Who Reviews This Site
One lawyer reads every stage guide here before it is published and again whenever the process it describes changes.
Vanuatu Passport Process is an independent information site. It sets out the stages of a Vanuatu citizenship application in the order they usually happen, from gathering documents through to the passport itself, and explains what tends to hold a file up at each point. It is not run by the Government of Vanuatu or by the Citizenship Commission, and it does not take applications.
Every stage guide is read by Dr. Anatoliy Yarovyi before it goes live and again when the rules behind it change. His task is to make sure each step is described as the law and published practice describe it.
Dr. Anatoliy Yarovyi
Senior Partner
Dr. Yarovyi is a Senior Partner with around 20 years of professional experience. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Law, a Master of Law from Lviv University (2004) and an LL.M. from Stanford University (2013). His practice sits in international public law and human rights, and he advises clients on freedom of movement and on data protection.
Before his current role he worked in the Prosecutor's Office and in multinational law firms. He represents clients before the European Court of Human Rights, and in 2021 he was one of 15 candidates for the position of Judge of that Court.
What Dr. Yarovyi checks on this site
- That each stage appears in the order set by the Citizenship Act [CAP 112] and the published regulations, with no step added that the law does not require.
- That overall processing is described as typically 2 to 4 months from lodging, never as a promise or a guaranteed date.
- That contribution amounts and government fees quoted on stage pages match the currently published figures and show when they were last checked.
- That the due diligence stage is presented as a check the applicant does not control, with no suggestion that anyone outside the process can shorten it.
- That pages say clearly whether the programme is open and on what terms, based on the latest published notices.
- That statements about visa-free travel on a Vanuatu passport are worded as subject to each destination country's rules, which can change.
What the reviewer does not do
Dr. Yarovyi does not lodge applications, act for applicants before the authorities or influence any decision. Under the Act, an application is lodged by a designated agent listed in the published register, and the Citizenship Commission alone decides it. Nothing on this page or in the stage guides is legal advice on an individual case.
Reporting an error
If a stage guide looks out of date or wrong, tell us through the form on this page. Say which page and which sentence, and if you can, point to the source you are relying on. Dr. Yarovyi reviews each report, and the page is corrected where the point holds.
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