90-Day Visa Free Stay--Multiple Trips OK?

If Mom can make it back to EC in the next few months, she can use the "visa" she has, to re-enter -- good for a stay of up to 90 days less the number of days she was already in Ecuador on her recently-completed trip.

You'll see why I put "visa" in quotes in a minute.

First, here is the official word from the website of Ecuador's U.S. Embassy in Washington:

"If you come to Ecuador as a tourist or on a business trip, you do not need a visa for a stay up to 90 days on a 12-month period - chronological year." (ecuador.org)

Now, from GoGo-Gringo:

"Foreign guests entering Ecuador receive a 90-day T3 tourist stamp upon entry.  This is not a visa, it is simply a stamp in your passport.  (This) stamp is valid through a 365-day period regardless how often you leave and return to Ecuador."
(gogo-gringo.com)

The EC Embassy notes that this tourist stamp is not available for visitors from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia and the People's Republic of China.  Special rules for Cubans may apply.

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