Residential visa

Okie dokie sue wrote:

Is there any specific reason why one would be turned down for residential visa?

Not enough income or not a large enough investment, too many of the wrong kind of felonies on your police record.

What do you mean by investment

Here is a list of immigrant visas that permit residency in Ecuador:
http://cancilleria.gob.ec/visas-inmigrante/?lang=en

On the government website each one is clickable and will take you to the particular requirements for each type of visa.

    Visa 9: I Foreign Pension
    Visa 9: I Trust Visa Cash Deposit

    Visa 9: II Investor Visa, Insurance policies, bonds or mortgage bonds
    Visa 9: II Investor in shares of companies
    Visa 9: II Investor in real estate

    Visa 9: III Investor – Foreign person that does not make the investment
    Visa 9: III Investor – Company (Not anonymous – minimum $ 30.000)
    Visa 9: III Investor – Individually owned business (Industry, agriculture, livestock and export trade with minimum investment of $ 30.000)

    Visa 9: IV General Attorney (companies that is located in the country)
    Visa 9: IV General Attorney (companies that will reside in the country)
    Visa 9: IV Employment Contract
    Visa 9: IV Religious
    Visa 9: IV Foreign Press

    Visa 9: V Professional

    Visa 9: VI Sponsor for Marriage, Relationship or Family Reunification,
    Marriage Ecuadorian – Foreigner
    Visa 9: VI Foreign children who benefit from Ecuadorian parents
    Visa 9: VI Foreign parents which benefit from Ecuadorian children
    Visa 9: VI VI Parents or siblings that benefit from Ecuadorian by naturalization
    Visa 9: VI De Facto Unions between Ecuadorian and Foreign Individual Person
    Visa 9: VI Other cases where there is a relationship of second degree of
    consanguinity and / or second degree of affinity.