Harris: In Response to the Question of Honorary Citizenship in Vanuatu
“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 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 More“Honorary citizenship is like being honorarily pregnant; it does not produce the desired result,” writes David Lesperance in his critique of Vanuatu’s CBI.
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 2018, reports Vanuatu’s Ministry of Finance and Treasury, CBI-related revenue reached such unprecedented levels that, for the first time
Read MoreIn the first four months of 2019, revenue from Vanuatu’s two citizenship by investment programs nearly equaled the amount raised in all of 2017.
Read MoreVanuatu has revoked the citizenships of four Chinese fraud-suspects and extradited them to China. Whether due process was granted remains an open question.
Read MoreThe organization does not expect the upward trend in CBI-revenue to continue and, therefore, urges the Vanuatu government not to grow too accustomed to it.
Read MoreIn a welcome series of new Regulation Orders, Vanuatu moves to harmonize the terms for its citizenship programs.
Read MoreIn a letter to the editor, Hong Kong lawyer Martin Fairbairn offers disquieting answers to critical questions on Vanuatu citizenship by investment.
Read MoreWhy do you have two programs with different prices? Are the citizenships honorary or not? And who is Jimmy from
Read MoreImproving intake faster than any other CBI destination, Vanuatu has seen income from its two citizenship programs triple in a single year.
Read MorePrime Minister Charlot Salwai of Vanuatu has told local media that his countrymen will soon be able to visit China
Read MoreIndividuals naturalized under Vanuatu’s Development and Support Programme (VDSP) – one of two concurrent citizenship by investment programs in the Pacific
Read MoreIncome from citizenship by investment in Vanuatu more than doubled in 2018 and now accounts for a third of overall government revenue.
Read MoreLast year, income from Vanuatu’s various citizenship by investment programs represented 16% of government revenue, more than twice the figure
Read MoreVanuatu, an island nation in the Pacific home to some 270,000 ni-Vanuatu – the demonym used for nationals of that
Read MoreDuring an exclusive interview with Investment Migration Insider, head of the Vanuatu Information Centre, James Harris, revealed three separate pieces of
Read MoreDubai-based investment migration firm Brookes and Partners yesterday revealed they would begin accepting payments for their citizenship and residence by
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