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Vanuatu — Citizenship Guide

Citizenship by descent is available; naturalisation requires 10 years; dual citizenship is generally not permitted.

Why Vanuatu?

The Vanuatu passport offers visa-free, visa-on-arrival, ETA, or e-visa access to 123 destinations, ranking it #105 globally.

Also citizenship by investment.

Citizenship by descent

Vanuatu applies jus sanguinis — citizenship can be acquired by descent from a citizen parent, and in some cases from grandparents or more distant ancestors.

Naturalisation

Naturalisation typically requires 10 years of residence, usually alongside language and integration requirements.

Dual citizenship

Vanuatu generally does not permit dual citizenship — naturalising usually requires renouncing your existing nationality.

Fees & timeline

There is no standard published application fee — costs vary, so check with official sources.

Compiled from the Citizenship Hub law dataset (approximate). Verify with official government sources before relying on this information.

Where the Vanuatu passport can travel

Visa-free, visa on arrival, ETA, and e-visa access by destination. Hover for details.

Fiji — Visa-free Tanzania — Visa-free W. Sahara — Unknown Canada — Visa required United States of America — Visa required Kazakhstan — e-Visa Uzbekistan — e-Visa Papua New Guinea — Visa on arrival Indonesia — e-Visa Argentina — Visa required Chile — Visa required Dem. Rep. Congo — e-Visa Somalia — e-Visa Kenya — Visa-free Sudan — Visa required Chad — e-Visa Haiti — Visa-free Dominican Rep. — Visa-free Russia — Visa-free Bahamas — Visa-free Falkland Is. — Unknown Greenland — Unknown Fr. S. Antarctic Lands — Unknown Timor-Leste — Visa on arrival South Africa — Visa required Lesotho — Visa-free Mexico — Visa required Uruguay — Visa required Brazil — Visa required Bolivia — e-Visa Peru — Visa-free Colombia — e-Visa Panama — Visa-free Costa Rica — Visa-free Nicaragua — Visa-free Honduras — Visa-free El Salvador — Visa-free Guatemala — Visa-free Belize — Visa-free Venezuela — Visa required Guyana — e-Visa Suriname — ETA Ecuador — Visa-free Puerto Rico — Unknown Jamaica — Visa-free Cuba — e-Visa Zimbabwe — Visa-free Botswana — Visa-free Namibia — Visa on arrival Senegal — Visa on arrival Mali — Visa required Mauritania — e-Visa Benin — e-Visa Niger — Visa required Nigeria — e-Visa Cameroon — e-Visa Togo — e-Visa Ghana — Visa required Côte d'Ivoire — ETA Guinea — e-Visa Guinea-Bissau — Visa on arrival Liberia — e-Visa Sierra Leone — Visa on arrival Burkina Faso — e-Visa Central African Rep. — Visa required Congo — Visa required Gabon — e-Visa Eq. Guinea — e-Visa Zambia — Visa-free Malawi — Visa on arrival Mozambique — Visa on arrival eSwatini — Visa-free Angola — Visa-free Burundi — Visa on arrival Israel — ETA Lebanon — Visa required Madagascar — Visa on arrival Palestine — Visa-free Gambia — Visa-free Tunisia — Visa required Algeria — Visa required Jordan — Visa on arrival United Arab Emirates — e-Visa Qatar — e-Visa Kuwait — Visa required Iraq — e-Visa Oman — e-Visa Vanuatu — Home country Cambodia — Visa on arrival Thailand — Visa on arrival Laos — Visa on arrival Myanmar — Visa required Vietnam — e-Visa North Korea — Visa required South Korea — e-Visa Mongolia — e-Visa India — e-Visa Bangladesh — Visa required Bhutan — e-Visa Nepal — Visa on arrival Pakistan — e-Visa Afghanistan — Visa required Tajikistan — Visa required Kyrgyzstan — e-Visa Turkmenistan — Visa required Iran — Visa on arrival Syria — e-Visa Armenia — e-Visa Sweden — Visa required Belarus — Visa-free Ukraine — e-Visa Poland — Visa required Austria — Visa required Hungary — Visa required Moldova — Visa-free Romania — Visa required Lithuania — Visa required Latvia — Visa required Estonia — Visa required Germany — Visa required Bulgaria — Visa required Greece — Visa required Turkey — Visa required Albania — e-Visa Croatia — Visa required Switzerland — Visa required Luxembourg — Visa required Belgium — Visa required Netherlands — Visa required Portugal — Visa required Spain — Visa required Ireland — Visa required New Caledonia — Unknown Solomon Is. — Visa on arrival New Zealand — Visa required Australia — e-Visa Sri Lanka — Visa on arrival China — Visa required Taiwan — Unknown Italy — Visa required Denmark — Visa required United Kingdom — Visa required Iceland — Visa required Azerbaijan — Visa required Georgia — e-Visa Philippines — Visa-free Malaysia — Visa-free Brunei — Visa required Slovenia — Visa required Finland — Visa required Slovakia — Visa required Czechia — Visa required Eritrea — Visa required Japan — Visa required Paraguay — Visa required Yemen — Visa required Saudi Arabia — e-Visa Antarctica — Unknown Cyprus — Visa required Morocco — Visa required Egypt — Visa on arrival Libya — e-Visa Ethiopia — e-Visa Djibouti — Visa on arrival Uganda — Visa-free Rwanda — Visa-free Bosnia and Herz. — Visa-free North Macedonia — Visa required Serbia — Visa required Montenegro — Visa required Trinidad and Tobago — Visa-free S. Sudan — e-Visa
  • Visa-free
  • Visa on arrival
  • ETA
  • e-Visa
  • Visa required
  • No admission

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