Refreshed 11 Oct 2026
What changed in visa rules
Every refresh compares the new data with the previous snapshot. The latest one found 4,084 category changes worldwide and 1,600 changes to allowed stay.
Switched the main source to Wikipedia's visa articles (edited as recently as this week) from the Passport Index data of Feb 2026. Most changes below reflect that switch and eight months of rule changes, not changes made this week.
Easier for Ecuadorean passport holders 13
AfghanistanVisa required→eVisa
FijiVisa required→eVisa
GambiaVisa required→Visa-free
Saint Kitts and NeviseTA90 days→Visa-free90 days
LiberiaeVisa→Visa on arrival90 days
MoroccoVisa required→eTA
MoldovaeVisa→Visa-free90 days
MalawiVisa on arrival30 days→Visa-free
OmanVisa on arrival30 days→Visa-free14 days
QatarVisa on arrival30 days→Visa-free30 days
SerbiaVisa required→eVisa
Solomon IslandsVisa required→Visa on arrival90 days
SurinameeTA90 days→Visa-free90 days
Harder for Ecuadorean passport holders 8
AustraliaeVisa→Visa required
Côte d'IvoireeTA90 days→eVisa
DjiboutiVisa on arrival90 days→eVisa
IranVisa on arrival30 days→eVisa
Sri LankaVisa on arrival30 days→eVisa
Papua New GuineaeTA60 days→eVisa
Saudi ArabiaeVisa→Visa required
SeychellesVisa-free90 days→eTA90 days
Changes for visitors to Ecuador 22
- AfghanistaneVisa→Visa required
AlbaniaeVisa→Visa required
AngolaeVisa→Visa required
BangladesheVisa→Visa required
CubaeVisa→Visa required
EritreaeVisa→Visa required- GambiaeVisa→Visa required
Guinea-BissaueVisa→Visa-free90 days
IraqeVisa→Visa required
KyrgyzstaneVisa→Visa required
LibyaeVisa→Visa required
MalieVisa→Visa required
MyanmareVisa→Visa required
MauritaniaeVisa→Visa required
NigeriaeVisa→Visa required
NepaleVisa→Visa required
SudaneVisa→Visa required
South SudaneVisa→Visa-free90 days
TajikistaneVisa→Visa-free90 days
TaiwaneVisa→Visa-free90 days
VenezuelaeVisa→Visa required
VietnameVisa→Visa required
Refresh history
- 11 Oct 2026Switched the main source to Wikipedia's visa articles (edited as recently as this week) from the Passport Index data of Feb 20264,084 category changes
- 17 Feb 2026Passport Index data update (January 2025 to February 2026)2,761 category changes