An Expat is defined as a person who lives outside of their home country. We are expats and live in Cuenca Ecuador. Expat living is unique and there are a lot of things particular to expat living.
Expats Shopping in the USA What do all expats do when returning from a US visit… they shop. There is always something a person living abroad wants that they can’t get in their new country of residence. Most likely it’s some electronics, a food specialty item or clothes. Clothes seem to be what I always …
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Day One Day one of House Hunters International filming is here. HHI always starts with the couple arriving at a hotel. We needed to look as if we just checked in. Our first day began at Mansion Alcazar, a restored colonial Mansion, converted into a luxurious boutique hotel. We did have the option of staying …
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House Hunters in Not What You Think When people hear that we were on House Hunters International, they always have a bunch of questions. The most common question is how did we get on the show. Followed by questions about the filming. After watching the episode of House Hunters International on HGTV, we realize a …
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Cedula Getting our cedula was the next task after our residency visa to being permanent residents of Ecuador. The cedula is Ecuador’s national Identification card. Above all, it was part of our resident visa package we paid our Ecuadorian lawyer to do for us. Day 1 We met our lawyer’s assistant (who happens to be a …
UPDATE 2019: Note that while the below information is generally correct, some of the Ecuadorian laws have changed. You should consult an Ecuadorian attorney for the latest visa requirements. Getting an Ecuador visa for residency isn’t hard, it just takes patience and time (and, of course, money). Our goal was to get our Visa’s while …
Live Abroad If you haven’t guessed by now from the other blog posts, we live abroad in Cuenca Ecuador. We decided to start our retirement by moving to Ecuador. This post is going to describe what we did in preparation for the move. Since our goal was to get our residency visas while still in …
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