{"question":{"passport":"ARG","destination":"ECU","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"allowed","headline":"Visa-free, 180 days","requirement":{"kind":"none","message":"You can travel without arranging a visa."},"stay":{"kind":"DAYS","maxDays":180,"ruleType":"ANCHORED_YEAR","windowDays":365,"phrasing":"You may stay up to 180 days per calendar year."},"conditions":[],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"reglamento-lomh-2025","url":"https://www.aduana.gob.ec/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Reglamento-a-la-Ley-Organica-de-Movilidad-Humana.pdf","passage":"Para los turistas suramericanos, el plazo de permanencia que otorgará la autoridad responsable del control migratorio será de hasta ciento ochenta (180) días en el período de un año contados a partir de su primer ingreso.","explanation":"Art. 96 of the Reglamento sets the stay the migration authority grants to South American tourists at up to 180 days in a one-year period from first entry; each of these issuers is a South American nationality and is not on the Cancillería visa-required list, so the 180-day duration applies to them.","publisher":"Tercer Suplemento del Registro Oficial No.18 , 10 de Marzo 2022\n\nNormativa: Vigente\n\nÚltima Reforma: Edición Constitucional del Registro Oficial 96, 03-X-2025"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-29","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}