Vanuatu / Development Support Programme / Est. 2017

Vanuatu citizenship by investment. Curated for Bitcoiners.

One of the fastest serious citizenship paths in its class. One direct contribution. Thirty to sixty days from a clean file to citizenship grant and passport issuance. Zero personal income tax, by sovereign design.

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Contribution $130,000
Processing 30–60 days
Destinations 87
Income Tax 0%
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You have seen the headlines. “Golden passport.” “Citizenship in thirty days.” “The fastest route.” The tabloid framing is half right. The speed is real; the legal object is citizenship, with a passport issued after the grant. For Bitcoiners, Vanuatu is usually where the mechanics line up.

Vanuatu pairs a thirty-to-sixty-day citizenship grant with a zero-personal-income-tax jurisdiction, an International Business Company framework in force since 1993, and access to Singapore and Hong Kong within an 87-destination map. The math, not the marketing, is the reason.

Why Vanuatu

Four structural reasons. None of them marketing.

The program sits where it sits in our advisory because of four mechanical facts, not because of velocity in the abstract. Each carries its own weight; together, they make Vanuatu the right answer for a specific reader.

01/Velocity

Thirty to sixty days.

Government processing from a complete file. Financial Intelligence Unit due diligence reports within approximately one week. No residency. No language test. No annual cap. Faster than any program on the planet, and faster by structure, not by exception.

02/Structure

Zero personal income tax.

Zero capital gains. Zero inheritance. Zero corporate income tax. The only material tax is a 15% VAT on local consumption. The International Business Company framework has been in force since 1993; it pairs natively with self-custodied Bitcoin holdings.

03/Sovereignty

Hereditary and permanent.

Vanuatu citizenship passes to your children and theirs. Granted under the Citizenship Act, Cap. 112. Commonwealth member. Pacific Islands Forum member. Citizenship is permanent and hereditary; the passport renews every ten years.

04/Bitcoin-Native

Bitcoin-native settlement.

For selected 21 CBI service invoices, BTC, Lightning, or USDT settlement may be available by prior arrangement after compliance clearance. Government fees and statutory contributions must be paid in the manner prescribed by the relevant authorities. On-chain source-of-funds documentation is the starting point, not a red flag.

Asia-Pacific Mobility

The Pacific's Gateway.

Eighty-seven destinations across the Asia-Pacific corridor. Singapore. Hong Kong. Malaysia. The Pacific Islands Forum bloc. Schengen visa-free access was permanently revoked in December 2024; the United Kingdom now requires a Standard Visitor visa. What remains is direct, fast, structural reach to the financial capitals of Asia.

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The Math. Shown.

No hidden fees. Five percent. Flat.

Most CBI firms charge fifteen to twenty-five percent of total cost with fees buried in fine print. We charge five percent of the government contribution. The remaining math sits on this page.

Government contribution DSP, single applicant. Direct to the Republic of Vanuatu.
$130,000
21 CBI advisory Five percent of the government contribution. Flat.
$6,500
Due diligence & VFIU screening VFIU, Interpol, and VCC checks. Flat per file.
$5,000
Birth registration & national ID Civil-registration filings under the Citizenship Act. Per applicant.
$2,500
Passport enrolment Biometric capture and document issuance. Per applicant.
$1,000
All-in, single applicant
$145,000
Three Beats
Thirty days. · Zero tax. · One citizenship.

A clean file, a single contribution, and citizenship that follows the children. No residency. No interview. No language test.

Company infrastructure in the Pacific

Vanuatu's IBC framework, since 1993.

Tax-exempt holding entities, supervised by the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission. For Bitcoiners who pair self-custody with an offshore operating vehicle, the IBC is a structural primitive. Privacy is not secrecy; tax, reporting, and banking obligations still need country-specific review.

A Single Advisor. A Direct Line.

No platform dashboard. No junior associate. No chatbot.

21 CBI is one advisor with lived experience across four continents. US Air Force veteran. LL.M., European and Comparative Law, University of Malta. Over a decade at the United States Department of Homeland Security on immigration policy. Stacking sats since 2020. Currently navigating Argentine citizenship from Buenos Aires.

You will not be routed through a junior associate. The first call is with Adam. Encrypted channels for everything sensitive, agreed on the call. The math, the timeline, the trade-offs, on one screen. More about the advisor.

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