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United States Consulate General
Guayaquil, Ecuador
http://guayaquil.usconsulate.gov/

Packet 4 for Immigrant visa applicants
This Packet 4 is for all immigrant visa categories (except for K visas). If your visa category is
IR1, IR2, CR1, CR2, IR5, F1, F3, F4, F2A/FX, F2B, E3 or EW you must download this Packet.
This information packet contains 17 pages (English and Spanish version); pleaseread the
entire packet carefully.
In order to process quickly and easily your visa application, please make a packet of the
following documents for each visa applicant:
Pictures and passport: You must bring two pictures 5x5 cm. The pictures must have been
recently taken. The photographs must show the applicant's entire face on a white background.
Applicants should not wear glasses or hatsfor the photographs. The passport must be valid for at
least 1 year.
Original Birth Certificate: If born in Ecuador and your birth was filed in the Civil Registry
Office, we will only accept the hand-written certificate with the official seal; if your birth was
filed in the Corporación Registro Civil de Guayaquil we can accept the printed version
certificate with the official seal (Please seedocument samples in page 13). We do not accept
computerized or typed forms issued by the Civil Registry Office. If you are petitioned by a U.S.
citizen son, daughter, sibling, you must present the same type of birth certificate for the
petitioner. IMPORTANT: If you have children, bring the birth certificate for each one (the
same type as indicated above) whether or not they are immigratingwith you to the United
States.
Original Marriage Certificate: If the marriage took place in Ecuador and was filed in the Civil
Registry Office, we will only accept the hand-written certificate with the official seal; if your
marriage was filed in the Corporación Registro Civil de Guayaquil we can accept the printed
version certificate with the official seal (Please see document sample in page14). We do not
accept computerized or typed forms issued by the Civil Registry Office. If the marriage took
place in another country, the marriage certificate must be certified by the appropriate government
authority.
Original Divorce or Death Certificates: To certify the nullity of all prior marriages (both for
the applicant and the petitioner). If previous marriages were executed in Ecuador,you must
bring the marriage certificate that is a direct copy of the hand-written record book of the Civil
Registry and must have their official seal (Please see document sample in page 15). If they were
executed in another country, please bring the divorce decree with the court’s original stamp.
Death certificates (if applicable) must be issued by the Civil Registry Office and must have theirofficial seal (Please see document sample in page 16).

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December 2011

United States Consulate General
Guayaquil, Ecuador
http://guayaquil.usconsulate.gov/

DS-230 Form: Each applicant must fill out Part I and Part II. We only accept the English
version of DS-230 form. Each applicant must read all the questions and be sure that all questionsare answered. If there are questions that are not pertinent to your case write down "not
applicable". You must sign these forms under oath in front of the Consul on your interview date
and will be legally responsible for them. You may print out a copy of this form from our web
site: http://guayaquil.usconsulate.gov/immigrant_visas.html
Police Records: Records must be obtained from all thecountries where you have lived more
than 6 months since the age of 16. Applicants under the age of 18 cannot obtain a police record
from Ecuador. Do not bring a police record from the United States.
Medical Examination: All the information pertaining to the medical examination can be found
in page 5.
Evidence of Financial Stability from the United States: All intending immigrants must have a...