Source document
Citizenship (Development Support Program) Regulations Order No. 33 of 2019
Has everything in it been taken?
CompleteReviewed 8 Oct 2026
Reviewed. Everything in it that belongs in the tables has been taken.
What the document holds
DSP Regulations Order No. 33 of 2019 (24 Apr 2019): definitions; agents must be Vanuatu citizens based in Port Vila; minimum selling prices for four family categories (USD 130,000-180,000); application procedure (FIU check within 48 hours, notice of decisions within 48 hours, certificate within 90 days of approval, agent change after 6 months: procedural deadlines, described here, not tabled); payment in tranches 25%/75%; applicants from restricted countries; prescribed fees USD 80,000-130,000 plus USD 10,000 per extra child or resident dependant; VT5000 application fee, VT10,000 certificate fee, USD2,000 due diligence; USD5,000 administration fees for families of VERP and earlier DSP citizens; VT10,000 passport fee for children born later. All amounts now recorded.
What it supports
23 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
Rules and prices (20)
- Extra donation per dependanteach additional childUSD 10,000Since 24 Apr 2019 · Vanuatu Prime Minister 2019Vanuatu · Development Support Program
- Extra donation per dependanteach additional resident dependant (child aged 18-25 in full-time education, or parent over 50)USD 10,000Since 24 Apr 2019 · Vanuatu Prime Minister 2019Vanuatu · Development Support Program
- Donationsingle applicantUSD 80,000Since 24 Apr 2019 · Vanuatu Prime Minister 2019Vanuatu · Development Support Program
- Donationmarried coupleUSD 100,000Since 24 Apr 2019 · Vanuatu Prime Minister 2019Vanuatu · Development Support Program
- Donationmarried couple and 1 child under 18USD 115,000Since 24 Apr 2019 · Vanuatu Prime Minister 2019Vanuatu · Development Support Program
- Lowest price advertised by agentssingle applicantUSD 130,000Since 24 Apr 2019 · Vanuatu Prime Minister 2019Vanuatu · Development Support Program
- Donationmarried couple and 2 children under 18USD 130,000Since 24 Apr 2019 · Vanuatu Prime Minister 2019Vanuatu · Development Support Program
- Lowest price advertised by agentsmarried coupleUSD 150,000Since 24 Apr 2019 · Vanuatu Prime Minister 2019Vanuatu · Development Support Program
- Lowest price advertised by agentsmarried couple and 1 child under 18USD 165,000Since 24 Apr 2019 · Vanuatu Prime Minister 2019Vanuatu · Development Support Program
- Lowest price advertised by agentsmarried couple and 2 children under 18USD 180,000Since 24 Apr 2019 · Vanuatu Prime Minister 2019Vanuatu · Development Support Program
- Due diligence feeeach applicantUSD 2,00024 Apr 2019 – 27 Mar 2020 · Vanuatu Prime Minister 2019Vanuatu · Development Support Program
- Administration feeHonorary Citizenship DSP citizen granted before the Order No. 94 of 2018 fee reduction, applying for spouse and a child or 2 childrenUSD 5,000Since 24 Apr 2019 · Vanuatu Prime Minister 2019Vanuatu · Development Support Program
- Administration feeHonorary Citizenship DSP citizen granted after the Order No. 94 of 2018 fee reduction, applying for spouse and a child or 2 children (plus the difference to the new prescribed fee)USD 5,000Since 24 Apr 2019 · Vanuatu Prime Minister 2019Vanuatu · Development Support Program
- Application feeapplicationVUV 5,000Since 24 Apr 2019 · Vanuatu Prime Minister 2019Vanuatu · Development Support Program
- Certificate feeeach certificateVUV 10,000Since 24 Apr 2019 · Vanuatu Prime Minister 2019Vanuatu · Development Support Program
- Passport feechild born after the parent was granted citizenship under the Honorary Citizenship DSP or VERPVUV 10,000Since 24 Apr 2019 · Vanuatu Prime Minister 2019Vanuatu · Development Support Program
- Time not living in a restricted countryapplicant from a restricted country (must not have resided there for the last 5 years and must show permanent residency abroad)5 yearsSince 24 Apr 2019 · Vanuatu Prime Minister 2019Vanuatu · Development Support Program
- Donation, first instalmentapplicant, paid before the Commission considers the application25 percent of prescribed feeSince 24 Apr 2019 · Vanuatu Prime Minister 2019Vanuatu · Development Support Program
- Donation, second instalmentapplicant, paid before the certificate of citizenship is issued75 percent of prescribed feeSince 24 Apr 2019 · Vanuatu Prime Minister 2019Vanuatu · Development Support Program
- Administration feeVERP citizen applying for spouse and a child or 2 childrenUSD 5,000Since 24 Apr 2019 · Vanuatu Prime Minister 2019Vanuatu · Economic Rehabilitation Program
About the document
What it covers DSP rules: designated agents, minimum selling prices, government prescribed fees, due diligence fee, FIU checks, payment schedule. Made 24 April 2019.
Notes Scanned PDF; quotes from OCR, checked against page images (OCR misreads the day the Order was made; the page shows 24 April 2019). Refers to an earlier fee reduction by Order No. 94 of 2018, not found.
Source id vut-dsp-regs-order-33-2019 · accessed 2 Oct 2026