Visa requirements for Ecuadorian citizens

Ecuadorian citizens need a Schengen visa, which covers all member states for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Ecuador and 72 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

80 countries ask holders of the Ecuadorian passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Ecuador without one: Algeria, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan and 75 others.

The reverse holds for 13 countries: holders of the Ecuadorian passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Ecuador (Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti and 8 others).

76 countries ask holders of the Ecuadorian passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 19 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Ecuador.

57 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Ecuador, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Ecuador, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Peru (3), Colombia (2) and Panama (2).

The United States refused 42% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Ecuador in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 124 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 72 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Schengen consulates in Ecuador refused 31% of short-stay visa applications in 2025 (all Schengen consulates worldwide: 15%). Among the 74 countries where they received at least 10,000 applications, that is the 22nd highest rate. The figure counts every nationality applying there, not only citizens.

Visa-free travel with the Ecuadorian passport

By continent, the Ecuadorian passport is visa-free in 24 countries in the Americas, 15 countries in Asia, 3 countries in Europe, 2 countries in Africa and 1 country in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Ecuadorian citizens are allowed in Georgia (360 days), Armenia (180 days), Peru (180 days), El Salvador (180 days), the United Arab Emirates (90 days) and Antigua and Barbuda (90 days).

Visa on arrival

Ecuadorian citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti and 27 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Ecuadorian citizens enter Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 30 others. Israel, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, South Korea and Suriname ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Ecuador’s neighbours

Peru and Colombia admit Ecuadorian citizens without a visa.

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Peruvian passport ranks 59th (134 destinations) and the Colombian passport ranks 74th (118 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 152 can enter visa-free and 46 need an e-Visa for Ecuador.