CBI stands for citizenship by investment, and in Vanuatu that means the Development Support Program, decided by the Citizenship Commission after Financial Intelligence Unit checks. Vanuatu CBI is also the name of this independent team: we assess eligibility and cost free of charge, prepare the family file and stay with it to the passport. We are not a government body, and we have no affiliation with the Citizenship Office or Commission.

Vanuatu CBI: Citizenship by Investment

Q: What is the Vanuatu citizenship government website?

The government website for citizenship is vancitizenship.gov.vu, run by the Vanuatu Citizenship Office and Commission. It carries the application forms, the fees and charges, the Designated Agents list and the Office's official notices. Genuine Vanuatu government sites end in .gov.vu, and the Office warns about fake sites that copy its look. Vanuatu CBI is a private, independent team and is not part of that site or of the government.

Q: Which Vanuatu citizenship program is open in 2026?

The Development Support Program is the main investment route open to new applicants, with a minimum price of US$130,000 for a single applicant under the published schedule, plus the due diligence and application fees. The Capital Investment Immigration Plan was suspended in March 2025 and is reported to have reopened in May 2025 under amended rules, but no official notice confirms the current terms, so we check its status at the assessment. Whether the Real Estate Option Program is taking files is checked at the free assessment.

Q: What does a Vanuatu citizenship by investment consultant do?

A consultant prepares the application so that it can succeed: checking eligibility, working out the full cost, planning which family members to include, collecting documents and building source-of-funds evidence. The consultant does not decide anything; the Citizenship Commission does. Our consultation is free and ends with a written cost and document plan. The file itself goes in through the channel Vanuatu law prescribes, and we name the lodging agent at the start.

Q: Can I buy Vanuatu citizenship?

You can obtain it lawfully through the Development Support Program, which grants citizenship in return for a payment at or above the minimum price set by regulation, after due diligence and a decision by the Citizenship Commission. What you cannot buy is a passport on its own or a guaranteed approval. Any criminal conviction bars approval, and an offer that skips the checks or the Commission is not a lawful route.

Q: What does the Vanuatu Citizenship Commission do?

The Citizenship Commission is a constitutional body that decides citizenship applications, including those under the Development Support Program, and approves the issue of citizenship certificates. It may approve, defer or reject an application, and it can revoke citizenship granted fraudulently or contrary to the law. Passports are issued separately by the Immigration and Passport Services, not by the Commission.

We assess your eligibility and cost free of charge, prepare the whole family file and stay with it to the passport; a government-designated agent lodges it, as the law requires.

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Free Eligibility and cost assessment, with a written quote before you commit

US$130,000 Published minimum contribution, single applicant

0 days No residence requirement, before or after approval

Primary sources we work from

Vanuatu Citizenship Office

Financial Intelligence Unit

Dept. of Immigration

EU visa regulation

UK visa national list

Official fee schedule

Cost Calculator for Your Family

Amounts payable under the Development Support Program, as set out in the schedule the Citizenship Office publishes.

My spouse is applying with me

Children under 18

Other dependants

For example a child over 18 or a parent. Whether they can be included is confirmed in the assessment.

Contribution under the published schedule
FIU due diligence fee, one per application
Total under the schedule

Plus the application fee of VT 5,000 per application, paid when it is lodged.

Not included: our professional fee and document costs such as translations, apostilles and police certificates. Both are quoted in writing after the free assessment.

Source: Citizenship Office, Fees and Charges

Vanuatu CBI, From First Question to Passport

Vanuatu CBI helps individuals and families obtain Vanuatu citizenship by investment under the Development Support Program (DSP), the main route open to new applicants today. Under the schedule the Citizenship Office publishes, it starts at US$130,000 for a single applicant, and every application goes through due diligence by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and a decision by the Citizenship Commission. We are an independent team, not a government body: applications are lodged through a government-designated agent, as Vanuatu law requires; we prepare the file and handle the process with you.

Our work starts with a free assessment of whether you qualify and what the full cost is for your family, returned in writing. From there we plan who goes on the application, gather and check every certificate, apostille, certified translation and record of where your funds came from, and stay with the file through the checks, the Commission's decision, the payments in US dollars, the oath and the passport application. Everything you share with us is kept confidential.

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The DSP Program

The legal basis in section 13E of the Citizenship Act, what a designated DSP agent does, who qualifies and the order in which a file moves to a decision.

How the DSP works

Cost and Payment Dates

The published schedule from US$130,000, the US$5,000 due diligence fee, the VT 5,000 application fee and the point at which each amount is paid.

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Applying as a Family

Who can join one application, from a spouse to parents over 50, and how the total changes as each person is added.

Price your family

The Application, Step by Step

Forms, the document pack, the agent's role, the Screening Committee and the Commission, and what follows an approval.

Follow the stages

Where the Passport Takes You

85 to 88 destinations without a visa in advance, depending on the index, and the European and British visa changes of 2023 stated plainly.

Check the destinations

Funding From Crypto Assets

The government accepts US dollars only. How digital assets are converted and documented so the due diligence can follow the money.

Plan a crypto-funded file

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Free Assessment

You tell us who is applying. We check each adult's record, the countries you have lived in and how your funds can be evidenced, then send the government amounts and our fee in writing.

Building the File

We agree the route and the family plan, then prepare passports, civil records, police certificates, apostilles, certified translations and source-of-funds evidence, checking each item before it is used.

Checks and Lodging

The agent applies to the FIU with the US$5,000 fee, then lodges the file with the VT 5,000 fee. A quarter of the prescribed government fee goes in before the Commission takes the file up.

The Commission Decides

The Screening Committee and then the Citizenship Commission review the file. We answer any request for more information with you. No one can promise approval or a date.

Oath, Certificate, Passport

Within three months of approval you take the oath and pay the balance in US dollars. The certificate follows, and then the passport application to the Immigration and Passport Services.

The Full Cost, Up Front

Government amounts for your family, our fee and expected document costs, itemized in writing before you commit to anything.

The Family Plan

Who can be included, which ages and dependency conditions apply, and how to time the application so that no one falls outside a category.

Documents, Done Properly

Police certificates, apostilles, certified translations and a notarized CV, gathered and checked against what the due diligence expects.

Source of Funds

A clear written account of where the money came from, with the records behind it, whether your wealth is in a business, property or digital assets.

The Lawful Channel

Your file goes in through a government-designated agent whose name you can check on the official list, and payments are made in US dollars through official channels only.

The Final Steps

Questions from the checks and the Commission, the balance payment, the oath before a Commissioner for Oaths, the certificate and the passport.

Is This the Official Vanuatu Citizenship by Investment Website?

No. The official website is that of the Vanuatu Citizenship Office and Commission, at vancitizenship.gov.vu. The Office handles citizenship applications and the Citizenship Commission, a constitutional body, decides them and issues citizenship certificates. Vanuatu CBI is a private, independent team that prepares applications with clients; we have no affiliation with the Office or the Commission and do not speak for either.

That distinction is worth knowing for your own protection. The Citizenship Office warns about fake websites pretending to be official, and an official-looking logo or a national flag proves nothing, so test anyone you deal with, including us, against the official sources:

the website address ends in .gov.vu;
the agent's exact name is on the Office's Designated Agents list and not on its "Cancelled Agents" page of those it does not recognize;
the Office confirms what you were told when you call it on (+678) 33365;
every government payment is planned in US dollars through official channels.

Passports are not issued by the Citizenship Office at all: the ordinary passport comes from the Immigration and Passport Services once citizenship has been granted, and the Office has stated publicly that it does not issue passports of any kind.

Which Vanuatu Citizenship Program Is Open in 2026

For new applicants with no family ties to Vanuatu, the main investment route open today, often called Vanuatu economic citizenship, is the Development Support Program, set up under section 13E of the Citizenship Act [Cap 112] and run under Order No. 33 of 2019 as amended by Order No. 39 of 2020. The minimum price under the published schedule is US$130,000 for one person and US$150,000 for a married couple, plus the due diligence and application fees. The Capital Investment Immigration Plan (CIIP) was suspended in March 2025; industry sources report it reopened in May 2025 under amended rules, but no official notice confirming the current terms has been published, so we confirm its status and amounts at the assessment. The Real Estate Option Program, which requires buying property in a government-approved project, has run since July 2021; whether it is taking files is checked at assessment.

The program has firm limits: any criminal conviction bars approval under the DSP Regulations, the passport has needed a visa for the Schengen Area and the United Kingdom since 2023, and citizenship does not on its own change where you are tax resident. We set these out before any fee is paid.

To find out whether the DSP fits your family, ask for the free assessment. Tell us who would apply, their ages, where each adult has lived, any past criminal case or visa refusal and broadly where the money comes from; no documents are needed yet, and we reply in writing with the government amounts, our fee and the records to gather first.

What is Vanuatu CBI?

What is the Vanuatu citizenship government website?

Which Vanuatu citizenship program is open in 2026?

What does a Vanuatu citizenship by investment consultant do?

Can I buy Vanuatu citizenship?

What does the Vanuatu Citizenship Commission do?

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