1. Go to your local civil registry office. Applicants who haven't reached the age of 18 must be accompanied by their parents or legal representative.
2. Complete an application for a National ID card and pay the application fee.
3. Your application will be reviewed and you will be guided to have your fingerprint and signature collected and your photo taken.
4. You will be advised when your ID card will be issued to you.

List down the documents required for successfully completing the procedure.

e.g.
1. Proof of child birth from the Hospital.

Registro Civil
Av. Amazonas N37-61
y Naciones Unidas
Telephone: 023731110

Provide eligibility criteria's for going through this procedure.

• Issuance of the ID card for the first time: $ 5.00
• Renewal: $ 15.00

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

Please explain processing time taken in obtaining the document/certificate.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M" Video ID is "Y0US7oR_t3M". 
	

Please provide instructions on obtaining the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

This procedure provides you information on how you can apply for a National Identity (ID) Card in Ecuador.

Enter other informations which might help

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

Registro Civil - Ecuador

More information which might help people.