Vanuatu Citizenship Program Without Schengen-Access: What Happens Next?
“I do not see any way to please the EU other than stopping the whole program,” says St-Hilaire, while Harris thinks it’s not over yet.
Read more“I do not see any way to please the EU other than stopping the whole program,” says St-Hilaire, while Harris thinks it’s not over yet.
Read moreVanuatu appoints international partners and promises retroactive due diligence. Industry observers offer reactions to the EU’s announcement.
Read moreVanuatu has called in favors from bigger partner countries to help get its citizens out of Afghanistan. But the family hasn’t been heard from in days.
Read moreMr. Khiti, named in The Guardian’s series of articles last month, sees his ni-Vanuatu citizenship application rejected at the 11th hour.
Read moreChairman Warsal is expected to reveal details on the program’s long-awaited real estate investment option next week.
Read moreDavid Lesperance is glad to see Chairman Warsal begin to tackle shortcomings in Vanuatu’s CIPs but points out that there’s more work to be done.
Read moreChairman of the Vanuatu Citizenship Commission: “We’ve heard the rumors of what some of our neighbors are planning […]”
Read moreCitizenship Commission Chairman Warsal explains why Vanuatu has two CIPs and what he’s doing to counter brazen examples of illegal discounts.
Read moreIn the first video in a three-part series, we talk about yellow passports, honorary citizenship, and the new chairman’s plans for international engagement.
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Read moreVanuatu Govt.: “It clearly shows conflict of interest on your side as you clearly knew there would be a change of government when the contract elapsed.”
Read moreVanuatu’s new government wants more transparency for its two CIPs. Particularly for the VCP, a program exclusively operated by a single agent in Hong Kong.
Read moreJames Harris, a former British Army officer once stationed east of the iron curtain, has discovered a latent passion for gardening during the lockdown.
Read moreAfter much discussion, David Lesperance remains unconvinced that Vanuatu’s citizenship by investment programs grant anything but honorary citizenship.
Read more“I am not an official ‘spokesperson’ for the Vanuatu Citizenship Program, and I am not a lawyer,” writes James Harris in a letter to the editor.
Read moreVanuatu, itself a CRS signatory member, has in the past struggled to fully meet its obligations due to the absence of a TIN system, writes James Harris.
Read moreVanuatu’s Immigration Director has taken the unprecedented step of banning, until further notice, all passport deliveries to Southeast and North Asia.
Read moreUndercutting of the Government’s officially sanctioned retail price has led to confusion in the market-place, writes James. E. Harris.
Read moreIn a welcome series of new Regulation Orders, Vanuatu moves to harmonize the terms for its citizenship programs.
Read moreIndividuals naturalized under Vanuatu’s Development and Support Programme (VDSP) – one of two concurrent citizenship by investment programs in the Pacific
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