passport of Vanuatu

Vanuatu Passport

Passport rankings out of 198 countries

Freedom of travel101

Asset protection79

Quality of life101

"Plan B"44

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Afghanistan

Visa is required

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Albania

eTA

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Algeria

Visa is required

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Andorra

Visa is required

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Angola

Visa-free for 30 days

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Antigua & Barbuda

Visa-free for 180 days

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Argentina

Visa is required

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Armenia

eTA

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Australia

eTA

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Austria

Visa is required

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Azerbaijan

Visa is required

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Bahamas

Visa-free for 90 days

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Bahrain

eTA

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Bangladesh

Visa upon arrival

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Barbados

Visa-free for 180 days

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Belarus

Visa-free for 30 days

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Belgium

Visa is required

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Belize

Visa-free

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Benin

eTA

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Bhutan

eTA

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Bolivia

Visa upon arrival

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Bosnia & Herzegovina

Visa-free for 90 days

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Botswana

Visa-free for 90 days

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Brazil

Visa is required

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Brunei

Visa is required

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Bulgaria

Visa is required

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Burkina Faso

eTA

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Burundi

Visa upon arrival

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Cambodia

Visa upon arrival

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Cameroon

eTA

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Canada

Visa is required

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Cape Verde

Visa upon arrival

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Central African Republic

Visa is required

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Chad

Visa is required

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Chile

Visa is required

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China

Visa is required

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Colombia

eTA

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Comoros

Visa upon arrival

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Congo - Brazzaville

Visa is required

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Congo - Kinshasa

eTA

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Costa Rica

Visa-free for 30 days

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Croatia

Visa is required

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Cuba

eTA

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Cyprus

Visa is required

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Czechia

Visa is required

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Côte d’Ivoire

eTA

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Denmark

Visa is required

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Djibouti

Visa upon arrival

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Dominica

Visa-free for 180 days

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Dominican Republic

Visa-free

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Ecuador

Visa-free for 90 days

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Egypt

Visa upon arrival

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El Salvador

Visa-free for 180 days

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Equatorial Guinea

eTA

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Eritrea

Visa is required

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Estonia

Visa is required

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Eswatini

Visa-free for 30 days

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Ethiopia

eTA

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Fiji

Visa-free for 120 days

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Finland

Visa is required

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France

Visa is required

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Gabon

eTA

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Gambia

Visa-free for 90 days

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Georgia

eTA

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Germany

Visa is required

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Ghana

Visa upon arrival

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Greece

Visa is required

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Grenada

Visa-free for 90 days

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Guatemala

Visa-free for 90 days

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Guinea

eTA

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Guinea-Bissau

Visa upon arrival

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Guyana

Visa is required

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Haiti

Visa-free for 90 days

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Honduras

Visa-free for 90 days

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Hong Kong SAR China

Visa-free for 90 days

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Hungary

Visa is required

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Iceland

Visa is required

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India

eTA

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Indonesia

eTA

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Iran

Visa upon arrival

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Iraq

eTA

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Ireland

Visa is required

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Israel

Visa-free for 90 days

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Italy

Visa is required

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Jamaica

Visa-free

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Japan

Visa is required

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Jordan

Visa upon arrival

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Kazakhstan

eTA

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Kenya

eTA

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Kiribati

Visa-free for 90 days

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Kuwait

Visa is required

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Kyrgyzstan

eTA

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Laos

Visa upon arrival

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Latvia

Visa is required

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Lebanon

Visa is required

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Lesotho

Visa-free for 90 days

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Liberia

Visa is required

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Libya

eTA

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Liechtenstein

Visa is required

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Lithuania

Visa is required

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Luxembourg

Visa is required

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Macao SAR China

Visa upon arrival

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Madagascar

Visa upon arrival

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Malawi

Visa upon arrival

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Malaysia

Visa-free for 30 days

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Maldives

Visa upon arrival

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Mali

Visa is required

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Malta

Visa is required

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Marshall Islands

Visa upon arrival

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Mauritania

Visa upon arrival

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Mauritius

Visa-free for 90 days

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Mexico

Visa is required

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Micronesia

Visa-free for 30 days

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Moldova

Visa-free for 90 days

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Monaco

Visa is required

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Mongolia

eTA

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Montenegro

Visa-free for 90 days

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Morocco

Visa is required

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Mozambique

Visa upon arrival

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Myanmar (Burma)

Visa is required

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Namibia

Visa is required

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Nauru

Visa upon arrival

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Nepal

Visa upon arrival

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Netherlands

Visa is required

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New Zealand

Visa is required

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Nicaragua

Visa-free for 90 days

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Niger

Visa is required

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Nigeria

eTA

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North Korea

Visa is required

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North Macedonia

Visa is required

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Norway

Visa is required

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Oman

eTA

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Pakistan

eTA

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Palau

Visa upon arrival

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Palestinian Territories

Visa-free

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Panama

Visa-free for 90 days

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Papua New Guinea

eTA

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Paraguay

Visa is required

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Peru

Visa-free for 180 days

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Philippines

Visa-free for 30 days

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Poland

Visa is required

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Portugal

Visa is required

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Qatar

eTA

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Romania

Visa is required

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Russia

Visa-free for 90 days

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Rwanda

Visa-free for 30 days

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Samoa

Visa upon arrival

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San Marino

Visa is required

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Saudi Arabia

Visa is required

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Senegal

Visa upon arrival

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Serbia

Visa is required

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Seychelles

Visa-free for 90 days

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Sierra Leone

Visa upon arrival

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Singapore

Visa-free for 30 days

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Slovakia

Visa is required

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Slovenia

Visa is required

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Solomon Islands

Visa upon arrival

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Somalia

eTA

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South Africa

Visa is required

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South Korea

eTA

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South Sudan

eTA

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Spain

Visa is required

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Sri Lanka

Visa upon arrival

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St Kitts & Nevis

Visa-free for 90 days

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St Lucia

Visa-free for 42 days

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St. Vincent & Grenadines

Visa-free for 90 days

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Sudan

Visa is required

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Suriname

Visa is required

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Sweden

Visa is required

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Switzerland

Visa is required

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Syria

eTA

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São Tomé & Príncipe

eTA

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Taiwan

Visa is required

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Tajikistan

eTA

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Tanzania

Visa-free for 90 days

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Thailand

Visa upon arrival

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Timor-Leste

Visa upon arrival

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Togo

eTA

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Tonga

Visa upon arrival

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Trinidad & Tobago

Visa-free

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Tunisia

Visa is required

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Turkey

Visa is required

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Turkmenistan

Visa is required

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Tuvalu

Visa upon arrival

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UAE

eTA

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Uganda

Visa-free for 90 days

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Ukraine

Visa is required

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United Kingdom

Visa is required

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United States

Visa is required

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Uruguay

Visa is required

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Uzbekistan

eTA

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Vanuatu

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Vatican City

Visa is required

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Venezuela

Visa is required

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Vietnam

eTA

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Yemen

Visa is required

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Zambia

Visa-free for 90 days

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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Grounds for obtaining a Vanuatu passport

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Birth to citizens of the country

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Marriage to a citizen of the country

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Work for the country's government

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Naturalization

Estimated time: 10 years

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Repatriation

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Adoption

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Parents citizenship

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Special conditions

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Special services to the state

Obtaining a Vanuatu passport by naturalization: requirements for applicants

Knowledge of state language

Assimilation or cultural knowledge

Stable financial status

Good health

No criminal records

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

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.

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2

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.

3

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.

4

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.

5

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.

6

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.

7

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.