UK help and services in Ecuador

Services if you're visiting, studying, working or living in Ecuador. Includes information about trading with and doing business in the UK and Ecuador.

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Emergency help for British nationals

Get help if you're the victim of crime, you've been arrested, or are affected by a crisis abroad.

1. British Embassy Quito

   The British Embassy in Quito maintains and develop relations between the UK and Ecuador.

2. Compensation for victims of terrorist attacks abroad

   Compensation for terrorist attacks abroad - eligibility, acts of terrorism covered, application form, helpline

3. Compensation if you're a victim of crime abroad

   If you're a UK resident and have been injured because of a violent crime abroad, you can usually apply for compensation

4. Domestic violence in Ecuador

   If you are a victim of domestic violence you can seek emergency assistance.

5. Ecuador – Prisoner Pack

   Explanation of the legal and prison system to British Nationals.

6. Get help if you're a victim of crime abroad

   Contact the nearest British embassy, commission or consulate to get help if you're the victim of crime abroad

7. Help if you're arrested abroad

   Find out what the Foreign and Commonwealth Office can do to help if you or someone you know is arrested abroad.

8. Rape and sexual assault abroad: returning to the UK

   Information for British nationals affected by rape or sexual assault abroad and returning to the UK, including how to access medical treatment and legal advice in the UK.

9. Sexual Assault in Ecuador

   If you are a victim of sexual assault, you can seek emergency assistance.

10. What to do if you’re affected by a crisis overseas

    Advice for British nationals affected by crises abroad, including terrorist attacks, natural disasters and major political unrest, and information on what help the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) can provide.

Passports and emergency travel documents

Includes how to cancel a lost passport, renew a passport and apply for an emergency travel document.

1. Apply for or renew a British passport if you're visiting the UK

   You can apply for or renew a British passport while you're visiting the UK - as long as you expect to be in the UK for long enough

2. Cancel a lost or stolen passport

   What you need to do if your passport has been lost or stolen and you need to travel urgently - emergency travel document and replacement passport.

3. Get an emergency travel document

   Apply for an emergency travel document if you're outside the UK and haven't got a valid British passport - apply online, how to apply, fee, timings

4. Overseas British passport applications

   Renew, replace or apply for an adult or child British passport if you’re living abroad or working overseas - forms, prices, how long it takes

Travelling to Ecuador

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

1. Ecuador travel advice

   Latest travel advice for Ecuador including safety and security, entry requirements, travel warnings and health

2. Getting married abroad

   Requirements, paperwork and processes for weddings and civil partnerships overseas - registration, restrictions, fees

3. Reduce your risk from terrorism while abroad

   How to minimise your risk and what to do in the event of a terrorist attack.

Coming to the UK

Get a visa to study, work or visit the UK.

1. Check if you need a UK visa

   You may need a visa to come to the UK to visit, study or work.

2. Contact UK Visas and Immigration about your application

   How to contact UK visas and immigration (UKVI) from inside and outside the UK.

3. Get your visa, immigration or citizenship documents back

   Get your documents returned if you've made a UK visa, immigration or citizenship application but need them back urgently

4. Tuberculosis test for a UK visa: clinics in Ecuador

   Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Ecuador for your visa application.

Living in Ecuador

Includes how to access healthcare, get a document legalised, lists of lawyers and how to vote abroad.

1. Ecuador - List of hospitals

   Ecuador - List of hospitals

2. Ecuador - List of Medical Practitioners

   List of English speaking medical practitioners

3. Ecuador - List of Translators

   List of English speaking Translators

4. Ecuador Hospitalisation Information Pack

   Ecuador Hospitalisation Information Pack

5. Ecuador travel advice

   Latest travel advice for Ecuador including safety and security, entry requirements, travel warnings and health

6. Ecuador – List of Lawyers

   List of English speaking lawyers

7. Ecuador: immigration policy

   Useful reference points on the Ecuadorean Immigration Policy.

8. Get your document legalised

   Use the online service to get a UK document legalised

9. Informative Note: change of name in the UK

   Informative note about changing your name in the UK (in English and Spanish).

10. Informative Note: surname registration at birth in Ecuador

    Informative note about registering a child with one or two surnames.

11. Living in Ecuador

    How to get an identity card, driving license and other local procedures for Britons living in Ecuador.

12. Support for British nationals abroad: A guide

    This guide highlights some of the main ways you can help yourself stay safe abroad and what help the FCO can provide.

13. UK benefits if you're going or living abroad

    Find out what benefits you might be able to receive while you're abroad and how to export them from the UK or claim them while abroad

14. Voting when you’re abroad

    How to vote if you're going to be abroad temporarily on election day, and what to do if you're moving overseas long term

Tax, benefits, pensions and working abroad

Includes how to pay tax, claim State Pension and get tax credits abroad.

1. Claiming benefits if you live, move or travel abroad

   Benefits you can claim if you go abroad and countries with social security arrangements with the UK

2. Moving or retiring abroad

   What you need to know if you move or retire abroad - tax, pensions, voting and contacting your local council

3. National Insurance if you go abroad

   Contact HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to find out if you need to pay National Insurance when you work abroad

4. State Pension if you retire abroad

   How to claim State Pension if you're overseas - payment, tax, change of circumstances - contact the International Pension Centre

5. Tax credits if you leave or move to the UK

   Tax credits if you live abroad, go travelling, are a cross-border worker or subject to immigration control

6. Tax on foreign income

   Find out whether you need to pay UK tax on foreign income - residence and ‘non-dom’ status, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice (including certificates of residence)

7. Tax on your UK income if you live abroad

   Find out whether you need to pay tax on your UK income while you're living abroad - non-resident landlord scheme, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice, personal allowance of tax-free income, form R43

Birth, death and marriage abroad

Includes how to get married, list of funeral directors and how to register a birth abroad.

1. Affirmation template: marriage in Ecuador

   Affirmation template for marriage in Ecuador.

2. Ecuador - Bereavement Information Pack

   Ecuador - Bereavement Information Pack

3. Ecuador - List of Funeral Directors

   List of English speaking funeral directors

4. Getting married abroad

   Requirements, paperwork and processes for weddings and civil partnerships overseas - registration, restrictions, fees

5. Informative Note: surname registration at birth in Ecuador

   Informative note about registering a child with one or two surnames.

6. Informative Note: validity of marriages in the UK

   Informative note about validity of foreign marriages in the UK.

7. Register a birth abroad

   Parents must register the birth in the country where the child was born - find out if you can also register the birth in the UK

8. Surrogacy overseas

   Information for British nationals who are considering entering into surrogacy arrangements in foreign countries.

9. What to do after someone dies

   The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad

10. What to do when someone dies: step by step

    Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and manage financial issues.

News and events

Find out about the UK government's diplomatic, security and development work in Ecuador.

1. Ecuador and the UK

   Updates, news and events from the UK government in Ecuador

Trade and invest

Includes investing and setting up a business in the UK and doing business in Ecuador.

1. Business investment in the UK: Guidance for overseas businesses

   Guidance on why overseas companies should set up and locate their businesses in the UK. Includes information on UK business investment and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) opportunities.

2. Department for International Trade Ecuador

   DIT provides trade and investment services and practical support. We help UK companies succeed in Ecuador, and Ecuadorian companies set up and invest in the UK.

3. Overseas Business Risk - Ecuador

   Information on key security and political risks which UK businesses may face when operating in Ecuador

4. Set up a business

   What you need to do to start a business: choose a legal structure, see if you need licences and insurance, learn about reliefs and benefits

British embassy or high commission

Includes contact details, opening hours and consular fees and local services.

1. British Embassy Quito

   The British Embassy in Quito maintains and develop relations between the UK and Ecuador.

2. Ecuador: consular fees

   Details of consular fees - updated January 2019.

3. Notarial and documentary services guide for Ecuador

   Documents, certificates and letters available at the British Consulate in Ecuador.