Both apostilled. Both with a ticking time limit of 180 days validity from date of issue.
New Requirement for Residency Applicants: Criminal Background Check
January 12, 2015
In December 2014, the following requirement was put into effect for residency applications in Ecuador:
For residency application, for applicants from countries with a federal government, they must provide two types of criminal background checks. One from the State or Province and the other from the National or Federal entity. Both reports must be apostille, if the country is part of the Hague Treaty. If it is not part of the treaty they need to be legalized at an Ecuadorian Consulate.
http://gringosabroad.com/ecuador/new-re … und-check/
-- so, can anyone here provide experience with the FBI report? Approximately how long it takes to be completed and apostilled?
Because I assume the FBI report will take the most time to process, and once the FBI is done, then to get the state police report? And then hope to god that 180 days doesn't run out while the government drones are shuffling papers.
Wow.