Maité Duran of GringoVisas.com explains the rules for six residency visas available to Expats in 2021, in a 15-minute video posted in February of '21.
Most of these Ecuador visas are good for two years, and then are renewable, generally as permanent visas.
Travel restrictions on some visas have been relaxed.
Minimum income requirements have changed for some visas. See next post on this thread.
Marriage to an Ecuadorian can speed the visa/citizenship process.
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