How can one travel to Ecuador with a Cuban passport in March 2025, besides flights? Below are visa details and flights from the island to the South American country currently.
In the mid-2000s, Ecuador was the mecca of Cuban migration, beyond the United States. With the possibility of a visa-free entry, hundreds of thousands of Antilleans went to that country, started businesses or studied, and with the best salaries, in dollars, they managed to support their families on the island.
According to the Registration Statistical Population Base of Ecuador (REBPE), which contains demographic data of people registered as residents in Ecuador until December 2022, more than 3,000 Cubans were living in that South American country.
Cuban migration to Ecuador experienced significant variations in recent decades. Starting in 2008, the removal of the visa requirement for Cuban citizens facilitated an increase in their arrival to the country.
This change attracted many Cubans who saw Ecuador as an opportunity to improve their living conditions or as a transit point to other destinations, such as the United States, Chile, or Costa Rica; others decided to stay and start their future life there.
Between 2007 and May 2010, there was an increase of 2000 in the Cuban population residing in Ecuador, rising from low figures, around 7,292 people.
Between 2015 and 2017, many of them emigrated to the United States. Again, after the pandemic, this happened once more, and many Cubans in Ecuador, with Biden's opening at the southern border and applications like CBP One, re-emigrated to the United States.
End of visa-free travel to Ecuador with Cuban passport. Trips in 2025 and current flights
In December 2015, Ecuador reinstated the visa requirement for Cuban citizens, which significantly reduced the migratory flow from Cuba to that country, and therefore currently, the number is limited to just over 3,000 people, almost all distributed between the cities of Quito and Cuenca.
How to obtain a visa to Ecuador with a Cuban passport, as well as flights from the island in 2025? In communication with our page, in 2023, the Ecuadorian Consulate specified that the tourist visa is granted for a period of 90 days within one year, counted from the date of the first entry. It can be extended once for up to an additional 90 days.
The process to obtain a tourist visa from Cuba costs 135 euros (about 147 dollars at the current exchange rate), which must be paid at the International Financial Bank (BFI) at the time of accepting the application.
The embassy clarified then that this amount in euros is subject to changes according to the current exchange rate, but the official amounts are: visa application USD 50 and visa issuance USD 150. This procedure is not subject to VAT.
Flights to Ecuador from Cuba. Consulate Information in Havana
Flights? To apply for a visa to Ecuador with a Cuban passport in 2025, you must access this link and clarify that it is at the "Consular Agency of Ecuador in Havana" and the service you want.
For more information, we provide the contact details of the Embassy of Ecuador in Havana, X: @EmbajadaEcuCUB. Email: embecucuba@gmail.com. Phone: +53 7 2042868.
Traveling to Ecuador with a Cuban passport, visa, and flights in 2025. Regarding flights to Ecuador from Cuba, unfortunately, there are no direct connections, but short layovers can be made with Copa Airlines from Panama and with Avianca or Wingo from Colombia.
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