support 14 days in authorized hotel, Even if you have a negative PCR, it doesn't matter if it's been 7 days or less, if or if non-resident aliens have to support 14 days because otherwise they have no control over whether these people support or not.

  36. My boyfriend comes from. east cuba 14 of August. He has to get tested before traveling. If in case it comes out negative, he can do the forty in my home? Thanks in advance for your reply.

  37. Hello Nicolás, a hug, I return from New York on 28 August to the equator through the Jose Joaquin de Olmedo airport, I am from Cuenca, I have the negative test. Should I quarantine in a hotel or in my home?. Very kind.

  38. Hello there, My boyfriend who lives with me in Europe is a non-resident foreigner and I plan to travel to Quito from Spain next week! I wanted to know if you can come and do the APO at my house with a negative PCR. Thank you very much

  39. Could you help me, my wife comes from Mexico to Guayaquil, she brings a covid test done there ... she would no longer need to take another test here in Guayquil

    1. Hello Cristian ,excuse me a question…What day will your wife travel from Mexico to Guayaquil?
      Or already entered Ecuador…
      Well, I am in the same condition of knowing if you can enter or have already entered any Mexican airline…
      I hope you can answer thanks

  40. Look, I have the trip from Spain to Ecuador for him 6 d August and I do not have the covid test 19 What would be the problems that could arise when entering Ecuador and I have low economic resources and I would not have how to pay for the hotel that I could
    do

  41. Good Morning ,Let me help you with the information regarding if you enter Ecuador without a PCR test but you are traveling with your children ,You want to know if you do the Apo in a hotel or at home,I inform you that you belong to the priority attention group, for which you will carry out the Apo at your home,but for your safety,look for the telephone number of the airport where you are going to arrive and they will know how to inform you exactly the doubts that you have for the entrance to Ecuador,Until last week what I informed you was being applied ,but since certain protocols tend to change, it is better that you make sure of what I told you. I hope this information helps you a lot .

  42. Excuse me again, so what can I do because the test is taking a long time to arrive, the previous one has not yet arrived and I did it last Monday, And is it true that if I travel with a minor I don't need the test because I travel with my daughter who has 15 years.. And if I do it again today, maybe it won't arrive in time, what can I do?

      1. I already went to that page and I can't find an answer ?How do I do it because lacquer is taking a long time to deliver the results 10 business days and they told me that if I travel with a minor I don't need the test but I don't know if that is TRUE

  43. Good morning, Nicolás, I would like you to help me with some information. I am going to travel to Ecuador the first week of August and I took the test on 20 of July but they have not yet delivered it to me because it takes a while 10 business days I travel from the USA I am a resident of this country and I am Ecuadorian by birth I would like to know how the test process is how many days it must be valid if it counts from the day I took it oh from the day they give it to me because here it is emaciated because many people are doing it and the laboratories are saturated I travel with my daughter unless she has 15 years.. My trip is due to an emergency. My mom is in very poor health. Tell me what I can do because the tests are taking a long time here., that's why he trusts me to do it with time, Thank you very much I await your answer

      1. The tests here are taking a long time to be delivered. What can I do? I travel the first week of August. What can I do if I take another test, maybe the results will not arrive on time and I feel frustrated and confused my account from the day I took it? For example, if I did it 20 of July and they deliver it to me on Tuesday 28 July has already passed 8 days that I did it and I travel the first week of August that one no longer works for me oh how is the situation I am very confused because I thought that when they delivered it to me it should be valid 7 days there my God what a complication ??Help me take off my doubts

  44. Do they count 7days from the day you took the PCR test or the day you received the result back? If we get the results back on Wednesday (July 29, 2020) and if travel following Saturday or Sunday would that be OK as far as requirement of accepting PCR test results?

  45. Hello there ! Good day, I have a plan to make a trip to Ecuador in August.. It is still necessary to do the pcr and the 14 days of stay in their country and when you leave their country again they are asked for the pcr test again to be able to leave their country ?

  46. Excuse me, I have a concern. I need to travel from 7 al 9 August if I wear the
    Proof that it is negative I can go to my mother's house without any problem. And this test must be apostilled or something like that?

  47. Hello there, my boyfriend plans to come for a week with a negative covid test, he is a non-resident alien.
    have to stay in a hotel, I can stay with him? If I can stay with being in preventive isolation, it means that we cannot leave the room? I ask because I'm pregnant and I wanted to know if I could do my photo session while I was here or have an echo…
    I understand that he can leave whenever, On the contrary, I have to make the change of place to do the preventive isolation?

  48. Magdiel Saavedra

    Good evening Nicolás I would like to know if you are giving visas to Venezuelans , I have my daughters there and I'm stranded in Bogotá

  49. Good night I want to travel around 4 days to the United States if I take the PCR test here in Ecuador it helps me to return? And if the test comes out negative I have to do the isolation of 14 days ? What happens if I leave the house before that time??

  50. Good morning, I am Peruvian and I have my ticket booked to get to Ecuador Quito and I took the test on Wednesday in the United States and they tell me that the results arrive at 72 hrs and they tell me that they will send me to my email and my grandfather leaves tomorrow how can I travel? Can you confirm my message?

  51. Good morning I am Colombian I am not a resident I want to go for a walk in Ecuador in August and I am in Spain if I can enter the country thank you who can help me

  52. Buenas tardes.
    I appreciate your help with the following.
    We must go to Quito for a very short period of time to sign documents that can be signed at home while the APO is done with the PCR test
    Do you know if it is possible to leave the APO before the 14 days to be able to take a return flight?
    Slds

  53. Armando Enrique Santa Cruz Cataldo

    I want to travel at the end of September for 30 days to Ecuador with my negative pcr.. I must quarantine and where??

  54. I also had that doubt. I asked and the process was not clear. ends put 14 dias requeridos y me auto-declare «libre» en el dia 15. No one ever called or visited us but we did deliver as promised.

  55. Hi Nicolas!I am a German girl and I have a valid negative Cov-sars19 PCR test from Germany from 15 of July.
    The MSP people at the airport told me that I can do the isolation with this valid test also at home!Immigration has told me that I have to go to a hostel…I have organized a hostel from Germany and now I am in this hostel. The manager has told me,que tiene que decir a los «oficiales»,if I leave the hostel.
    Now with the information from MSP I wanted to continue my isolation at my boyfriend's house on the coast ( can i go with a pass).
    can you maybe help me?I don't want to have problems if I leave the hostel? As a non-resident foreigner, can I support myself at home before being 7 days in this hostel???
    All the data on the internet are from May,something hasn't changed??
    Thanks

      1. But because immigration has told me otherwise? And because the manager says that problems could result…?
        I understood in the protocol that only foreign residents can do it at home…
        sorry for so many questions…

          1. Excuse the question, my husband travels on Monday for no more than a week, but he already took the covi test and it is negative, that is, he can do the home quarantine

  56. Good afternoon my boss leaves tomorrow he doesn't meet the 14 solo days 4 but your PCR test is negative, you did your Apo in an independent department, need to write to PMU for some certificate

  57. My brother came from the United States, they didn't make him sign anything, they took him to a hotel to stay the 7 days he wanted to change the hotel he wrote to that email they never answered him now the test was done it came out negative he sent the email and they don't answer him to leave that hotel so who should he talk to about all this.

  58. Daniela Gonzalez

    Good afternoon, my parents and brother are of Ecuadorian nationality., They reside in Peru and want to come to Ecuador by land in the next few days. My question is if they will have problems when entering Ecuador, are they allowed or not? I thank you in advance

  59. Nicolás, good morning, I have a question, a non-resident foreigner without a PCR test, doing the apo in a hotel of those indicated by 14 days you have to do the PCR test from the 7 days And continue my quarantine at my home is this true or not thank you

  60. good night Nicholas, i'm totally confused, I had asked him before about the quarantine, that if it was or connection to stay the 14 days in Ecuador, and you said that it was not an obligation, that I could leave any day before 14 days!! So I just read that this girl arrived in Ecuador on Thursday and is coming back on Tuesday, bone 5 days only stays, but there it says that you need a permit to leave Ecuador, please be so kind to explain , Thank you very much for your time ?

      1. Nicholas, a relative of mine just went to the USA, after having been 4 days in GYE, and at the airport they told him that it was an obligation for him to stay 14 days. Is there somewhere we can find writing that it is not an obligation? to be able to print that part of the regulation.

  61. good night nicholas
    My wife and children live in Ecuador, I'm Chilean, I want to travel to see them if I go with a negative pcr, I still have to quarantine in a hotel.
    Greetings

      1. Nicolas, In other words, non-resident foreigners with a negative PCR can also do APO at the home of their relatives or friends.? Thanks

  62. good morning Nicholas, I had to change the day of the flight , why the results are not
    they arrived on time, So I had to do another PCR test, to be able to travel to Ecuador , but this time I also changed the date of the stay, because i just need to go is for a few days , So I have seen that people ask that they do not have to stay 14 mandatory days of quarantine in Ecuador, In other words, I can return to the USA in 9 days!! Could you confirm this please? !! Many cry for your time

  63. Maria Isabel Cardenas

    A question: Is there a way for a person who travels with a negative PCR test and does their APO at home, can get out and circulate before 14 days? Maybe do another PCR? In other words, some way of not having to perform the 14 days… because the person has to drive, work immediately.

  64. Buenas tardes, I am an American Citizen and on Thursday (16/07/2020) in the morning between I arrived in the city of Guayaquil from NY with the negative PCR, They sent me to quarantine at home. My reason for traveling is to take my mother-in-law (69 year old) who is a resident of the United States and who was unable to return in March due to the covid. My flight back to NY is on Tuesday. (21/07/2020), I told them at immigration and they told me that I must have an exit permit from the PMU. Yesterday I already sent an email to [email protected] and I have not had any answer. He thinks I'll have trouble going out without that permission if I don't get any response from the pum?
    Thank you for your answers.

  65. Hello, today I was supposedly traveling but they send me the results, it says through an app I took another test and they gave me the results today, is this valid?

  66. I understand one more question, I spoke to someone from the Guayaquil Airport and they told me that if I took the PCR test from abroad and you have not received the results, they will send you to the hotel until your results arrive and when you receive it, you will send it to an email and then you can make your APO at your address help me with this thanks.

  67. Edhisson Pazmino

    Good morning Nicholas, I am traveling in August to Ecuador from New York for something important to do the PCR test, the results are taking more than 14 days to have the results in which you can help me and also the blood test cannot help to enter the country.

  68. Good evening, I wanted to know if it is also mandatory for minors to present the PCR test when entering Ecuador, We travel from the USA. I thank you in advance for your answer.

  69. Nicolas, good evening, my girlfriend is a non-resident foreigner, she was detained at the Guayaquil airport because she did not have enough days to be in Ecuador, she was missing 6 days to be able to enter without problem my question is the following can she return to Ecuador after the 6 days and enter without problems thanks

  70. Hello there,maybe someone, who have already entered Ecuador from Mexico
    I'd like ,to know if any flight has already entered Ecuador in this month of July from Mexico

  71. Maria Isabel Cardenas

    A question: Is there a way for a person who travels with a negative PCR test and does their APO at home, can get out and circulate before 14 days? Maybe do another PCR? In other words, some way of not having to perform the 14 days… because the person has to work immediately.

  72. good day… I travel the 28 of July I can take the test today 16…… They accept the test that I have 11 days of done… since I want to do it now in case it takes time to deliver the results….
    I will be grateful

  73. Hi Nicolas, I am traveling next Monday to Ecuador from London. I took the test this Monday that happened (13/07/2020) And how do I travel the following Monday? (20/07/2020) are the precise 7 days and I just received the results (negative) that means that without problem I can be received and do my APO at my home, it is not like that?

    KARL

  74. Good evening, I'm traveling on Sunday from Fort Lauderdale to Quito, but I'm still on ground transportation to Colombia, what do I have to do there because I don't have the proof, I just bought the ticket on Monday, thank you for your response.

  75. Hi, good afternoon. Yes, I get the result on Sunday. 26(that would be my day to go to the United States) and I return the other Sunday 2 of August. If I take the negative test back, I can present it? Complies with the validity of the 7 days?

  76. I arrived from Argentina ago 12 days, How do I know when they come to my house??, I don't have my cell phone contact. I have a negative PCR test. I just have to wait or am notified of some specification before the test?
    Thanks

  77. good night Nicholas, my son comes from the United States to Guayaquil and will stay 30 days, if you bring the PCR test that was performed there 7 days before, You can go directly to your home and stay there 14 days?
    Thank you very much for your reply

  78. good evening Mr Nicolas
    I have a question when you say the test should have 7 days before the trip What does it mean? 7 days counting from the test was done or 7 days counting from the date you received the result?
    Example my mom travels the 24 July from OrlandoFl to Quito Ecuador the test was done on 3 of July but today the 10 The negative results came back Thank God then she would have to take another test? so that the time of the exam and the result obtained are valid?
    Thank you so much

  79. Good morning Nicholas,
    A relative travels from the United States to Guayaquil. He enters the day 17 of July and has a return ticket on 21 of July. He is Ecuadorian. Considering the COE says that it is necessary to do 14 APO days in the country. Namely, He cannot leave Ecuador until after 14 days? Or you enter with PCR Negative, he has no problem going out again 4 days?

    1. Hello Humberto, I have the same doubt , a relative of mine came for 4 days and at the time of return they wanted to make a problem for not staying 14 days. As it went to you?

  80. Good morning my mom must travel for the 7 August from Orlando Fl to Quito Ecuador here in Orlando the tests are being done but the result arrives in 2 weeks if the test carried out is needed to enter Ecuador 7 days before the trip then what should we do? I would appreciate if you answer

  81. I travel to Ecuador for 7 days. According to the statement, theoretically I have to stay 14 obligatory days in the country? I am a resident of the United States.

  82. Hello there
    I need help with a contact number to know what I have to do if my boyfriend arrives from France at the end of July to quarantine me at home, since it only remains for 3 weeks and it doesn't make sense 2 I spent them locked up alone in a hotel.
    Urgent! and thank you very much!

  83. Good evening. People who arrive from international flights to Guayaquil on Sundays that it is forbidden to circulate in other cantons, the evidence of the flight is enough to be able to mobilize or you have to follow another type of protocol?

  84. Hi Nicolas, I travel to Miami on 24 and return the 26 of July. If I take a PCR or rapid test in Ecuador (EJ: 22 of July) it works for my return? My question is about the short stay in the USA.
    Thanks.

    1. I tell him that I also travel 3 days and if they accepted the PCR test from Ecuador because in the USA they do not give it in 3 days and the exam is within 7 days that the law indicates, the ministry staff accepted it
      Nicolás it would be important that you be our voice before the COE and help those of us who travel a few days for personal or work emergencies, even more so because the airlines do not have all the dates to travel
      Be our voice and help us because the law is super general and perhaps these exceptions can help us and be clearer for everyone.
      Please be our voice

        1. Dear Nicolás, could you please tell me if there is any new provision on the PCR test for those of us who travel for a few days but within 7 days established by the protocol? Are you aware of any provision of the ministry?? Thanks for your time

  85. Jose Oswaldo hails Lopez

    Buenas tardes, please help me with the following information: next day thursday 30 from July to 01:00 hours my son of Ecuadorian nationality and his wife of Australian nationality from Australia arrive in Ecuador through the Mariscal Sucre airport, We live in Ambato and I would like to know if you can comply with the quarantine at our home in Ambato, What would it take to do it?? or they should definitely quarantine in a hotel in Quito authorized for this purpose, Thank you for your time

      1. Jose Oswaldo hails Lopez

        Thanks for the info, I would like to know if with these negative PCR tests they will be able to move to Ambato or if any additional documents are required to do so

  86. Good Morning. I will travel end of July. I am Ecuadorian. Here in Spain, to do a PCR, a public health doctor has to give authorization. And for travel they do not give. I have to be sick for one to be performed, either private or by the state. What can I do if the time for the trip is shortened??

  87. good night Nicholas, Excuse me, I saw a website about the restrictions to travel to Ecuador and it says that the test is needed no more than 72 hours before the trip , could you confirm this for me?, and because this person on this web site says what it must be 72 hours that would come to be alone 3 test days, and he also says that you helped me if I can quarantine at my family's house, because that will not be quarantine because you will see more people there with me!! Could you help me with this information?, me this friday 10 July I was thinking of going to take the test because I traveled on 17 But reading this other information, I don't know what to do anymore? What do you recommend?, I cancel the flight ? Because they already changed it once, this time i would lose the money, please give me this, thank you very much again ?

  88. Good evening, I am going to travel to Ecuador from Ecuador on 15 July from News York I'm from Manabi and I'm going with my baby from 6 months and my husband who is from Colombia, we take the test, If it comes out negative, I'm sure that yes, because we take great care of ourselves., I would still have to quarantine,

  89. Good afternoon Nicolás, so to leave the country you have to do another test? In other words, one arriving that is negative and another before leaving Ecuador ? Please warm me up on this, Thanks a lot

  90. if I arrive on Saturday 4 July at 11:55 when I have to request the exam that is done on the 7th day I have to do it on 11 or the 12??

  91. I leave Italy in October to enjoy my vacation from work, I go to Ecuador 15 days that I have to do are my vacations I have to go for a walk to eat the typical dishes of my country and they tell me that I have to be 15 days locked up in my house if I take the aka covid test and it comes out negative then because I have to get there and be locked up I don't understand that protocol can you tell me if I can travel or not so I'll go elsewhere..

  92. Good afternoon Nicolás Larenas,
    A related question. The person who is about to finish the APO (who entered the country with a negative PCR test and doing the APO at home) , you should contact an institution (MSP?) to obtain a certificate of completion of the APO? Could you tell us if there is any procedure for this or if it is not necessary?, pass the 14 days and finished? Thanks.
    Anita March

      1. Reading the protocol again, entiendo que si quiero terminar la cuanrentena «antes» de los 14 days I must do a test in an official laboratory. I mean that I'm going to fulfill the 14 days, at the end of my 14 days at my home, I have to contact someone? That's my doubt, Thank you Nicolas for addressing so many concerns.
        Anita March

  93. Good morning, where can you report the change of address of the Apo or what number can I contact to give me information?
    Thank you very much

    1. Hello, look, I'm traveling to Ecuador on 6 d August but I am trying to take the test but I was not able to take it what would happen if I arrived like this in Ecuador what would be the problems

  94. good night Nicholas, Could you give me an example of 7 days they have to have the test before the trip!! For example, if you take the exam on the day 10 and the journey is 17 that is 8 days or seven ? Bone they count from the 10 al 17 then they would be 8 days? And so the test is no longer useful! Can you please clear this up!!

  95. good afternoon I ask. I have tests that I was positive in April, In May I had another one and it came out negative, I live in the US and I need to go urgently for 14 days to my town Macara-Loja I am going to do another test before going for sure it comes out negative, I mean I have to go to be in 14 days locked up and return without being able to go out to any other city. Those laws seem illogical to me, I have all the tests. please confirm me. thank you very much nicholas

  96. Marcia Gonzalez

    Buenas tardes. a question please: In the case of a person of Ecuadorian American nationality who is going to return from the United States to Ecuador on a date 23 of July; and the covid test was carried out today; Said certificate will still be valid to present on the date that it is your turn to travel? thanks for your help.

  97. Hello, good afternoon, We live in Madrid, my daughter of 12 years he travels 13 from july to guayaquil, but he travels with a stewardess. They tell me that minors are not asked for the PCR test. It's true?

  98. Hello there, I want to travel to Ecuador 1 of August, I live in the UK but I'm Ecuadorian…I will take the Covid-19 test here and I will bring that document, I will be alone 15 days in Ecuador … I would like to know if it is safe to quarantine in my house in Ecuador ?? I hope that by then the laws have changed.… Thanks

  99. Grace Rodriguez

    I am a resident of more than 45 years in Ecuador I came to Peru to visit fam. And they closed the borders, I couldn't take a flight anymore, I came by Avianca
    And now I want to return to my place of residence waiting for a long time there are no flights when there will be from here to Peru Ecuador please tell me

  100. Greetings upon arrival in Ecuador with the negative pcr test. Can I travel to my home and how do I get safe conduct for my parents who come to pick me up if I live in Santa Elena?

  101. Hello there, I travel to Ecuador with my daughters and my husband the 2 of August… I'll stay 23 days, I will take the pcr test of the 4 my questions are:
    We can go directly to my family's house to do the 14 quarantine days?

    At the Ecuador airport they tell us that the test has to be done in Spain in a center that is valid in Ecuador…Which are the centers of Barcelona that are valid in Ecuador to do the test? Thanks in advance

  102. I would like to ask, my partner is going to return to Ecuador at the end of July, he is a non-resident argentinian (last year he was a resident), it comes with about negative PCR, You can pass your APO at our address?

  103. Hi Nicolas!
    thanks for the post…
    I want to travel on a humanitarian flight from Bogotá to Quito, but I live in Guayaquil. What do I need to be able to make the national connection to Guayaquil immediately after arriving in Quito??
    Thanks!

  104. I have managed to take the test but the rapid test since it is the one they give in 1 hour , That test is valid to be able to enter or just pcr

  105. I did everything possible to get the results but I did not get it, I travel with an older person 65 years, what is the procedure? The person goes to their home and I would stay in an APO or, being part of that group, I can also go to their home?

    1. Hello Nicolás, my name is hipatia. I am going to travel to Ecuador in October. I took the PCR test and it was negative. I live with my mother and my son. 5 years the question is my mother has 48 She is diabetic, hypertensive, she belongs to the priority group because it is a high-risk disease for covid19. We arrived in Quito at night and we have to travel to Santo Domingo. My mother and son are also traveling with me. Please answer. Thank you.

  106. Good Morning , I travel to Ecuador with my two minor children. I am Spanish and live in Ecuador. My children have dual nationality. . Due to time, I can't take the tests. , When going with minors, the isolation would be done at my home ??

  107. hello everyone. My boyfriend is a non-resident alien and he is coming to the country next week. (July 10). I called the airport in Gye this Monday. 29 of June, and two people answered me the same: that last week they had the case of an engaged couple: the ecuadorian and the mexican girl. Both with negative PCR. The MSP did not make a problem but immigration did not allow her to leave with her boyfriend and the two are quarantining at the hotel. According to what I talked to the two people who attended me, if there was a period between 2 a 3 weeks in which non-resident aliens were allowed, leave the airport only with a negative PCR. But, they have retaken the controls and unless you are married, the foreigner cannot stay in your residence. A fine, I communicate this without the intention of being alarmist since we know that in our country they set the rules and do not usually do the respective follow-up and every two weeks they change everything that is provided. But, I have a reservation made at a hotel in Gye, just in case, and it is my healthy suggestion for everyone, so that they can look for a hotel/hostel approved by the COE in advance, that fits your budget. This would be your backup.

    1. Maria Fernanda! Thank you very much for this valuable information.. Could you write to my cell 0958883406 to ask you some questions please!!

    2. Hello Maria Fernanda
      Your boyfriend managed to arrive and isolate you at home? or how they did? You would help me a lot with your information!
      Thanks

  108. I did the PCR test in the US and my trip is tomorrow to ECUADOR and I still don't have the results. What I can do, The test could be performed in any laboratory? o no?

    1. I asked the NY consulate and they gave me an address where I went, I have the same problem, I travel on Sunday and the laboratory announces delays with the tests, that I was to receive mine today. And tomorrow 4 July is a holiday.

  109. milene zevallos

    Hello there! good night Nicholas.
    My American boyfriend wants to come visit me., he is a non-resident foreigner. He comes with negative PCR, and they do a quick test in the gye ato and it comes out negative…. You can come to stay to isolate at my home? It should be noted that he does not come to do tourism.

      1. milene zevallos

        Thank you very much for the reply. Then something changed from what it says on the news? Because everywhere they say that non-resident foreigners must do APO in hotels. please confirm that. Thanks

      2. Good morning, Nicolás, do you know if the same PCR requirement will continue in August for those of us who travel outside of Ecuador because I have a new trip alone? 5 days

          1. I tell him that I travel the 27 August Thursday night I arrive in Florida on 28 and return the 31 August I will have to do the PCR here in Ecuador one day before traveling to the USA so that it is within the 7 days because in the United States in a short time and worse on a weekend they do not do it to be able to do the APO at my home as you recommended on my trip in June, true?

  110. Buenas tardes,I travel the 1 August Mexico Quito-Ecuador mi,question is if the airline aeromexico can already enter
    I understand that the airline Interjet can now enter Ecuador
    But there is no information from aeromexico
    please answer my question
    Thanks .

  111. Hello, good morning, I am Spanish and a non-resident. My partner has been there for almost a year. I have had my PCR test negative. Can I isolate myself at my partner's house??came the day 7 July .thank you

    1. Hello Jose Luis, You were able to isolate at your partner's house? It's that my boyfriend also wants to come from Europe and I would like him to stay at my house, not in a hotel.
      Your information would be very useful to me.. Thanks!!

  112. Hello Nicolas my son is coming the day 8 July and arrives 9 July at one in the morning, the tests in New York take seven days to deliver, it has to be done tomorrow 2 of July so that they deliver the 8 of July, my questions are:
    1 You would have no problem entering the country and quarantine at home because your entry is the 9 July at dawn.
    2 I could withdraw it if the PCR test is negative.
    Thanks for the info

  113. Michele Brentini

    Good morning
    First of all, thanks to the people who answer here very competently.

    My questions:
    1.) If I come in with a negative test, I go to my house to spend there the 14 days, where they take the second test to leave home after seven days? Well, I'm not allowed to go out to take the test. A professional will come to my house? How do I get it?
    2.) being in my house, How will you control that I do not leave during the scheduled days??

    Thanks for your reply.

    carefully
    Michele Brentini

  114. A question, I have 15 years old and I'm going to travel alone on Monday 6 from July to Ecuador and I don't have a covid test. They put me in a hotel or send me home?

  115. Good evening, I am traveling with my family to Fort Lauderdale on 7 of July and we return on 15 of July, son 8 days, The PCR test is useful for me to take it here in Ecuador since I would have 8 days to my arrival here to Guayaquil, to insulate my home.

  116. dear
    I came the day 19 had a test with 4 days expired they told me I had to go to a hotel
    and that the day 8 take the test I already took the test and yesterday they gave me the result I sent the email to let me go home and until now I have not had an answer you are going to pay me the day I have in the hotel because for things without meaning I am retained the test is negative it seems to me a fault of you not to be quick in your process fools

  117. Hello there! Do you know if the protocol for non-resident foreigners has changed?? I know that the rule says that they must do the APO in temporary accommodation but I know of many cases that presenting the negative PCR have allowed them to quarantine with relatives.

  118. My sister and I will travel in August, but we don't have the resources to stay in a hotel doing the quarantine, we could do it at our home which is in Loja and having the negative test?
    Thanks

  119. Hi Nicolás, I have a family member who comes from the US and can only stay 5 days, comes with negative psr test, I understand that you can perform the APO at my home, I have 2 questions 1. I can go pick it up from the airport and take it to my home without problem, and 2 if you can return to the US at 5 days, without completing the 14 APO days

  120. Buenas tardes. The 06 July 2020 My wife and my two children traveled from Germany to Quito. 8 and 10 years (we are ecuadorians) Here they do not do the PCR test if you do not show symptoms, So my question is if I should quarantine at home or in a hotel. Thanks

  121. Good afternoon, Nicolás, I will travel from Madrid to Ecuador in October. What happens is that my address is in the city of Loja. If I go with a negative PCR, I could travel to the city of Loja to fulfill the support there in Loja.?

  122. If the traveler fails to comply and leaves the house that he informed that it would be his forty domicile, there are sanctions for the owners of the house ? Since the traveler is the one who fails to comply when leaving home

  123. good night nicholas, I have my niece who comes from the United States and has the PCR test, arrives at 22:00 Monday of next week, The problem is that I am from Cuenca and I have to travel to Guayaquil, How do I do with the safe conduct because I am also going with my brother to receive my niece, or what would be the alternative, Thanks for the attention

  124. Hello, good afternoon. Do you know if there is any extension of humanitarian visas for those who are outside of Ecuador?? I know they had given 30 days ago more than a month but I don't know if there is any update

  125. Hello, I qualify in the risk groups because my minor children go with me. , but I can't get a covid test for me or them , then the test would be done at the ecuador airport ? , And where would I do the isolation in my house or in a hotel?

  126. Hello good evening
    I would like information ,buy a ticket from Mexico to Ecuador for the day 20 of July but they just canceled my ticket!!why ,according to the airline no, there is an entry permit for aeromexico in Ecuador, I would like some information about the above

  127. Good morning Nicolas Larenas,
    Do you know if there is any recent change to the protocol for entering Ecuador from the United States?? our journey is drawing near, I have all the points very clear in this publication, we just want to be well prepared.
    Thanks, have a great day.
    Anita March

  128. Good Morning, my question is, if I travel from Spain to Guayaquil with my wife and my two minor children but I do not carry the PCR test, I have to do the Apo at home or in a hotel,The question I have is whether my children are considered in the priority attention group or not?I await your comment thank you.

  129. Good evening, do you know if there are restrictions in the United States for us Ecuadorians who arrive there who are not resident citizens?

    1. Goodnight.. My flight comes from Madrid on 15 of July.. I have 65 years.. the PCR test is done only to people with symptoms.. my destination is Quito.. I can do the APO at home?? Gracias..

      1. Hello greetings. They already do the test without private medical reports. On day one I take the test in Alacala de Henares, it costs €140 and if it goes well, I buy a flight ticket to Quito. Ask at the laboratories that make it.. Well, since the state of alarm was lifted, it is no longer mandatory to report a greeting

  130. I have the trip scheduled for him 10 July from Orlando, Fl a Quito, Ecuador, how many days before should I have the test result to be able to travel??

  131. good day. my son comes from the UK on 10 July in case a PCR test is done. and that this of course is Negative. when doing APO at home. Only he has to do the isolation or all the family members.

  132. Thank you very much for the information.
    It will help you to know that if a traveler has a negative covid19 certificate issued abroad, they are not in quarantine.

  133. Marcelo Morales

    My daughter in law who is American, Ecuadorian non-resident, comes to Ecuador for an operation, must keep the quarantine? if she comes only for 8 days you will not have time to do the quarantine. Your comments are valuable.

  134. Hello, good morning, I want to travel to Ecuador from Spain, what is the requirement that they ask me not to quarantine in Guayaquil, I travel to Portoviejo, Manabi, for quarantine, I could do it in my residence house, I go for health reasons, illness of a daughter and I am accompanied by another daughter who travels with me and of legal age I thank you in advance for your answer thank you

  135. My wife is about to return in August, she comes from New York, she comes with a negative pcr test, she must perform the apo in our house??

  136. Could you inform me if an Ecuadorian person residing in the Austro, that arrives from Spain at the end of July to Quito, You can buy an air ticket from Quito to Cuenca, or necessarily have to do the APO in the Capital of the Republic?

  137. My boyfriend came every month but with the pandemic he couldn't due to the closure of the airports. He is going to take the test. He lives in Florida, Cape Coral, but my concern is that he can come to our house if it comes out negative or he still has to stay in a hotel it is urgent to know could you help me in advance thank you very much

  138. About this… so that a foreigner can be in isolation in the home of someone who receives him here in Quito, You would only have to indicate the exact address, TRUE? (Obviously with the negative test)

  139. Hi Nicolás, I'm going to Quito on 10 July from Orlando United States I need to take a test or when I get to the equator they do it there? If necessary I would have to do it 72 hours before the 7 days before the trip?

  140. Good afternoon Nicholas.
    My girlfriend is a foreigner from the US. And he has his flight for him 7 of July. My question is if she can spend her preventive isolation at my house and should I wait for her outside the airport and not inside, right??

    1. Hi Yoder
      Your girlfriend managed to isolate your house? It's that my boyfriend wants to come from Europe but to do isolation in my house and not in a hotel.
      you would help me a lot with information! Thanks

  141. Hello there, the proofs have to have some stamp or something? I would do it in a private laboratory. I thought that we would do it to my husband and my son 11 years, but my baby's 5 months I could not do it? It is that it is very small…

    1. Hello Adriana, no, You only need it to be from a laboratory and to say that it is negative. about your baby, I don't have that data, maybe the laboratory can confirm if it can be done or not.

  142. Hi Nicolas. I am coming to GYE day Thursday from MIA. I have done the PCR test and waiting for the result. I have dual Ecuadorian/New Zealand nationality but reside in the Galapagos Islands. A new test is coordinated for Friday at GYE, and with that I can buy my return ticket to the islands. My question is, should I find accommodation at GYE or are they going to put me in an assigned hotel??

  143. Hi good day, I would like information ,I travel the 20 July Mexico-Quito Ecuador I will take the PCR test carried out
    Whether it's ,the negative result
    Does the isolation, it would be at my home ?
    O, in a hotel !! As I reiterate if I bring the results of the PCR.

      1. In a hotel ! with negative test, of the PCR
        He would be, the most logical quarantine in my home .
        Well, the test also has a cost

  144. Until what date is quarantine no longer done?? July? Or when they remove the quarantine of the 14 days upon arrival in Ecuador?

  145. Hi Nicolas, I must travel in July for 4 days to FLL, How would the PCR procedure be applied in this case? ? Since it would not meet the 7 days as indicated by the COE, It is possible to make me valid with a test carried out in Ecuador Before traveling and then re-enter?

  146. Buenas tardes ,I need to travel to Ecuador 23 July with my wife and my two youngest children,The problem is that in Spain the PCR test may not be able to be obtained,the age of my children is; the one of 13 and my daughter of 11 years,they are considered a priority attention group? So where do I have to do the APO in Guayaquil in a hotel or can I go to my home in another province to do the APO? , clear me that doubt please,Thank you

  147. Hi Nicolas, i have these questions.
    For domestic flights, From Quito to Guayaquil I must do the PCR test or rapid test? and perform the APO at a home? Even if the test is negative. Thank you very much

    1. Greetings, I have a question. A friend wants to travel to Ecuador for the first time and he brings his negative test., In those circumstances, you still have to do the isolation.. I want to know that since it will only be 7 days as a tourist. Thanks

  148. I am with a situation of my APO, we performed the PCR test on the 6th day, which came out negative, However, they do not want to allow us to leave the current APO to end up in the home APO, However, What solution or with whom do you recommend that I discuss the issue?

  149. Hello there,
    I just wanted to inform you that I arrived in Quito yesterday and they let me go home without a problem.. I am a foreigner and I have taken the negative covid test that I did 7 days before arriving. Good luck in all your travels..

    1. Hi Brittany,
      Did you present something else at the airport or only with the Negative covid test did they let you out?

    2. Where did you travel from to Quito?? Where did you take the test?? How much did it cost? When you arrived if they asked you about the test or nothing?

    3. Brittany, You are not Ecuadorian, are you?? They asked you the address of the address you would go to? There was no problem that you are a foreigner and do not go to a hotel?

      Thanks!

    4. Brittany how could you do it? where did you come from? You would help me a lot with your answer was to know if my boyfriend can do the same.

  150. Juan Carlos Castro

    Good evening. A family member must bring work equipment from the USA, and likewise remove others here to take them to be repaired, he is ecuadorian, US resident, but he would not be more than 72 hours in Ecuador, and would return to the USA, how to proceed in that case?? what would be the time of your APO, understanding that you present your negative PCR test, and must travel again almost immediately. Thanks.

      1. Juan Carlos Castro

        Ok, Thanks a lot, but I would only do it for the time that I would be inside the country (72 hours)? It is not mandatory to pass the 14 days in Ecuador to just there look to leave??

  151. Hello there, I travel to Ecuador from Miami on 29.. but the proof is given to me in 7 working days.. I would have to do it on Friday 19 so that they give it to me on time.. tell me if it works for me xfa. Thanks

  152. I am pregnant and traveling with my two youngest children and my mother my question is ? We have to do the pcr test or not … Due to my state and my children, I don't know if I quarantine at home.. Help me

  153. Edhisson Pazmino

    Good morning, I am traveling to Ecuador in August alone for 9 days if I come out negative in the exam I can go to my house that I have there and if I come out positive what will happen I will not stay for a long time the rules to enter the will change?

  154. Hi Nicolas! He passed through here again because the Guayaquil airport has his CM answering the queries and he indicates to more than one that if the citizen has a negative PCR but is a foreigner, you definitely have to do APO in temporary accommodation because the COE indicates so. Can you help me with this query?? This citizen has to present a letter indicating the address where he is going to stay in quarantine, Data of the person, etc? I read in a comment that a foreign friend of yours from the USA is quarantining in a house without problem.

  155. How can I know that indeed a person will be able to fly from Spain on the day 19 of July? Flights from Spain, They are already entering Ecuador?

      1. Ok, perfect. Thank you very much!

        Another question… if this person comes 10 days for work reasons. what would be the procedure? Because from what I understand they are mandatory 14 days of isolation but, Do you think this issue will be made more flexible in July?? because otherwise, your trip would be totally useless….

      2. Hello Nicolás, sorry for writing to you, look, I have a flight on 20 It happens in July that the agency did not tell me that I had to take the PCR test. It is possible that I can travel without these tests. Please, I await your response.

  156. Hi, I'm from Spain. I have my trip to Ecuador in August. ,If I have the negative test, I do not have to quarantine and if so, I could quarantine at my home, it is located in SUCUMBÍOS. What would the transportation be like to go there?,

  157. How long are these protocols mandatory??. In Spain there are almost no cases of Covid 19 and PCR is not done. Being there forced to pay for a hotel is unfeasible. I have a place to stay in Santo Domingo but I am not a resident. This protocol is a bit overkill. no one is going to fly from Spain like this

  158. Hi Nicolas, thanks for the info. I would like to ask you if you know of cases in which a person who is not part of the priority groups, He went to Ecuador with his negative COVID19 test and they allowed him to perform the APO at home. I live in Germany and I have 15 days only to visit my family in Quito, but i have contacted 3 Consulates here and they stick with you despite having this proof, I have to be 7 days in a hotel and then take another test so I can go home the rest of the time. In this link that I found, there are also instructions given to me by the Embassy. https://www.cancilleria.gob.ec/nueva-fase-para-el-retorno-de-personas-al-pais-se-permite-apo-domiciliar-para-segmentos-prioritarios-y-se-contempla-apo-domiciliar-para-el-resto-de-personas-luego-de-practicarse-una-prueba-pcr-7-di/ (13/Mayo/2020)
    Help me with a clarification if possible. Thanks!

          1. Families can go to receive people at the airport? My flight arrived after curfew but they were going to come earlier and they only waited for me at the airport for a few hours. Or they don't let the relatives in?

  159. I will travel from Ocala Florida, but only for 10 days, because i will get a dental treatment, I don't have time to quarantine, since all 10 days I will occupy them in that matter, of course I know I have to take the test here, but I can't do the quarantine there, Thank you

  160. Please, I would like you to confirm if a person who comes from the USA has a negative PCR test.. You can leave your house since you are precisely coming for medical check-ups and you will only be in Quito for 10 days

  161. Hello, my question is I am Colombian, would they allow me to enter Ecuador to leave the same day or the next day on a flight to Spain, thank you very much

  162. Dear Nicolás, in my case I travel on 25 June to Florida and return on 28 June helps me if I do a PCR here in Ecuador so that when I return they allow me to do the APO at my home?

      1. Good sia Nicolás I am going to improve my question if I do this PCR test here in Ecuador before traveling to, The United States serves me the test so that when I return they let me do the APO at my home, provided that I only travel from the 14 from June to 28 June to Florida.. In other words, I am going on the trip with the PCR test that I would do for a few 3 days before my trip this is useful for my return or not?

          1. Dear good evening Nicolas, I was seeing a claim from an Ecuadorian journalist in Vistazo for this issue where it is said that the ministry announces that it is possible to present a PCR test from here in Ecuador when the trip is short abroad and while it is within the 7 days the test if possible presented back from abroad when entering Ecuador that is, an example if I travel the 27 August to the United States from Ecuador and I take the PVT test here in Ecuador on 25 O 26 August and I take the result with me if this test is valid for when I return from the United States to Ecuador on Sunday 30 of August. Please confirm if this was clarified I understand by provision of the Ministry of Health your help please clarifying this issue thank you very much

  163. Buenas tardes, I want to confirm this information PLEASE!, say that the Priority Care Group includes up to 18 years, my son has 18 years completed on 5 d March, I can't get the test, it's coming tomorrow from Atlanta / The United States can do the isolation in my house please, he is a child and leave him alone in a hotel and I have no possibilities to pay for that accommodation

  164. I am an American citizen residing in New York, I plan to travel to Guayaquil on July 6 to see my Ecuadorian girlfriend but I don't know where they do the rapid Covid tests 19 in ny it is necessary to do them in ny or they are done at the Guayaquil airport at the time of my arrival thanks

          1. Another question, Nicolás, if I bring my negative pcr test, I do the APO in a residential house and I have to do a pcr test here or not, thanks

          2. Nicolas, good morning, the result in NY of the PCR test is sent to my cell phone. I can present this result on my cell phone when I arrive in Guayaquil, thanks.

          3. Nicolas, good evening, I have another question, a non-resident American citizen with a negative PCR test, where do you have to do the APO at home or in a hotel? I don't understand if you bring a negative test, you can do it at my home, thank you

  165. Hello, I would like to know if it is possible to pick up a relative who arrives this week from the United States at the airport. You already have the negative test result three days in advance. I can't find where it is needed if I can go pick it up to take it to the APO at home. Thanks for the help

  166. Good afternoon, my wife is Ecuadorian in common law, she found the quarantine in the US but she was pregnant now the baby was already born in the US we want her to return.

    Is they within the vulnerable groups?????

    Since due to his condition it is impossible to perform the PCR test because he could be infected?????

    She could do the APO at home in a city in the Amazon without having the PCR test???

  167. Good morning,
    I am not a resident or citizen, I am American. But my parents are from Ecuador. I want to travel 7 days to ecuador because my grandmother is sick and can't give more than this month.
    The protocol says that if they are not residents they must do APO in temporary accommodation. If I have a negative test, they let me do it in Cuenca (where is my father and my grandparents live)?
    I'm worried about what they say

    Thanks a lot!

  168. How long does the state of alarm last?? It is assumed that after this day the obligation to carry out the quarantine will be suspended as well as the presentation of the COVID exam

  169. Good morning Nicola Larenas,
    I have dual nationality (Ecuadorian/American), my husband is not Ecuadorian or resident. With COE protocols, I can do APO in our house (what we have in Guayaquil) and my husband in a hotel or for being married, he can do APO in our house. Thanks for your reply. carefully

      1. Thanks for your reply. We already have an appointment for the Covid-19 test for a few days before our trip. For sure then we will do APO in our house. Thank you very much.

        1. Hello Carmen, I would like you to help me with the question. They allowed you to quarantine at home. I will also travel with my son from 5 years and I would like to know. Thanks

  170. In July the borders open in Europe, and no country requires APO or PCR test because, first of all, would discourage tourism and create severe inequalities, according to the country of origin. Is it possible for Ecuador to eliminate this requirement on that date??

  171. Good day, I am a foreign resident of the US and I have my ticket for the 8 of June, My father is convalescing in Guayaquil and I would like to know if I have my negative test, could I comply with the quarantine at my parents' home, since only I would be until the 19 of June, that is to say by 11 days

    1. Good afternoon Nate,
      Could you tell us later? , How was your experience when you arrived at the Guayaquil airport?? We will be traveling at the end of the month and I would like to be well prepared. Thank you very much and blessings to your father.

  172. That and not opening the airport is the same.
    It is worse because the airport is open to those of us who buy flights to Ecuador, they no longer want to reschedule our flight and now with these measures that are almost impossible to comply with, we will lose the flight and therefore a lot of money.
    What a shame that the authorities continue to ask for the PCR test, This test is very expensive in countries like mine and the POE at your home should be enough..
    The only thing that they are going to cause is that people no longer go to Ecuador.
    I am Mexican, my husband is Ecuadorian, we have 2 years without seeing the family and now we will not be able to because of these measures we only lost our flights

    1. Good evening, I had my flight for June 16 but they changed my day to Areli, Now I don't know what to do? Because they tell me that they give me a flight for July , but it is super difficult to travel for. Ecuador because they ask for the PCR test and here it takes time, they say 7 days to get home or more , My aunt took the Covid test and it took a while 10 days to arrive , Another question, what is the PCR test?, I don't understand what it is? This is the test that is from the nose? Please, who can help me understand what test I need to travel and I just need to go for 10 days, I don't have to stay 14 days there ? And he quarantines where my family , thank you very much in advance and blessings ??

  173. Hello there, I travel on the charter flight from Mexico to Quito of aeroregional, but I'm from Manabí (portoviejo), I have a negative PCR test and I have comorbidities. Isolation in Portoviejo can be done at my home, obviously with the person who goes for me???

  174. Hello there. If a passenger comes from abroad but is not a resident and comes with a negative PCR test and the rapid test is negative, you can do the APO in my house, obviously I would also stay in quarantine.

  175. I am going to travel to Ecuador in a month. I am an older adult. 68 years old and I suffer from depression, high blood pressure and more ailments I also have to quarantine?can you help me with your answer please? Of course I should get tested when leaving Tampa or arriving in Guayaquil Ecuador

  176. Hello there,
    I am a foreigner and I will travel to Quito from Florida, USA next week to see my fiance. He is Ecuadorian and lives in Imbabura in the house we have together. But I work in the US and travel between countries.. I still don't have an Ecuadorian cedula. They allow me to do the APO in our house there? I also have a health condition and I have low defenses and I am worried that they will send me to a hotel. can you help me on this?

  177. Elizabeth Maldonado

    Hello, I have an urgent trip to Ecuador but for reasons of my work I can only go three days , I already have my negative test but what about the 14 days that require quarantine? I would only have to arrive and isolate myself at my family's house and return after three days?? or what is the requirement for these cases?

      1. Elizabeth Maldonado

        Good morning. Thank you for your attention, but I can do the isolation at my parents' home and return to the USA after three days without any problem. ?? as the regulations say 14 days and that time I can not stay in Ecuador. What dou you recommend? thank you I am desperate and very afraid that they will not let me return to the USA in that time and leave me there 14 days .

          1. Hello, good day, I want you to please answer this question. … My husband wants to travel from the US to Ecuador and he took the test ago 8 days and they still do not deliver the result, it will be possible to make it valid if the test is delivered after the 8 thanks days

    1. You need to have the negative covid certificate 19 and you go to a hotel or your home. You don't need to quarantine.
      you can come back when you can, just make sure you know what documents you need to re-enter the country of origin.

    1. Hello, I am traveling in September from Barcelona to Guayaquil with my daughter from 3 years old if I take the negative covid test I can go to my quiet house

  178. In Arlington, the PCR test is not carried out without the request of a Doctor that you have to visit. So paying for a consultation and examination is quite expensive.. your opinion please

    1. A question, Like the hell, the government makes sure that people are really doing their mandatory quarantine at home?
      Personally, it seems absurd to me if your test is negative but I understand it. Someone knows?

  179. Narcissa Guerrero

    Buenas tardes, Anytime there are Aer Canada flights I will travel to my country Ecuador, I am a tourist here and the pandemic caught me, I had to go back 20 April but my flight was canceled, They don't give these tests here and I have coronary damage and I take 1 pill a day and my money is running out I live in Ibarra, How can I go directly to Ibarra when I arrive at the Tababela airport?, please help me

    1. Hello there, good evening
      My boyfriend is American and he is coming in October, My question is if he brings the negative test for Covid-19, he can stay at my house without any problem.?

  180. Francisco Duchicela

    Hello there, who are considered part of the priority attention group? Is there a document that can be downloaded or you could provide to see who would be in that group?

  181. Hello there, my boyfriend and I will be traveling on 6 July to Quito, he is a foreigner and a non-resident, we are currently in Holland, and they do not do PCR tests if there are no symptoms. In that case we would have to quarantine in a hotel? to both?

      1. Nicolas Larenas, please if you. Has true information, Answer us how to know which are the hotels and the cost for foreign tourists who want to come. Well, I see here that several ask this and nobody gives a concrete answer. If you must go to a hotel; the person must know the cost before deciding if they can bear those costs. please help, Where is this information located?. Thanks
        S

  182. Good day, from the USA I would travel to Quito. As transit or immediate scale to enter Colombia by land the next day (my country) I would take the PCR test with me. it's possible?

  183. With all this, no one will go to Ecuador, it is absurd to go with all these regulations. It was enough just to ask for proof that you do not have the virus. As good commanders... but at the moment when the potatoes are boiling they are not able to manage firmly and effectively. I call this being clowns.

    1. It is true, I think that if he brings the test from there and it is negative, they should go to his home, my husband is from the United States, but we have been engaged for a year and a half because of the quarantine, he has not been able to come, so if he brings the negative test, why not come directly to our house because he can't stay fifteen days he has to work at least one week he can get me out of this doubt

    2. Hi Nicolas
      Please I need your urgent help my boyfriend is a non-resident foreigner and he comes to Ecuador on 15 August about two weeks , but according to the requirements that we have read, you need the negative COVIDvi test, which also asks for an authorization from [email protected] And also a letter of invitation.,…..? We don't understand how that is we don't have that just the negative test , he can quarantine in my house since his test is negative .??.

        1. Nicolas but this says : Those NON-RESIDENT foreigners who enter the country to visit an Ecuadorian , must request the respective authorization to the [email protected] ATTACHING AN INVITATION LETTER stating the exact address of the residence in Ecuador and must present a NEGATIVE PCR TEST .

          That is what he says so that he does not do the APO in the hotel…….? OR THIS LETTER IS NOT NECESSARY ? NOR THE AUTHORIZATION ?

  184. Hello there… am 70 days in quarantine in Switzerland and I have my ticket for July 15 a Ecuador. Everything is complicated since in Switzerland they do not carry out the PCR test if you do not have symptoms. How can I take my negative PCR test?? In Switzerland, the PCR test CH.F is very expensive. (Swiss francs)$.660
    When we arrive and we do not belong to the vulnerable group .. They should have the possibility of carrying out the PCR immediately in Ecuador and be able to go home to carry out the quarantine as indicated by the Security guidelines.

  185. Hello there. In the first point you mention that « Travelers will be asked for the negative result of a PCR test, carried out up to 7 days before the trip». Until now, what I have seen is that the validity of the test should not exceed the 72 hours. where did you get that number? I am interested in the topic.

      1. and the original text (I assume it is a formal document with legal references) you can share it? Or where can I get it or download it? Thanks in advance.

      1. The COE gives some accommodation options, it cannot be anywhere due to logistics, although they only go on the last day to deliver the certificate

  186. A family member comes from the United States, arriving at Quito airport, and I live in ambato, there is a problem with coming here to fulfill the APO?

    1. Hello, my question is I am Colombian, would they allow me to enter Ecuador to leave the same day or the next day on a flight to Spain, thank you very much

  187. Those who will only make a stopover for a few hours at that airport to take a connection to another country, will they also have to go through these same measures or what would apply in such a case??

  188. It is not clear to me, What happens if I return as an Ecuadorian and my final destination is Loja?, Do I have to do the APO in Quito or can I go to do it at home??. If that is not the case, we will have to foresee a good $$ for housing and new PCR. The return still looks complex. To continue holding out and hopefully procedures are fine-tuned or a miracle makes the covid disappear.

  189. For how many months will these measurements be made?.
    And if the passenger has a negative test
    He goes straight to his home ?

  190. Thank you very much a question I am from Manabi I will travel with my daughter from 5 years how would I have to do to quarantine in my house ..

    1. My husband and I will travel to Guayaquil from Monterrey Mexico. I am Ecuadorian but my husband is Mexican. let's go for 12 days. My two questions are?

      a) If we just go for 12 days we will not meet the 14 isolation days, we can leave the country without problems?

      b) We plan to take the test from here to comply with the rules, pero el sería «extranjero no residente» (but he is my husband) what would the accommodation be like in this case.

      Thanks in advance

  191. good night nicholas, please your clarification, in Austria and Belgium, PCR tests are not done , to people without symptoms, I have two daughters who are in those countries and will come to Ecuador in July., They are Ecuadorian, they should do mandatory isolation here at their home in Ecuador ?

      1. A friend will come for 3 weeks We do not have the resources to go to a hotel, I could quarantine my house? He comes for the 1st time to Ecuador, I'm going to have it at home. I work, I couldn't quarantine with him. He could do it alone at my house??

          1. You cannot take the test arriving in Ecuador? I have read that those who cannot do it before boarding have to sign a paper and agree to do it at the airport in Quito. If it comes out negative, you cannot do isolation at home.?

          2. hello nicolas I am American I would go to Ecuador to visit I am not Ecuadorian I have a reservation for the ORO VERDE hotel in Guayaquil. If I don't have the PCR, I have to go to your hotel once they take the test at the airport or I'll still go to my hotel . I'm just going for 7 days to Guayaquil

          3. Good afternoon, Mr. Nicolás Larenas, I am going to travel in May with my wife and my son who is about to have a question. 4 months d born from Switzerland will I have to take the covid test my wife and I or not because I am going with a newborn baby and I am accompanying them .. I traveled in September of last year and you yourself half by this means that a pregnant woman The pcr test is not an obligation and neither is your companion, who was me. Excuse me, I wanted to know, please, so I can travel in peace.…here in switzerland they don't do the pcr test if you don't have symptoms thank you very much sir Nicolás

        1. Good evening, I will go on a trip to the United States just for 4 days then I don't meet the 7 days out of the country in that case I should not do the APO when I return and another concern in Fort Lauderdale there is a place where they can do the test?

        2. My boyfriend also wants to come by 3 weeks for the first time to Ecuador from France. Could you tell me how you did it?? had to stay 14 days in a hotel or if you were able to do the APO at home? Your answer would help me a lot to get an idea.. (Or anyone who can give me information)

          1. If I only go four days to the United States, where do i take the test, because if I take the PCR from here, it helps me to return??? and I can do the quarantine in my house

          2. Hello, I have come from France and I have brought my PCR from France, it is the doctor généraliste de France who will give you the order to perform the PCR test. And I had to spend 14 days at home

          3. hello dome, I have a similar situation, please can you tell me what happened with the quarantine, could do it at your home?
            you had to write the invitation letter?

        3. I arrived in Ecuador on 5 of August, with antibody test, It does not work, it has to be the PCR, then they give a list of hotels that. You have to choose for quarantine, to the 7 days you can do the test, a person from the authorized laboratories goes to the hotel costs $120 and in a few hours they send the result. The procedure for approval to end the quarantine in each delay one or 2 more days, that is, what is the minimum 9 hotel days. I recommend that you look for one 2 stars because it costs $25 a day including the 3 foods.

      2. Excuse me I have a flight to Ecuador this 30 June I leave from Canada since I was studying English, My question is if I necessarily need the covid test since at the moment it is difficult to get one here. and if I will not have problems when entering for this reason? I'm not very clear.

          1. Hello Nicolas, my fiancé comes from Florida to Ecuador and brings the negative PCR test, he can quarantine at home even if he is not a resident of Ecuador

          2. I live in Ecuador and in the United States it is not easy for them to do the PCR test. what should I do? I travel on Sunday 2 of August… I can take the test in Ecuador?

      3. Hello there

        I have a query I travel to Ecuador from the United States with negative PCR tests.

        My flight lands at 11:43. I would be arriving within curfew time.

        How do I get the safe-conduct to be able to go to my home to do the APO?.

        Thanks

    1. Good evening, I have a question, I am an Ecuadorian living in Boston and I am going to travel to Ecuador just for 10 days and I have my negative test but I don't have enough days to comply with the home quarantine

        1. I have the same problem my trip lasts 8 days, I have a negative PCR and the vaccine. I must complete the 14 days of quarantine?

      1. Hi Im Nicolas .
        I'm in Spain I'm going to Quito without the analysis I didn't have time to do it.
        I would like to know how much is the cost of lodging and the total expenses of these 14 days in ecuador of confinement .
        Thank you very much .

    2. The PCR test was done in the United States. The results delivered today in the trade. But he is traveling hit at 10:00 to Guayaquil. You can send the resyltaso3 via email or mesnjae pdf. to show it

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