The Cédula: The Appointment, the Folder, and the Card
The Ecuadorian cédula is genuinely do-it-yourself. What the Registro Civil asks for, in counter order, and why the appointment is what costs you.
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The First Week in Cuenca: The Order to Do Things In
Moving to Ecuador is a dependency chain, not a checklist. The order the first week in Cuenca, Ecuador has to run in, and the two sequences you cannot undo.
The Setup Cost: What Month One Costs Before You've Lived It
What the first month in Cuenca, Ecuador costs before any living happens: the published fees, the housing upfront, and the cash-flow ceiling.
"Ecuador Doesn't Tax Foreign Income": The Shape of the Question
Does Ecuador tax foreign income? The sentence everyone repeats describes a rule removed in 2021 — what replaced it, from Cuenca, Ecuador.
Getting Money In: Social Security Deposits, Wires, and the ATM Ceiling
The four routes money takes into Cuenca, Ecuador — a direct pension deposit, a wire, an ATM and a card kept at home — and the ceilings on each one.
The ISD: What Ecuador Charges When Money Leaves, and the Exemptions
The ISD in Ecuador is 5% on money leaving, exempt up to three times the SBU. What that means for a resident of Cuenca, Ecuador moving money home.
Dollarised, Not American: Where the Dollar Buys Less Than You Expect
Ecuador dollarisation for a resident of Cuenca, Ecuador: what the US dollar genuinely buys you, and the four places it buys less than at home.
Opening a Bank Account in Cuenca: Banks, Cooperativas, and What Each Asks For
Ecuadorian banks and cooperativas in Cuenca, Ecuador: why the cédula is the gate, and the deposit-insurance ceiling that decides where money sits.
A Month in Cuenca, Itemised: What It Actually Costs
The Cuenca cost of living, line by line for a foreign household in Cuenca, Ecuador — with the sourcing state of every figure in the month.