STUDENT VISA
Want to stay longer than 90 days in Ecuador?
We are an accepted Spanish School to process Student Visas but, need to follow some rules:
Check: Requisitos Especiales: https://www.gob.ec/mremh/tramites/concesion-visa-residencia-temporal-estudiante
Which countries need a Tourist Visa for 90 days stay in Ecuador: Find your Country HERE
Which countries need a Student Visa or another type of Visa to enter in Ecuador: Those non-listed HERE
Our Schools
Internacional del Español or, IE - www.diplomaie.com
Registration, Paper work, Admission Letter.
Cristobal Colon Spanish School or, CCSS - www.colonspanishschool.com
Your Spanish Course.
NOTE: The Spanish classes can only take place once you have gotten your new Student Visa. Both Schools have same building location with same Directors.
We are a formally allowed school to process your Student Visa
Check for our IE School out here: ttps://portal.trabajo.gob.ec/setec-portal-web/pages/operadoresCapacitacion.jsf
Click 1:
Choose: NOMBRE COMERCIAL
Write: IE INTERNACIONAL
Click: Find or Buscar
Cloick 2:
Find the Status: CALIFICADO 🙋
Fees:
$100 for registration and paper work.
Please fill both: IE School Form and Government Visa Form - Do it in a clear hand written and send us it back in a WhatsApp image: HERE
- For a 6 months Visa it requires a 80 lessons Program - $640
- For a 1 year Visa it requires a 160 lessons Program - $1280
IMPORTANT: Please make sure you definitively wish to apply for one of these programs above, as once the process has begun, there is NO OPTION for a refund under any circumstances EXCEPT if the issue comes from our School, since our institutional documents, your passport and personal details will be officially registered with the authorities in Ecuador.
REFUND POLICY: Our School will refund the 95% of the Spanish Course only if it is danied because of our school issues.
1st. step
Send us a copy of your Passport in color to work on all necessary documents to process your Visa.
Send us the payment receipt ($740 or $1380)
If you are in Ecuador
- Send us your actual Visa Status: Type and expiration date.
- Copy of last stamp of your last entrance to Ecuador
- 5.5 px Photography backgrounded in white and,
- Please Translate to Spanish, Notarize or Apostille these two documents:
(Must be signed by a professional translater)
a) Bank Account status with no less than US$1000 during your last 3 monts of transacctions.
b) Police report clearance
RECCOMMENDED TRANSLATOR IN QUITO : Certified translator & Notarizer in Quito - Ecuador: Daniel Hooft +593998035879 (Belgium). You can call him directly. He will need 3 or 4 days to have your documents both translated and notarized. He will use: NOTARIA 24 or, NOTARÍA 40 based in Quito.
Applicants N0 need any lawyer to process your Visa.
2nd. step
If you are NOT in Ecuador
No worries, You can do this from your place.!!
Anyway, in any case Student Visas can only be processed via Online.
Once you are ready with all IE School and your Personal Documents:
Create an account in the Ministry Official Website: https://serviciosdigitales.cancilleria.gob.ec/authentication Use your email address, user and password.
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- Upload one by one each of all these documents included: Bank Account status and Police report clearance translated to Spanish PLUS our IE School documents that will be sent to you.
Follow what the site requires.
3rd. step
Once all PDF documents are uploaded, the Ministry will ask you to pay $50 ussing your CC, then, you will be asked to find out your Visa, online, in about 60 to 90 days.
In order to obtain your New Online Student Visa you will be asked to pay for it in between $90 to $200. This cost will deppend on the country of the applicant comes from.
NOTE: If you are in Quito, we can support you uploading all this. At no cost.
Once gotten the Visa:
Plan the perfect schedule to complete the correspondent Spanish Course at CCSS and please follow these rules:
Complete the Course at CCSS during the first 3 months of your new visa period.
At CCSS, Monday to Saturday 09:00 to 18:00 (Take 3 or 4 hours minimum)
If ONLINE LESSONS, please choose from Monday to Saturday in a previous planned schedule with the School during the afternoons and evenings.
Remember: When you decide to take online lesson, this time ach hour taken will be considered and signed as two. Please do 2 hours as minimum per day.
Re-newing your Visa
Need to start from the beginning as a new Visa Application. Same stuff, same costos, same documents to upload. Same Process. (Except our IE registration fee)
Applicants can re-new the new student Visa up to two more times.
PAPER WORK:
Mandatory requirements from the Consulate of Ecuador
Plese find below all required documents you need to collect to processyour Student Visa:
Requisitos Especiales: ...."Matrícula o certificado de admisión en una institución educativa ecuatoriana legalmente acreditado por el organismo competente, que certifique la calidad de alumno regular en educación básica, secundaria, pregrado, postgrado en establecimientos educativos públicos o privados, o en instituciones de enseñanza de los idiomas oficiales del Ecuador, reconocidos oficialmente en el país; o, para realizar prácticas pre profesionales o profesionales....." more: https://www.gob.ec/mremh/tramites/concesion-visa-residencia-temporal-estudiante
Once you are ready sending us a cop of your passport and the necessary payments, WE WILL NEED about two hours to prepare and send you all theses documents to your e-mail address for you to process your Visa, vía Online uploading one by one each pdf document sent: https://serviciosdigitales.cancilleria.gob.ec/authentication.
IE School Paper Work
- Admission Letter from our main school "IE School"
- Study program timetable for those 6 or 12 months Visa
- Payment receipt for the chosen Spanish Program
- Legal and updated School documents
- Our School ID - official document and RUC (Taxes Doc)
- School Director´s ID
- School address in Quito + Contact information
Any aditional Questions?
- WhatsApp up to us 24/7: HERE
- School Director: Marcia García
