Temporary vehicle import to Ecuador
A visa and a vehicle are different law: the person and the car are given their terms by different authorities, and those terms need not match.
- Maximum term
- 90
- How the term is counted
- together with the driver’s stay
- Carnet de Passages
- Not required
- Extension
- Possible
90 days plus one extension; the practical ceiling is about 180 days per year. There is no official SENAE text with figures.
The authorisation of the Tourist Sworn Declaration shall be equal to the period of stay granted by the Ministry of the Interior (Migration). [That is, the vehicle's period equals the driver's stay; for non-resident Ecuadorians the same procedure states a fixed term of "90 days". Official SENAE procedure "Authorisation for the entry of a tourist vehicle into Ecuadorian territory" on the gob.ec portal.]
Source: www.gob.ec
Vehicle import to other countries
Reference data, not legal advice. Rules change without notice — check with the consulate or at the border.