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Asia-Pacific Intel & Data 

Vanuatu CBI Revenue Falls 48.7% Short of Budget in First Half of 2022

August 29, 2022August 29, 2022 Christian Henrik Nesheim citizenship by investment, club, data, european council, schengen, statistics, suspension, vanuatu, vcp, vdsp, visa-free

Q2 was the lowest-grossing quarter in four years for citizenship by investment in Vanuatu. And it’s likely to get considerably worse.

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Asia-Pacific Editor's Picks Policy Updates 

Vanuatu Submitting CBI Real Estate Option Bill to Parliament This Month

April 3, 2021August 26, 2021 Christian Henrik Nesheim asia-pacific, cbi, cip, citizenship by investment, club, dsp, james harris, policy updates, real estate, ronald warsal, vanuatu, vanuatu dsp, vcp, vdsp

Chairman Warsal is expected to reveal details on the program’s long-awaited real estate investment option next week.

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Asia-Pacific Intel & Data 

Vanuatu Sets New CBI-Revenue Record for 2020 in 5th Consecutive Year of Growth

March 14, 2021March 14, 2021 Christian Henrik Nesheim asia-pacific, cbi, cip, citizenship by investment, club, data, dsp, statistics, vanuatu, vcp

Hermetically sealed borders notwithstanding, Vanuatu saw record CBI-revenues in 2020, amounting to more than 42% of all government income.

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Asia-Pacific Interviews 

The Vanuatu Citizenship Interviews Part 1: Yellow Passports, Honorary Designations, Engaging With the World

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 Christian Henrik Nesheim asia, cbi, cip, citizenship by investment, dsp, interview, james harris, kieron sharp, ronald warsal, vanuatu, vcp

In 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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Asia-Pacific Editor's Picks Intel & Data 

IMI EXCLUSIVE: Vanuatu Reveals Historical Data on All CBI Programs Going Back to 2014

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 Christian Henrik Nesheim asia-pacific, cbi, ciip, citizenship by investment, club, data, dsp, peter vincent, ronald warsal, statistics, vanuatu, vcp, vdsp, verp

In a historic release prepared exclusively for IMI, Vanuatu shares, for the first time, statistics on all its past and present CBI programs.

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Asia-Pacific Policy Updates 

Vanuatu’s Dual-CIP Era Drawing to a Close? “Hong Kong-Jimmy” Receives Termination Notice

May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 Christian Henrik Nesheim asia-pacific, cbi, cip, citizenship by investment, club, james harris, jimmy ng, policy updates, prg, vanuatu, vcp, vdsp

Vanuatu 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.”

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Asia-Pacific Policy Updates 

Vanuatu Citizenship Commission’s New Chairman Tasked With Addressing Dual Program Paradox

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 Christian Henrik Nesheim asia-pacific, cbi, cip, citizenship by investment, club, james harris, politics, vanuatu, vcp, vdsp

Vanuatu’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.

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Asia-Pacific Intel & Data 

Vanuatu CIP-Revenue Surged in 2019, Nearly Half of Government Revenue in Dec.

March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 Christian Henrik Nesheim cbi, cip, citizenship by investment, club, data, statistics, vanuatu, vcp, vdsp

Having more than tripled in two years, revenues from CBI are already the country’s main income source and may soon make up more than 50% of the total.

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Asia-Pacific Vice 

Vanuatu Govt. Moves to Stop Agents Undercutting Official Price

December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 Christian Henrik Nesheim cbi, cip, citizenship by investment, club, james harris, policy, policy updates, vanuatu, vcp, vdsp

Undercutting of the Government’s officially sanctioned retail price has led to confusion in the market-place, writes James. E. Harris.

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Asia-Pacific Intel & Data 

Vanuatu Eyes Record CBI-Revenue in 2019, Reaching 75% of Budget Target by End of April

August 5, 2019October 31, 2019 Christian Henrik Nesheim asia-pacific, cbi, cip, citizenship by investment, club, data, dsp, statistics, vanuatu, vcp, vdsp

In the first four months of 2019, revenue from Vanuatu’s two citizenship by investment programs nearly equaled the amount raised in all of 2017.

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Asia-Pacific Policy Updates 

Harris: Vanuatu Government Addresses the “Multiple Citizenship Program” Paradox

April 26, 2019June 15, 2020 James Harris cbi, cip, citizenship by investment, club, dsp, james harris, policy update, vanuatu, vcp, vdsp

In a welcome series of new Regulation Orders, Vanuatu moves to harmonize the terms for its citizenship programs.

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Asia-Pacific Vice 

Conspiracies and Foul Play – In Candid Letter, HK Lawyer Answers Long-Standing Questions on Vanuatu Citizenship

April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 Christian Henrik Nesheim ciip, citizenship by investment, letter to the editor, martin fairbairn, vanuatu, vcp, vdsp, verp, vreo

In a letter to the editor, Hong Kong lawyer Martin Fairbairn offers disquieting answers to critical questions on Vanuatu citizenship by investment.

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Asia-Pacific Editor's Picks 

3 Crucial Questions the Vanuatu Citizenship Commission Needs to Answer – Yesterday

April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 Christian Henrik Nesheim cbi, ciip, cip, citizenship by investment, vanuatu, vcp, vdsp

Why do you have two programs with different prices? Are the citizenships honorary or not? And who is Jimmy from

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Asia-Pacific Editor's Picks Intel & Data 

Vanuatu Citizenship by Investment Revenue up 280% in 2018: Third of Govt. Revenue Now From CBI

March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 Christian Henrik Nesheim cbi, cip, citizenship by investment, vanuatu, vcp, vdsp

Improving intake faster than any other CBI destination, Vanuatu has seen income from its two citizenship programs triple in a single year.

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Asia-Pacific Intel & Data 

Vanuatu Citizenship Program-Income Up 3X in Two Years: Third of Govt. Revenue Now From CBI

February 3, 2019February 3, 2019 Christian Henrik Nesheim asia-pacific, cbi, cip, citizenship by investment, data, dsp, pacific, statistics, vanuatu, vcp

Income from citizenship by investment in Vanuatu more than doubled in 2018 and now accounts for a third of overall government revenue.

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Asia-Pacific Editor's Picks Features 

Why Does Vanuatu Have Several CIPs? And What do They Really Cost?

June 27, 2018June 27, 2018 Christian Henrik Nesheim citizenship by investment, dsp, james harris, philippe may, vanuatu, vcp

Vanuatu, an island nation in the Pacific home to some 270,000 ni-Vanuatu – the demonym used for nationals of that

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