1. Online Residence Application Form - completed and signed by you and each person included in your application aged 18 years and over.

2. Visa application charge paid (per applicant):

- If you or a person included in your application seeks to be granted a visa for 1 year & is aged 18 years or over - 103,680 Vatu

- If you or a person included in your application seeks to be granted a visa for 3 years & is aged 18 years or over - 284,400 Vatu

- If you or a person included in your application seeks to be granted a visa for 5 years & is aged 18 years or over - 466,560 Vatu

- If you or a person included in your application seeks to be granted a visa for 10 years & is aged 18 years or over - 920,160 Vatu

- If you or a person included in your application is aged less than 18 years,  for each year they seek to be granted a visa - 11,520 Vatu

3. If the applicant is in Vanuatu a valid passport is required; or If the applicant is outside of Vanuatu, a certified copy of bio-data page and all used passport pages should be provided.

Note: Passport must be the one you will use on entry to Vanuatu.

4. 2 recent passport sized photographs of you and each applicant included in your application. Name each photograph by the name of the applicant.

5. Deposit of a security - equivalent to the cost of an air ticket from Vanuatu to your country of nationality or another country that you are permitted to reside in, including airport taxes. A security is required for each person included in the application.

6. If a person included in your application is aged under 18 years, a certified copy of his/her birth certificate is required.

7. If you or a person included in your application is married, a certified copy of his/her marriage certificate is required.

8. If you or a person included in your application has been widowed, a certified copy of death certificate is required.

9. If you or a person included in your application has been divorced, a certified copy of divorce certificate is required.

10. Partner

If you are applying for a residence visa on the basis of being married to, or living in a married like (de-facto) relationship with a person of the opposite sex who is a citizen of Vanuatu:

• If married, a certified copy of marriage certificate is required
• If in a de-facto relationship:
• statutory declaration by you and your partner indicating when the partnership commenced and where, the relationship is ongoing and to the exclusion of all others; and
• evidence that you and your partner have been living together such as a lease agreement, rent receipts, utility and phone bills, bank statements etc.

11. Child

If you are applying for a residence visa on the basis of being a dependent child of a citizen of Vanuatu:

• certified copy of birth certificate
• certified copy of your Vanuatu citizen's brith certificate or citizenship certificate

12. Employee

If you are applying for a residence visa on the basis of being an emplyee of a business operating in Vanuatu;

• a letter from your Vanuatu employer indicating that they will employ you, subject to you being granted a visa or a copy of your employment contract

13. Self funded Resident

If you are applying for a residence visa on the basis of being self funded:

• evidence of income of at least 250,000 Vatu per month or 500,000 Vatu per month if you have included your partner in the application, certified by a bank operating in Vanuatu; or
• if you were the holder of a residence permit on this basis of being a self funded retiree when teh Regulations comenced: income of at least 150,000 Vatu per month or 300,000 Vatu per month if you have included your partner in the application, certified by a bank operating in Vanuatu.

14. Foreign Investor

If you are applying for a residence visa on the basis of being a foreign investor:

• the original or certified copy of your approval certificate as a foreign investor issued by VIPA; and
• the original or certified copy of your busines licence issued by the relevant official body if VIPA certificate indicates a business licence is required

15. Land Owner

If you are applying for a residence visa on the basis of being the owner of property in Vanuatu:

• a land lease and title transfer document indicating that you have leasehold ownership of a property/properties in Vanuatu; and
• a valuation by a local bank chartered accountant, indicating that the property/properties are valued at a minimum of 10 million Vatu; and
• an income of at least 250,000 Vatu per month per person included in the application, up to a maximum of 1 million Vatu per month certified by a bank operating in Vanuatu

16. Medical check form for each applicant over 18 years of age completed and signed by the applicant and the registered medical practitioner who undertook the health examination.

17. Police clearance certificate(s) for each applicant over 18 years of age. A police clearance certificate must be provided for each country the applicant has lived in for 12 months or more in the past 5 years.