In short: a sworn declaration at the Ecuadorian consulate in Valencia is a written statement in which you declare, under oath and before the consular authority, facts you know directly. You need an appointment, you go in person with your ID and you pay 25 € in cash. It is mainly meant to be presented to institutions in Ecuador.
In person or by representative? In person. The source requires the declarant to be present and, if there are several, all of them must appear. The procedure also requires an appointment, which you book in the official Cancillería appointment system.
Before you go. The declaration must refer to facts you know directly and can swear to. Ask the institution or authority that will receive it what information the document has to include.
Requirements
- An appointment.
- Original, valid ID: cédula de ciudadanía or Ecuadorian passport if you are Ecuadorian, passport if you are a foreign national.
- Be of legal age and in full use of your faculties.
- The declaration must refer to a fact that is physically and legally possible.
- An extract or draft of what you want to declare, with the facts stated clearly (the source asks for it preferably). The information must be enough to identify clearly the subject and content of the declaration.
- 25 € in cash.
Responsibility. The content is yours alone: you swear to the facts. The consulate receives and formalises the declaration within its powers, without verifying or certifying that the facts are true.
Where it can be used. It is designed mainly to take effect before institutions or authorities in Ecuador. If you need to present it to an institution in Spain or another country, check that authority's requirements first. The source does not say what each one asks for.
Steps
- Ask the institution that requests the declaration what information it must include.
- Prepare an extract or draft with the facts you will declare.
- Book an appointment in the official Cancillería appointment system.
- Go to the appointment with your original, valid ID and 25 € in cash. If several people are declaring, all of them attend.
Official source: Consulate of Ecuador in Valencia: sworn declaration.
Informational only; check the official source and a professional for your specific case.