Ecuador biometric electronic passport issuance cost validity where to issue it

Ecuador already has an electronic passport

Since September Ecuador already has the broadcastóelectronic passport numberóonly to facilitateá trips abroad.

AfteréIt's a long wait, al fin Ecuador take a technological stepógico más what expected, the electronic passportónico o biométrico is already a reality since 14 September 2020 the first units were issued.

In this post we will review its benefits, dónde y cóhow to get it, cost and más details about it.

Electronic passportóunique Ecuador

The electronic passportónico opens a new way of traveling for Ecuadorians, given that it is an important step to achieve in the medium – long term eliminationón of visa requirements towards various countriesíses worldwide as is the long-awaited visa to the Schengen area, whose eliminationón stimulateíto widely promote tourism and trade with the bloc.

Profits

The new passport brings a series of advantages for users, where they stand out:

  • Less control time at migratory points.
  • Greater information securityón criptográfica with chip that contains informationóuser's full n as names, surnames, birth date, Photos, etc.
  • Complies with thisáICAO division.
  • Production capacity is increasedónumber of passports.
  • Reductionóbroadcast time numberón.

Cuáit costs

  • The new Ecuadorian passport will haveá a cost of $90 dóhomes.

Validity

  • Although the cost of the passport increasedó, the validity is now 10 años.

DóWhere can a passport be issued?

  • Initially, this passport can beá issue in the Civil Registry of 3 cities: Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca.
  • These passports alsoéto beán issued by Cancilleríin Quito and in the consulates of Madrid and New York.

Since withándo isá available

  • in Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca the new ordinary passport is available from 14 September 2020.
  • Later it will be expandedá the capacity to the rest of the 25 attention pointsón of the Civil Registry at the national level.
  • Consulates issueán passports since the end of November 2020.

CóHow to obtain or renew your passport

  • The new passport can be obtained at the Civil Registry.
  • For this, must be owedán present directly at the Civil Registry centers and pay at that time the indicated value.

More details and step by step I tell you hereí:

¿Cóhow to renew or obtain the Ecuadorian passport?

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44 comments on “Ecuador already has an electronic passport”

  1. Luis W. Rosero Mallea

    Good Morning, I have an ordinary passport that is valid until 6 September 2022 and I have an American visa valid until 27 September 2021 Can I get an electronic passport? Will the ordinary passport be valid until what date?? when can i use the electronic passport?
    thanks for your help

  2. In the electronic passport the information of previous entries and exits of the country or start of 0 …I mean without that information.

  3. Celinda Mosquera

    Good Morning, one question and sorry for the ignorance, At present with the biometric passport it is necessary to have a visa to be able to travel to Spain…??

  4. Good Morning , No. I'm very related to this , but if I have the Biometric passport for the first time, it helps me to travel to Argentina?

  5. Good evening. I am abroad, my passport expired, the embassy is closed, I need to know if a third (my mother) can you do the process for me, in Ecuador, and then send me my new passport abroad?
    What procedure should I follow to be able to renew my passport and be able to return to Ecuador?.

  6. Thanks
    Thanks to your help, you suddenly know if I take an appointment online at
    How long will my appointment be scheduled?
    Because I am going to travel to
    Ecuador 🇪🇨 Just to renew it
    But I only have a week

  7. In what time is the biometric passport delivered pork I have dual nationality and I will only travel to Ecuador to renew it due to expiration???

      1. can you let me know the process for renewal of ecuador passport if i am in the US? can i renew online and get the e-passport. I am a citizen of ecuador. It expired.

  8. I would like to get the biometric passports ,two years ago they stole the passports of my children and mine ,I have the complaint document ,I have not taken out a new passport ,because I was waiting for the biometric passport ,to make it easier for me to travel to norway in the future ,I have to ask the father of my children for permission to get the passports?

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