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Temporary Residence - Dependant of Temporary Resident

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Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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Who may sponsor or bring the family member, and what immigration/citizenship status must that person hold?

The holder of a temporary residence visa requests the dependant ('amparo') category for the family member.

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What is important for proving marriage, partnership, parentage, custody, dependency or another qualifying relationship?

Civil-status documents establishing filiation, marriage or de facto union with the visa holder (under the Organic Law on Identity and Civil Data), apostilled or legalised, or a sworn statement where apostille/legalisation is demonstrably impossible.

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  • https://www.cancilleria.gob.ec/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2022.07.21-reglamento-a-la-Ley-Organica-de-Movilidad-Humana.pdf
    la Ley Orgánica de Gestión de la Identidad y Datos Civiles, permitan determinar la filiación o el vínculo matrimonial o la unión de hecho, según sea el caso, entre la persona beneficiaria del amparo con el titular de la visa de residencia temporal. De ser el caso, estos documentos serán apostillados en caso de haber sido emitidos en un país parte del Convenio de la Apostilla de La Haya; o, legalizados si han sido emitido en un país que no sea parte de dicho convenio, o en su defecto, mediante declaración juramentada, cuando exista un impedimento demostrable para acceder a la apostilla o legalización correspondiente.

What important financial, accommodation, insurance or maintenance responsibilities apply?

The sponsor must show an additional USD 250 of monthly income for each adult child included. The official source does not state the general means-of-living amount.

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Limits of the record
  • General means-of-living amount (Ministerial Agreement No. 70) not captured.

How does the application work at a high level, what rights does the family member receive, how long does the status last, and how can it become independent or longer-term where officially stated?

The dependant's status lasts as long as the sponsor's temporary residence visa and is renewed with it. The dependant keeps the visa if the sponsor dies or if the marriage/union ends for reasons attributable to the sponsor. Foreign residents have the right to work and to social security.

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Limits of the record
  • Work right comes from the general LOMH Art. 51 rule for residents; an independent route other than the retention cases is not stated.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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