Ecuador entry requirements, by passport

Vaccinations

• No mandatory vaccines for general entry. A yellow fever certificate is required from travellers over 1 year of age arriving from a country with risk of transmission. The vaccine is also recommended for visiting the Amazon provinces below 2,300 m (Morona-Santiago, Napo, Orellana, Pastaza, Sucumbíos and Zamora-Chinchipe); it is not recommended for Quito, Guayaquil or the Galápagos Islands.

Customs limits

Cash

Declare to Ecuador's National Customs Service (SENAE) via the Customs Registration Form (FRA) if carrying US$10,000 or more in cash, bearer negotiable instruments, precious metals, or precious stones.

Alcohol

For travellers over 18: up to 3 litres of alcoholic beverages duty-free per traveller, according to SENAE's list of personal effects. If a single container goes over the limit, duty is paid on the excess.

Tobacco

For travellers over 18: up to 20 packs of 20 cigarettes, 1 pound of tobacco and 25 cigars duty-free, according to SENAE's list of personal effects.

Overstay penalties

The Organic Law on Human Mobility, as amended in October 2025, treats as a minor migration offence staying beyond the 90 days authorised as a tourist without requesting an extension, beyond 180 days after requesting one, or beyond 180 days when that was the period granted on entry. The fine is one unified basic wage per person, or one unified basic salary per family when the household of parents and minor children has three or more members. Until the fine is paid, the person may be refused entry on a later trip; they can enter again by paying it, provided they obtain a consular visa or still have stay time available.

Grounds for refusal

• Presenting documentation that is destroyed, inaccurate or illegible: the law provides for immediate return to the country of origin.
• Being on record for one or more migration offences without having paid the fine imposed (paragraph 11 of Article 137, as worded by the October 2025 reform).
• Not holding a return ticket where one is required (paragraph 16 of Article 137, added by the October 2025 reform).
• Falling under any of the other inadmission grounds in Article 137 of the Organic Law on Human Mobility.
• As a safeguard, it is worth knowing that inadmission is an administrative procedure with separate stages: the law requires different officials to instruct and to decide, keeping the two functions apart.

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