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Temporary Residence - Digital Nomad / Remote Worker

EcuadorRemote work and digital nomads

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Which remote workers qualify: foreign employees, freelancers, company owners or other remote professionals?

This temporary-residence route is for a foreign national who owns a company abroad or works remotely for one or more foreign legal or natural persons, providing professional or service activities digitally or by telework.

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  • Regulation, Art. 64, full opening paragraph (who qualifies)
    Art. 64.- Rentista para trabajo remoto.- Se otorgará la visa de residencia temporal de rentista para realizar trabajo remoto a las personas extranjeras que poseen una empresa propia o trabajan para una o varias personas jurídicas o naturales con domicilio en el exterior, para realizar actividades profesionales o de servicios, de manera remota, digital, o teletrabajo.

What income threshold applies, how must it be demonstrated, and how does family affect it where stated?

The regulation requires foreign-source income of at least three Basic Salaries per month for the three months before applying, or a total of 36 Basic Salaries per year, supported by international bank statements showing that income. The holder must show USD 250 additional monthly income for each adult child sheltered as a dependant.

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Where must the employer, company or clients be located? Is local work restricted?

The work or services must be supplied remotely for an employer, client or company domiciled abroad. An applicant may also qualify by documenting ownership of a company registered and domiciled abroad. The official source does not state whether local work in Ecuador is restricted.

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Can family accompany? How long is the status granted and can it be renewed?

As a temporary-residence holder, the remote worker may request dependant ('amparo') status for their children, spouse or legally recognised de facto partner; the dependant status lasts as long as the holder's temporary residence visa and can be renewed along with it, and the holder must show USD 250 additional monthly income for each adult child sheltered. Temporary residences can be renewed multiple times. The official source does not state the length of the digital-nomad temporary residence.

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  • The length of the digital-nomad temporary residence visa is not stated in the captured Regulation.

What immigration-relevant tax/residence information is officially stated, and what longer-term residence direction exists?

A resident who proves 21 continuous months of stay in Ecuador as a resident, and applies before their residence expires, may obtain permanent residence; for continuity, absences may not exceed 90 days during the whole validity of the temporary residence visa. The official source does not state immigration-relevant tax information for this visa.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured sources state no immigration-relevant tax or tax-residence information for this visa.

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

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