Ecuadorean Visa is not required for Somalis
Stay Duration: 90 days
Entry Requirements
- Somalia citizens can travel to Ecuador by obtaining an electronic visa at the embassy portal to stay for up to 90 days.
- Visitors are required to possess a passport with a validity of at least another 3 months from the date of arrival.
- Citizens of Somalia visiting Ecuador are required to provide a certificate of Vaccination for Hepatitis A, Polio, Tetanus, Typhoid and Yellow Fever.
- Visitors must have return or onward tickets and all documents required for their next trip.
- Visitors are allowed the free import of a moderate amount of perfume, One litre of alcoholic drinks, 200 grammes of tobacco, 50 cigars, or 300 cigarettes, Gifts and personal objects up to the value of:
- – USD 200 if travellers are staying abroad for up to 7 days;
- – USD 300 if travellers are staying abroad for 8 days up to six months;
- – USD 400 if travellers are staying abroad for six months up to two years;
- – USD 500 if travellers are staying abroad for two years or more; such amounts are estimated regardless of the age of travellers.
- Dry or fresh meat, unpreserved meat products and all kinds of plants and vegetables require previous permission from the Ministry of Agriculture.
- Visitors are allowed to depart with a moderate amount of cigarettes, tobacco and national alcoholic drinks.
- Goods such as narcotics, live animals and their parts, gold bars and antiques are prohibited from entry.
- To bring in pets, travellers must have a health certificate that is issued by an authorized governmental veterinarian and approved by the local health authorities in the home country.
- In Ecuador, the power plugs and sockets are of type A and B. The standard voltage is 120 V and the standard frequency is 60 Hz.
- Dogs require a certificate of vaccination against rabies issued within three months of arrival in Ecuador.
- A traveller’s luggage should be cleared at the first airport of entry in Ecuador.
- Visitors arriving with more than two pieces of checked luggage have to pay high customs duties as follows: For the third bag: USD 200; For the fourth bag: USD 400; Starting from the fifth bag, all checked luggage will be revised and a customs tax has to be paid for the total content of all bags.
- Visitors departing on international flights are not required to pay an airport departure tax.
- The estimated flight time from Mogadishu, Somalia to Quito, Ecuador is 17 hours, 38 minutes.
- Ecuador has a wet and dry season. The period from December to May (winter) is hot and humid while the rest of the year is warm and pleasant.
- Because of its three mainland regions, Ecuador’s climate is varied.
- Christianity is the most predominant religion practised in Ecuador.
- Electricity in Ecuador is either not available or erratic in rural areas.
- Ecuador uses six transportation methods to transport passengers; they are aviation, highways, pipelines, ports and harbours, railways and waterways.
- The official language of Ecuador is Spanish, which is spoken by approximately 93% of the population.
- Ecuador uses the Quito time zone (GMT-5), hence, Somalia is 8 hours ahead of Ecuador.
- Ecuador is the closest country to space and farther from the centre of the Earth.
- The official name of Ecuador is República del Ecuador, which literally means “The Republic of the Equator” making the country the only country in the world named after a geographical feature
- Ecuador has the world’s first UNESCO World Heritage Sites, The Galapagos Islands and the city of Quito.
- That iconic Panama Hat a lot of people love in the world actually originated from Ecuador
- Ecuador’s biggest tourist attraction are its beaches to astonishing volcanoes and the Amazon Rain forest.