Vanuatu Officials Split Over CS Global’s $10,000-per-Application CBI Contract
The Attorney General and the FIU objected to the contract. Lack of unified messaging undermines the program, indicates Micha-Rose Emmett.
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Vanuatu Submitting CBI Real Estate Option Bill to Parliament This Month
Chairman Warsal is expected to reveal details on the program’s long-awaited real estate investment option next week.
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Bringing Transparency and Fair Pricing to the Vanuatu DSP
Vancis Capital offers transparent, fair, and effective pricing to all partners to help maximize their returns on each client they process.
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IMI EXCLUSIVE: Vanuatu Reveals Historical Data on All CBI Programs Going Back to 2014
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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Lesperance: Vanuatu Govt. Inadvertently Admits Fatal Flaw in Its Honorary CIP
Vanuatu’s deputy PM concedes the country’s CIP investors are still just honorary citizens and that he plans to give them a yellow passport.
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Vanuatu to Offer Citizenship by Investment to Stateless People – Local Agent Gets Exclusive Deal
Vanuatu’s Development Support Program aims to become the first CIP to allow stateless people to apply for citizenship by investment.
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Vanuatu’s Dual-CIP Era Drawing to a Close? “Hong Kong-Jimmy” Receives Termination Notice
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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Vanuatu Citizenship Commission’s New Chairman Tasked With Addressing Dual Program Paradox
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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10 On The Weekend – James E. Harris: “Demand for Vanuatu CIP Can Explode if New Govt. Takes Action”
James Harris, a former British Army officer once stationed east of the iron curtain, has discovered a latent passion for gardening during the lockdown.
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In a Pandemic World, Vanuatu Has Placed Itself Under a Microscope
After much discussion, David Lesperance remains unconvinced that Vanuatu’s citizenship by investment programs grant anything but honorary citizenship.
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Vanuatu CIP-Revenue Surged in 2019, Nearly Half of Government Revenue in Dec.
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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Vanuatu Govt. Moves to Stop Agents Undercutting Official Price
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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Vanuatu Eyes Record CBI-Revenue in 2019, Reaching 75% of Budget Target by End of April
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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Details Emerge on Vanuatu’s Revoking Citizenships, Extraditing Fraud Suspects to China
Vanuatu has revoked the citizenships of four Chinese fraud-suspects and extradited them to China. Whether due process was granted remains an open question.
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Harris: Vanuatu Government Addresses the “Multiple Citizenship Program” Paradox
In a welcome series of new Regulation Orders, Vanuatu moves to harmonize the terms for its citizenship programs.
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Conspiracies and Foul Play – In Candid Letter, HK Lawyer Answers Long-Standing Questions on Vanuatu Citizenship
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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3 Crucial Questions the Vanuatu Citizenship Commission Needs to Answer – Yesterday
Why do you have two programs with different prices? Are the citizenships honorary or not? And who is Jimmy from
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Vanuatu Citizenship by Investment Revenue up 280% in 2018: Third of Govt. Revenue Now From CBI
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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Vanuatu Removes ‘Honorary’ Designation From Investors’ Citizenships
Individuals naturalized under Vanuatu’s Development and Support Programme (VDSP) – one of two concurrent citizenship by investment programs in the Pacific
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