Source document
Registro Oficial Suplemento No. 938 (6 de febrero de 2017): Ley Orgánica de Movilidad Humana
Has everything in it been taken?
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Reviewed. Everything in it that belongs in the tables has been taken.
What the document holds
Registro Oficial Suplemento 938 (6 Feb 2017, 32 pages, two-column; the text layer holds the issue twice): Ley Orgánica de Movilidad Humana, in force on publication. Emigrants and returnees (incl. vehicle and household-goods exemptions in SBU, out of scope), foreigners' rights, temporary residence categories incl. investor (art. 60(4), 2 years renewable once), permanent residence after 21 months (art. 63), absence limits (art. 65), visas, naturalisation (3 years, art. 71-72), passports, protection, fees set by ministerial agreement (no amounts), migration offences and fines (art. 170), transitional provisions. No investment amounts (left to regulation) and no statistics. This pass added: temporary-residence validity, 21-month route to permanent residence, three absence limits, the 3-year naturalisation period and the two absence fines (8 rules).
What it supports
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Rules and prices (7)
- Residence permit validitytemporary residence (incl. investor category, art. 60(4)), renewable once2 yearsSince 6 Feb 2017 · Ecuador Registro Oficial 2017Ecuador · Temporary residence visa as investor
- Maximum time allowed abroadpermanent residents after the first two years: maximum absence before the residence is lost5 yearsSince 6 Feb 2017 · Ecuador Registro Oficial 2017Ecuador · Temporary residence visa as investor
- Time before eligible for permanent residencetime as temporary resident before permanent residence (application before the current status expires)21 monthsSince 6 Feb 2017 · Ecuador Registro Oficial 2017Ecuador · Temporary residence visa as investor
- Maximum time allowed abroadtemporary residents: maximum days abroad per year, cumulative over the residence's validity (fine if exceeded)90 daysSince 6 Feb 2017 · Ecuador Registro Oficial 2017Ecuador · Temporary residence visa as investor
- Maximum time allowed abroadpermanent residents during the first two years: maximum days abroad in each year from obtaining the status (fine; status lost on repeat)180 daysSince 6 Feb 2017 · Ecuador Registro Oficial 2017Ecuador · Temporary residence visa as investor
- Fine for being absent too longfine on a temporary resident absent more than 90 cumulative days per year3 unified basic wages (SBU)Since 6 Feb 2017 · Ecuador Registro Oficial 2017Ecuador · Temporary residence visa as investor
- Fine for being absent too longfine on a permanent resident absent more than 180 days in a year during the first two years (status lost on a repeat in the same period)4 unified basic wages (SBU)Since 6 Feb 2017 · Ecuador Registro Oficial 2017Ecuador · Temporary residence visa as investor
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About the document
What it covers Founding law of the temporary residence categories, including 'Inversionista' (art. 60(4)); derogates the Ley de Extranjería and Ley de Migración; in force on publication (Disposición Final).
Notes Official Registro Oficial supplement as published (32 pp).
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