Ecuador Consulate Vaduz

About the honorary consulate in Vaduz

The honorary consulate represents Ecuador in Liechtenstein. According to the list of consular missions published by the Protocol of the Liechtenstein Government (2 April 2026), it is headed by Claudio Pantarotto (honorary consul; the list gives the date 25 February 2009). No opening hours are published; arrange a visit in advance. To do so, call +423 340 82 00 or e-mail consuldor.li@gmail.com.

The office is in Vaduz, the capital, about 81 km from Zurich Airport and about 39 km from the small St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport. Liechtenstein has no airport of its own.

Citizens of Ecuador need a Schengen visa for short stays in Liechtenstein, as Ecuador is listed in Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 (consolidated version of 30 December 2025); Liechtenstein is part of the Schengen area.

Which Ecuadorian office issues passports and visas?

For passports and other formal consular services, Ecuadorian citizens should turn to the Ecuadorian Embassy in Bern, which is accredited to Liechtenstein.

Ecuador has no embassy in Liechtenstein. According to the Protocol’s list of diplomatic missions (1 September 2026), the Embassy of Ecuador in Bern is accredited to Liechtenstein. Head of mission: Veronica Augusta Bustamante Ponce, ambassador (the list gives the date 25 October 2024).

Contact details of the Ecuadorian Embassy in Bern, as listed on its page in this directory:

• Address: Kramgasse 54, 3011 Bern, Switzerland
• Telephone: +41 31 351 62 54
• Email: eecusuiza@cancilleria.gob.ec
• Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09:00–13:00 and 15:00–17:00
• Website: www.cancilleria.gob.ec/suiza

What can an honorary consul do?

An honorary consul is not a career diplomat but a local resident – often a business person or lawyer – appointed by Ecuador and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Ecuadorian citizens in an emergency (lost passport, accident, arrest), pass on applications and documents to the embassy, and certify signatures or life certificates. Passports and visas are not issued by an honorary consulate; they remain the responsibility of the embassy or a career consulate.

Other consulates and embassies in Vaduz

17 other countries are represented in Vaduz: Bulgaria (honorary), Cyprus (honorary), Czech Republic (honorary), Denmark (honorary), Estonia (honorary), Finland (honorary), Hungary (honorary), Luxembourg (honorary), Monaco (honorary), North Macedonia (honorary), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (honorary), Slovakia (honorary), South Korea (honorary), Sweden (honorary), Switzerland (honorary), Türkiye (honorary), Ukraine (honorary).

Closing days

Liechtenstein’s Labour Act lists 13 public holidays: New Year’s Day, Epiphany (6 January), Easter Monday, Labour Day (1 May), Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Corpus Christi, the Assumption (15 August, also the national holiday), the Nativity of Mary (8 September), All Saints’ Day (1 November), the Immaculate Conception (8 December), Christmas Day and St Stephen’s Day (26 December). Holidays that fall on a Sunday are not moved. Good Friday is not among the statutory holidays. In 2027 Easter Monday falls on 29 March, Ascension Day on 6 May and Corpus Christi on 27 May.

Emergency assistance

In Liechtenstein, dial 112 (European emergency number), 117 for the police, 118 for the fire brigade or 144 for an ambulance (Liechtenstein National Police). Liechtenstein has no embassy in Ecuador; under an arrangement dating from 1919, Liechtenstein citizens there can turn to the Swiss embassy or consulate for consular help (passports and identity cards excepted), and to Austria’s mission where Switzerland is not represented.

Ecuadorian missions for Liechtenstein

• Bern – Embassy of Ecuador (accredited to Liechtenstein; no resident embassy in Liechtenstein)
• Vaduz – Honorary Consulate (this page)