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The Development Support Programme is $145,000 all-in for a single applicant: a $130,000 government contribution set by Order No. 33 of 2019, plus due diligence, civil registration, passport enrolment, and a flat 5% advisory fee. The CIIP track is $174,000 gross, around $124,000 net after the fund redemption. Every line is itemized on the cost page.

Because Order No. 33 of 2019 fixes the Development Support contribution at $130,000 for a single applicant, paid to the Republic of Vanuatu. It is set by law, not by the agent, which is why a credible all-in quote can never fall far below it. The figure is current and verified on the program timeline.

The government contribution rises with the family: a spouse and dependents add fixed increments on top of the single-applicant figure, and due diligence, birth registration, national ID, and passport enrolment scale per person. A family of four runs about $208,000 all-in on DSP, $52,000 per applicant. The live calculator shows your exact figure.

No. The whole point of cbi.vu is that every line is published before you commit: government contribution, due diligence, civil registration, passport enrolment, and the flat 5% advisory. The biometric trip is the one cost firms tend to bury; we price it in from the start. If a quote is well below the statutory floor, the hidden fee is the file itself.

A flat 5% of the government contribution, and that is the whole professional fee: file preparation, the on-chain source-of-funds reconstruction, submission through a licensed designated agent, and management to grant and passport. Five percent, disclosed up front, on the cost page. No success-fee surprises, no markup buried in the government number.

The Development Support Programme (DSP) is a straight contribution: $145,000 all-in, nothing returned. The Capital Investment Immigration Plan (CIIP) is $174,000 gross but includes a $50,000 fund subscription redeemable after a four-year hold, so the net is around $124,000. DSP is faster and simpler; CIIP recovers more capital. Both are detailed on the program page.

Vanuatu citizenship by investment is a lawful route to a second citizenship under the Citizenship Act, Cap. 112: you make a government-approved contribution, your file is screened by the Financial Intelligence Unit, and the Citizenship Commission grants citizenship, hereditary and permanent. It is one of the fastest serious programs in its class. Full guide on the Vanuatu CBI page.

An applicant 18 or over, with a clean criminal record, no sanctions or Interpol flags, and a lawful, documented source of funds that survives Financial Intelligence Unit screening. There is no language test, no residence requirement, and no interview beyond the one in-person biometric visit. A handful of nationalities face additional scrutiny; the fit check sizes it up in sixty seconds.

It depends on the nationality. Vanuatu applies enhanced due diligence to certain countries and declines a few outright; the list moves with international sanctions and Financial Intelligence Unit policy. Rather than guess, the honest path is a confidential pre-check of your specific situation before any document or payment changes hands. Start with the file-read.

Yes. Vanuatu has a long-standing, tax-exempt International Business Company framework supervised by the Financial Services Commission, and a Vanuatu passport opens banking and corporate options that a single citizenship can constrain. Whether the tax benefits reach you depends on your tax residence, not the passport, covered on the tax and residency page.

Yes. A spouse, dependent children, and in defined cases dependent parents can be included on one file, each adding a fixed government increment plus per-person due diligence and enrolment. It is materially cheaper per head than four separate applications. Who qualifies and what each adds is on the family and dependents page.

Dependent parents can be included where they genuinely depend on the principal applicant and meet the age and dependency conditions, each as an additional dependent with its own contribution increment and due diligence. The eligibility detail and the cost per parent sit on the family and dependents page.

Yes. Vanuatu permits dual and multiple citizenship; you are not asked to renounce your existing nationality. The question that matters is whether your home country allows it, and some, including China, do not recognize dual nationality. The home-country side is laid out on the dual-citizenship page.

Yes. Vanuatu is a sovereign UN member since 1981, and its CBI route is written into law under the Citizenship Act, Cap. 112, with fees set by Order No. 33 of 2019 and the Citizenship Commission constituted under Act No. 34 of 2018. You contribute, the Financial Intelligence Unit screens you, and the Commission grants citizenship. It is public law, not a claim; the proof is on the legitimacy page.

Check three things before you send a document or a payment: that your file goes through a designated agent the Citizenship Commission actually appointed, that the all-in price is at or above the statutory contribution, and that the firm states the in-person biometric step plainly. A firm that cannot show its authorization chain in writing is the warning sign. The buyer-protection checklist is on the legitimacy page.

Only a designated agent appointed by the Citizenship Commission may file; the Government of Vanuatu publishes the register at vancitizenship.gov.vu. cbi.vu is an advisor, a division of 21 CBI, and works the file through a licensed designated agent rather than claiming to be the agent itself. Ask any firm to show that chain in writing.

A citizenship granted lawfully under Cap. 112 is hereditary and permanent; it passes to your children and cannot be cancelled at a government's convenience the way a visa can. The files that get challenged are the ones that went around the law: undisclosed records, unauthorized agents, or a source of funds that does not survive scrutiny. The protection is the process.

No. Since June 2022 you cannot change your name after the grant; the passport must match your documents of record, the only exception being evidence of lawfully renouncing a prior nationality. If a clean break from a former identity is your reason for a second passport, Vanuatu is not that tool, and no legitimate program is.

No, not anymore. The Council of the European Union revoked Vanuatu's Schengen visa-free access on 12 December 2024, effective 4 February 2025, and the UK introduced a Standard Visitor visa requirement back in July 2023. Any site still advertising Schengen access is out of date. The full mobility picture is on the Schengen access page.

The honest current figure is 87 destinations, weighted to the Asia-Pacific corridor, after the Schengen and UK changes. We hold to that number rather than the inflated counts you will see elsewhere; the canonical destination map is on the visa-free map. Mobility is one reason to choose Vanuatu, not the headline reason.

Because mobility was never the main case. Speed (30–60 days), a zero-direct-tax structure, hereditary citizenship, native Bitcoin settlement, and a clean legal basis are what hold up after the travel headline fades. Buyers chasing Schengen alone left; the ones who want a fast, lawful, Bitcoin-payable second citizenship stayed.

Yes. Vanuatu is a UN member state, its passport is a recognized travel document, and international banks treat Vanuatu as a legitimate jurisdiction. Visa-free access changes over time like any country's, but recognition of the citizenship itself is not in question.