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1happykamper
  7/23/2014 11:43 EST

I am moving to EC and have a few important questions.

I am a dual citizen of UK and USA. I currently live in Mexico. It would APPEAR that i can arrive in EC on a 90 day tourist visa and then begin the Pension Resident Visa AFTER i arrive in EC. OR: I can begin the immigration process via the EC Embassy in Mexico City.

if the above statements are true.. what is the better way of moving to EC?

A loooong shot here -does anyone know of an attorney in Mexico (I live in San Miguel e Allende) who can help with this immigration process?

I need a police background check from MX and the UK - how on earther to I begin this process?

Last question.. it seems I may need to present my UK birth certificate.. and have "apostilled" bless it somehow. I am concerned that this may have to be done in the UK????!!!

Cheers in advance!!

jaymo
  7/23/2014 14:22 EST

I don't know how bureaucracy laden the UK is, but the US has cut down on the offices who will do birth certificate apostilles, so the way it works here (US) is you get the certified birth certificate along with a form available on line where you swear the information is true, then express mail to the State Department which then apostilles the document & returns it--via snail mail, but they will express it back to you if you prepay & include return envelope.

My son was in Korea & needed to get all of those sorts of papers, including the police clearance. Fortunately he had someone on the ground to help facilitate, but he may have been able to do it without returning here himself.

As I understand it (and IANAL), when you & the documents are in EC, you have to have them translated & notarized.

Best course is to ask for the name of a "visa guide" who has been recommended in this forum.

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laurenceoliver
  7/23/2014 14:37 EST

Thanks for your info, jay..

Just some more bureaucratic nightmares..LOL


larry oliver.

ecuadorjoe
  7/23/2014 15:35 EST

O.K. my friend,

I got my visa last November, no birth certificate was needed. I can give you the whole thing if you can wait a few weeks. I live in Quito so please email me what your questions are, I will go to the immigration tell you what you need for free. Do you speak Spanish? If not I know and I used a person who can translate perfectly for $15.00 per hour. Good luck.....

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