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Since February 2017, the government of Ecuador has established different types of naturalization processes to obtain citizenship without the foreign national renouncing his origin.
The conditions for obtaining Ecuadorian citizenship are as follows: naturalization by marriage or de facto union, naturalization by adoption, naturalization of children or adolescents born abroad of an Ecuadorian mother or father by naturalization.
In addition, there is also a process for foreign persons to provide the relevant services to Ecuador.
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Naturalization by marriage or de facto union: what are the requirements?
- Proof of residence in one of the migration categories specified in the Organic Law on Human Mobility, excluding the categories of temporary visitors and applicants for international protection.
- You have an appropriate document, duly apostilled or legalized and issued by the competent authority of the country of origin, indicating the place of birth and details of the applicant’s origin.
- Present the certificate of marriage or de facto union, duly registered in the Civil Registry.
- Present in an interview the reasons why you want to acquire Ecuadorian citizenship.
- Keep up with your obligations to the Ecuadorian state.
- Application form for Ecuadorian citizenship through marriage or de facto union with an Ecuadorian person, to be completed at the appropriate zonal address of the applicant’s place of residence.
- Application form for Ecuadorian citizenship through marriage or de facto union. This will be completed at the relevant regional address of the foreign applicant’s residence.
- The payment is established in the Consular and Diplomatic Tariff.
“The foreign national, in order to be approved, must obtain a percentage of 90% (equivalent to 27 points) as established in Article 67 of the Ordinances to the Organic Law on Human Mobility. If you do not achieve this result, you will be able to take the exam two more times, with a gap of 30 days between one and the other,” the MFA platform states.
If the third attempt does not pass the evaluation, the citizen must wait one year to resubmit the application for naturalization, according to the El Universo portal.
For more information, you can consult the single portal for civil procedures at Ecuador.
Naturalization by adoption
This method grants Ecuadorian citizenship to foreign children and adolescents who are adopted by an Ecuadorian person. Before you can apply for naturalization, the sentence issued abroad must be approved in Ecuador, according to the Ecuadorian government website.
What are the requirements?
- Application form for Ecuadorian citizenship, to be completed in the relevant zonal coordination of the place of residence of the applicant(s).
- Apostilled or legalized documents, duly translated if applicable, proving the adoption.
- Approval in Ecuador of a court decision and/or adoption decision issued by a foreign authority.
- Original of a valid foreign passport of a minor or a minor, together with the relevant visa.
- Migration movement of minors and their parents.
- Identity card of Ecuadorian or foreign parent(s) seeking naturalization.
- A document that proves the marital status of the Ecuadorian or foreign parent(s) requesting the naturalization of the minor or adolescent child.
Naturalization of children or adolescents born abroad
This is the service aimed at registering the births of children and adolescents born abroad, children of an Ecuadorian father or mother through naturalization, which can be done in civil registry agencies.
Find out more details about this modality on the official website www.gob.ec.
Mandatory requirements in Ecuador
- Proof of payment.
- Parents’ ID card.
- A letter of naturalization or executive order of the father or mother.
- A document issued by the Human Mobility Authority certifying that the father or mother, or both, if applicable, do not renounce naturalization.
- Birth certificate of the child or adolescent, apostilled or legalized and, if applicable, translated, or the document certifying this fact.
Ecuadorian citizenship by letter of naturalization
It is an administrative process through which a foreigner acquires Ecuadorian citizenship for the duration of permanent residence in the nation and in accordance with the regulations established for this purpose.
This path of naturalization of foreigners is the usual path followed by footballers with two or three seasons in local championship.
Who can apply for a naturalization letter?
| Foreigners who hold a permanent residence visa and have resided regularly in Ecuador for at least three years at the date of application. |
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| Persons recognized by the Ecuadorian state as refugees and stateless persons and who have stayed in the country for at least two years. |
| This procedure is aimed at individuals or foreigners with permanent residence for at least three years at the date of application or with recognition of at least two years as a refugee or stateless person from the Ecuadorian state. |
What do I need for the procedure?
- Reside regularly and continuously in the country with a permanent residence visa under the provisions of the Organic Law on Human Mobility and its regulations.
- To have a document duly apostilled or legalized and issued by the competent authority of the country of origin, in which the place of birth and other details of the applicant’s affiliation are indicated. Persons recognized by Ecuador as refugees and stateless persons are exempt from submitting this requirement.
- Be 18 years of age on the date of application.
- For minors, the consent of those having parental rights or legal guardianship will be required; The opinion of children and adolescents will be heard according to the provisions of the Special Law on Children and Adolescents.
- Has general knowledge of history, geography, culture and national reality.
- Speak and write in Spanish.
- Have legal livelihood in the country.
- Keep up with your obligations to the Ecuadorian state.
- State in an interview the reasons why you want to acquire Ecuadorian citizenship.
- Application form for Ecuadorian citizenship through a letter of naturalization, which will be completed at the appropriate zonal address of the applicant’s place of residence.
- The payment is established in the Consular and Diplomatic Tariff.
- Naturalization granted by the President of the Republic of Ecuador.
Considerations for granting naturalization for relevant services
It is an administrative process under the jurisdiction of the Presidency of the Republic, through which, by executive decree, Ecuadorian citizenship is granted to a foreign person who, residing regularly for more than three years in national territory, has provided the relevant services to Ecuador.
“The granting of citizenship for the relevant services to the country will be granted by the President of the Republic of Ecuador, according to the procedure established in the provisions of this law. It can be requested by an individual, a group or a social organization,” according to Article 76 of the Law on the Mobility of People.
