Dear foreigners who live in Ecuador. I have excellent news for you. You may have heard about the new Digital ID. It is something very recent that the civil registry has released as a new modality here in Ecuador.
We will no longer have to walk with the fear that if I lost the ID and it ceases to be such a vital document that losing it has generated so much discomfort.
It is an optional non-mandatory service, and a digital version of the identity document, so it has the same validity as the physical one. It can be accessed through the Gob.EC platform installed on your cell phone.
I leave you here the link so that you can access it. It will be valid very soon, so don’t worry about getting it yet, wait a bit:
https://www.registrocivil.gob.ec/cedula-digital/
While this happens, so you don’t lose your ID I’m going to leave you a very good tip: leaving the civil registry on the right hand side going down all those steps there is a store that says Photo Clone “Foto Clon”. Ask them to make a laminated copy of the identity card. Say, “por favor, una copia plastica de mi cedula”. The cost to do it is $3; the best payment you will ever make, and you will have an exact copy of the cedula to the one you carry now as an identity card.
Follow me for more advice,
Monica Gonzaga: monicagonzaga.facilitator@gmail.com .
City: Cuenca
