Vanuatu Passport

Passport rankings out of 198 countries

Freedom of travel101

Asset protection79

Quality of life101

"Plan B"44

Afghanistan

Visa is required

Albania

eTA

Algeria

Visa is required

Andorra

Visa is required

Angola

Visa-free for 30 days

Antigua & Barbuda

Visa-free for 180 days

Argentina

Visa is required

Armenia

eTA

Australia

eTA

Austria

Visa is required

Azerbaijan

Visa is required

Bahamas

Visa-free for 90 days

Bahrain

eTA

Bangladesh

Visa upon arrival

Barbados

Visa-free for 180 days

Belarus

Visa-free for 30 days

Belgium

Visa is required

Belize

Visa-free

Benin

eTA

Bhutan

eTA

Bolivia

Visa upon arrival

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Visa-free for 90 days

Botswana

Visa-free for 90 days

Brazil

Visa is required

Brunei

Visa is required

Bulgaria

Visa is required

Burkina Faso

eTA

Burundi

Visa upon arrival

Cambodia

Visa upon arrival

Cameroon

eTA

Canada

Visa is required

Cape Verde

Visa upon arrival

Central African Republic

Visa is required

Chad

Visa is required

Chile

Visa is required

China

Visa is required

Colombia

eTA

Comoros

Visa upon arrival

Congo - Brazzaville

Visa is required

Congo - Kinshasa

eTA

Costa Rica

Visa-free for 30 days

Croatia

Visa is required

Cuba

eTA

Cyprus

Visa is required

Czechia

Visa is required

Côte d’Ivoire

eTA

Denmark

Visa is required

Djibouti

Visa upon arrival

Dominica

Visa-free for 180 days

Dominican Republic

Visa-free

Ecuador

Visa-free for 90 days

Egypt

Visa upon arrival

El Salvador

Visa-free for 180 days

Equatorial Guinea

eTA

Eritrea

Visa is required

Estonia

Visa is required

Eswatini

Visa-free for 30 days

Ethiopia

eTA

Fiji

Visa-free for 120 days

Finland

Visa is required

France

Visa is required

Gabon

eTA

Gambia

Visa-free for 90 days

Georgia

eTA

Germany

Visa is required

Ghana

Visa upon arrival

Greece

Visa is required

Grenada

Visa-free for 90 days

Guatemala

Visa-free for 90 days

Guinea

eTA

Guinea-Bissau

Visa upon arrival

Guyana

Visa is required

Haiti

Visa-free for 90 days

Honduras

Visa-free for 90 days

Hong Kong SAR China

Visa-free for 90 days

Hungary

Visa is required

Iceland

Visa is required

India

eTA

Indonesia

eTA

Iran

Visa upon arrival

Iraq

eTA

Ireland

Visa is required

Israel

Visa-free for 90 days

Italy

Visa is required

Jamaica

Visa-free

Japan

Visa is required

Jordan

Visa upon arrival

Kazakhstan

eTA

Kenya

eTA

Kiribati

Visa-free for 90 days

Kuwait

Visa is required

Kyrgyzstan

eTA

Laos

Visa upon arrival

Latvia

Visa is required

Lebanon

Visa is required

Lesotho

Visa-free for 90 days

Liberia

Visa is required

Libya

eTA

Liechtenstein

Visa is required

Lithuania

Visa is required

Luxembourg

Visa is required

Macao SAR China

Visa upon arrival

Madagascar

Visa upon arrival

Malawi

Visa upon arrival

Malaysia

Visa-free for 30 days

Maldives

Visa upon arrival

Mali

Visa is required

Malta

Visa is required

Marshall Islands

Visa upon arrival

Mauritania

Visa upon arrival

Mauritius

Visa-free for 90 days

Mexico

Visa is required

Micronesia

Visa-free for 30 days

Moldova

Visa-free for 90 days

Monaco

Visa is required

Mongolia

eTA

Montenegro

Visa-free for 90 days

Morocco

Visa is required

Mozambique

Visa upon arrival

Myanmar (Burma)

Visa is required

Namibia

Visa is required

Nauru

Visa upon arrival

Nepal

Visa upon arrival

Netherlands

Visa is required

New Zealand

Visa is required

Nicaragua

Visa-free for 90 days

Niger

Visa is required

Nigeria

eTA

North Korea

Visa is required

North Macedonia

Visa is required

Norway

Visa is required

Oman

eTA

Pakistan

eTA

Palau

Visa upon arrival

Palestinian Territories

Visa-free

Panama

Visa-free for 90 days

Papua New Guinea

eTA

Paraguay

Visa is required

Peru

Visa-free for 180 days

Philippines

Visa-free for 30 days

Poland

Visa is required

Portugal

Visa is required

Qatar

eTA

Romania

Visa is required

Russia

Visa-free for 90 days

Rwanda

Visa-free for 30 days

Samoa

Visa upon arrival

San Marino

Visa is required

Saudi Arabia

Visa is required

Senegal

Visa upon arrival

Serbia

Visa is required

Seychelles

Visa-free for 90 days

Sierra Leone

Visa upon arrival

Singapore

Visa-free for 30 days

Slovakia

Visa is required

Slovenia

Visa is required

Solomon Islands

Visa upon arrival

Somalia

eTA

South Africa

Visa is required

South Korea

eTA

South Sudan

eTA

Spain

Visa is required

Sri Lanka

Visa upon arrival

St Kitts & Nevis

Visa-free for 90 days

St Lucia

Visa-free for 42 days

St. Vincent & Grenadines

Visa-free for 90 days

Sudan

Visa is required

Suriname

Visa is required

Sweden

Visa is required

Switzerland

Visa is required

Syria

eTA

São Tomé & Príncipe

eTA

Taiwan

Visa is required

Tajikistan

eTA

Tanzania

Visa-free for 90 days

Thailand

Visa upon arrival

Timor-Leste

Visa upon arrival

Togo

eTA

Tonga

Visa upon arrival

Trinidad & Tobago

Visa-free

Tunisia

Visa is required

Turkey

Visa is required

Turkmenistan

Visa is required

Tuvalu

Visa upon arrival

UAE

eTA

Uganda

Visa-free for 90 days

Ukraine

Visa is required

United Kingdom

Visa is required

United States

Visa is required

Uruguay

Visa is required

Uzbekistan

eTA

Vanuatu

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Vatican City

Visa is required

Venezuela

Visa is required

Vietnam

eTA

Yemen

Visa is required

Zambia

Visa-free for 90 days

Zimbabwe

Visa-free for 90 days

About Vanuatu

The Great Himalayas border the territory of the country in the north and northwest. Most of the country's territory is located in mountainous areas, about 1/5 is covered with eternal snow and glaciers. Most of the country's income comes from agriculture, logging, tourism and the sale of postage stamps. Coal, marble, slate, gypsum and limestone are mined in mines in the south of the country.

Population

307 150

Capital

Port Vila

Official language

Bislama, English, French

GDP per capita

$2.763

Time zone

UTC+11

Currency

Vatu

Vanuatu passport rank and benefits

1
Visa-free travel to 110 countries
Vanuatu citizens can enter the Hong Kong, Singapore and other destinations visa-free.
Vanuatu citizens can enter the Hong Kong, Singapore and other destinations visa-free.
2
Visitor visa to the USA for 5 years
The Vanuatu passport power allows its holders to get a B‑1/B‑2 visa to the USA for 5 years. The visa enables spending 180 days per year in the USA to visit relatives, travel, receive medical treatment or attend courses that won’t give you a diploma.
The Vanuatu passport power allows its holders to get a B‑1/B‑2 visa to the USA for 5 years. The visa enables spending 180 days per year in the USA to visit relatives, travel, receive medical treatment or attend courses that won’t give you a diploma.
3
Tax optimisation for a company
Investors register international business companies in Vanuatu. The company’s and its shareholders' revenue are exempt from taxes on profits, income, and capital gain for 20 years. Instead of taxes, they pay an annual fee of $300.
Investors register international business companies in Vanuatu. The company’s and its shareholders' revenue are exempt from taxes on profits, income, and capital gain for 20 years. Instead of taxes, they pay an annual fee of $300.

Who can get a Vanuatu passport

Investor with a legal income
18 years of age or older
with no criminal records
with good health
with $250,000 or more on the bank account
Spouse
Children under 18
Children aged 18 to 25
not married
financially dependant on the investor
studying at a university
Parents over 50

Investment conditions

The Vanuatu citizenship by investment program offers only one investment option — a non-refundable contribution to a state fund. The amount depends on the number of applicants:

$130,000 for the investor only;
$150,000 for a married couple;
$15,000 for every additional applicant — a child or parent.

Besides contribution, applicants also pay Due Diligence, processing and services fees.

Expenses for a family of 4

Investor, their spouse and two children

Expenses

Amount

Fund contribution

$180,000

Due Diligence

$5,000

Service fees

$387

Total

$185,387

Step-by-step procedure for obtaining a Vanuatu passport by investment

1 day

Preliminary Due Diligence

1 day

Preliminary Due Diligence

When an investor contacts Immigrant Invest, our lawyers conduct a preliminary Due Diligence check against international databases. It helps to diminish the possibility of refusal of citizenship: if there are some risks, the lawyers would find out about them and advise what can be done with them.

The check is conducted by a certified Compliance Anti Money Laundering Officer. It is free and confidential: the results are available only to lawyers and investors.

Take a short anonymous test and learn more about the nuances of Due Diligence checks.

Evaluate chances

The check is conducted by a certified Compliance Anti Money Laundering Officer. It is free and confidential: the results are available only to lawyers and investors.

Take a short anonymous test and learn more about the nuances of Due Diligence checks.

Evaluate chances

3+ days

Preparation of documents for consideration at FIU

3+ days

Preparation of documents for consideration at FIU

Immigrant Invest lawyers and the investor prepare a package of documents for consideration at the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). The investor provides the passport, a police clearance certificate and a CV.

Up to 1 week

FIU check

Up to 1 week

FIU check

Immigrant Invest lawyers send copies of documents to an agent of the Vanuatu program. The agent passes them over for the FIU Clearance check and then informs them about the results. Officially, the check takes 1 week, but most of the time is done in 3—4 days.

3+ weeks

Preparation of documents and filing an application

3+ weeks

Preparation of documents and filing an application

After FIU approves the application, Immigrant Invest lawyers start preparing the documents for the application. Applicants provide personal and financial records, and lawyers fill in forms and prepare copies.

When the set of documents is ready, it is sent to Vanuatu. The investor pays 25% of the contribution.

Up to 2 weeks

Consideration of the application

Up to 2 weeks

Consideration of the application

The application is considered by the Screening Committee and the Citizenship Commission. The check takes up to 2 weeks.

Up to 90 days

Fulfilment of investment condition

Up to 90 days

Fulfilment of investment condition

The investor pays the remaining 75% of the contribution when the approval is obtained. To fulfil the investment condition, the applicant has 90 days.

Up to 2 weeks

Taking an oath and collecting the passport

Up to 2 weeks

Taking an oath and collecting the passport

A naturalisation certificate and a passport are prepared in Vanuatu. The investor and their spouse need to take an oath to get the documents. They need to go to Vanuatu or invite a Commissioner of Oaths and an immigration official to the place convenient to the investor.

Frequently asked questions

What are the benefits of Vanuatu citizenship?
The Vanuatu passport is powerful.
Its holders can travel visa-free to 110 countries, including Hong Kong and Singapore. Moreover, they get visitor visas to the USA for 5 years.
There’s also an opportunity to optimise business’s taxes if an investor founds an international company in Vanuatu. International companies are exempt from taxes on profit and income. It is enough to pay an annual fee of $300 instead.
How to obtain a Vanuatu passport?
Vanuatu citizenship can be obtained by birth, marriage, naturalisation or investment. To naturalise, foreigners live in Vanuatu for 10 years and learn the country’s language and culture. Vanuatu citizenship by investment can be obtained by applicants who align with the program’s requirements and are ready to contribute $130,000 to the country’s economy. Investors don’t pass language exams and don’t need to come to Vanuatu to collect passports.
Who can obtain a Vanuatu passport alongside the investor?
A spouse, children under 25, and parents over 50.
How long does it take to get Vanuatu citizenship by investment?
The Vanuatu citizenship by investment program is the fastest in the world: investors usually obtain a strong Vanuatu passport in 1—2 months.