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Vanuatu sets its passport fees in Vatu: VT 10,000 (about USD 82) standard, VT 20,000 (about USD 164) for the 14 day express service and VT 25,000 (about USD 205) for the 3 day urgent service, per person. The application is handled through any Vanuatu consulate, but fingerprints, photograph and signature must be collected in person at one of four designated centres: Port Vila, Hong Kong, Dubai or New Caledonia. One sober note for renewal planning: the European Union ended Vanuatu’s Schengen visa exemption in December 2024, so the renewed passport currently carries 91 visa free destinations, not including the Schengen area. Adult passports are valid 10 years and children receive 5 year passports.
All figures are time-sensitive: governments amend fee schedules and requirements with notice periods that vary from months to days. Verify any figure against the linked official source before acting. Information, not advice.
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Government fees, verified
Every figure below is quoted in the currency the government actually sets it in, with an approximate US Dollar equivalent, and carries the official source it was verified against. Overseas missions charge their own consular schedules in local currency, which are separate schedules rather than conversions of the domestic fee.
| Fee item | Amount | Notes | Official source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard renewal | VT 10,000 (about USD 82) per person | Set in Vatu on the official fees and charges schedule; no separate child fee is published | vancitizenship.gov.vu · verified 2026-07-04 | # |
| Express service (14 days) | VT 20,000 (about USD 164) per person | Published express tier | vancitizenship.gov.vu · verified 2026-07-04 | # |
| Urgent service (3 days) | VT 25,000 (about USD 205) per person | Published urgent tier, the fastest of the six jurisdictions | vancitizenship.gov.vu · verified 2026-07-04 | # |
| Biometric collection | In person, standing requirement | Fingerprints, photograph and signature at Port Vila, Hong Kong, Dubai or New Caledonia; Hong Kong route processes in 7 working days, 21 days standard | immigration.gov.vu · verified 2026-07-04 | # |
Government fees only. Agent service fees (typically USD 500 to 1,500 for a fully managed renewal), courier charges and any apostille or translation costs are separate and are confirmed in a personalised quote.
Documents and process
No visit to Vanuatu is ever required: not for the original Development Support Programme citizenship, not for renewal, and there is no physical presence requirement at any point. The application itself runs through any Vanuatu consulate, and the single in person step is the biometric collection at Port Vila, Hong Kong, Dubai or New Caledonia; those four centres are the complete list, so travel plans are best built around the nearest of them. For holders in the Gulf or East Asia the Dubai and Hong Kong centres make the whole exercise a short local errand rather than a Pacific journey.
Biometrics and deadlines
Vanuatu’s in person biometric collection is a standing requirement of every passport issuance, not a new programme with a deadline: fingerprints, photograph and signature are captured at one of the four designated centres. Vanuatu is not an ECCIRA member, so the Eastern Caribbean framework’s presence and biometric changes do not apply to it. Separately, and relevant to any renewal decision: the Council of the European Union removed Vanuatu’s Schengen visa exemption, with Regulation (EU) 2025/11 of December 2024 moving Vanuatu to the visa required list, so the passport currently offers 91 visa free destinations, not including the EU or Schengen area. Renewing the passport does not change its visa free coverage.
Verified renewal requirements and deadlines, recorded only where supported by official sources. Each entry links to the official source it was verified against; verify against the linked official source before acting.
The Council of the European Union adopted the removal of Vanuatu's visa exemption on 12 December 2024, and Regulation (EU) 2025/11 of 19 December 2024 transferred Vanuatu to the list of countries whose nationals require a visa for the Schengen area.
Fingerprints, photograph and signature must be collected in person at a designated centre in Port Vila, Hong Kong, Dubai or New Caledonia; the application itself can otherwise be handled remotely through consulates.
Why requirements change. Governments periodically revise passport validity, biometric standards and presence requirements as programmes are modernised and regional frameworks such as ECCIRA take shape. We record each verified change in the regulatory change observatory. Recorded for information only from official sources as at the last-checked date. This is not legal advice. Verify against the linked official source before acting.
Machine-readable: this tracker is published as versioned open data at mirabelloconsultancy.com/renewal-tracker.json (edition 2026 Q3, v1.0.0). Free to cite with attribution to Mirabello Consultancy and a link to the source page.
Families
Each family member renews individually at the per person fee for the chosen service level; no separate child fee is published, so VT 10,000 (about USD 82) standard applies per person.
Questions
The published fees, set in Vatu, are VT 10,000 (about USD 82) for the standard service, VT 20,000 (about USD 164) for the 14 day express service and VT 25,000 (about USD 205) for the 3 day urgent service, per person. The standard fee sits among the lowest of the six jurisdictions, and the urgent tier is the fastest published service of the six.
No, and no visit to Vanuatu is ever required. The application runs through any Vanuatu consulate worldwide; the one in person step is the biometric collection at Port Vila, Hong Kong, Dubai or New Caledonia, the complete list of designated centres.
No. The Council of the European Union removed Vanuatu’s Schengen visa exemption, with Regulation (EU) 2025/11 of December 2024 placing Vanuatu on the visa required list. The passport currently carries 91 visa free destinations, not including the EU or Schengen area, and renewal does not change that coverage.
The urgent service processes in 3 days (VT 25,000) and the express service in 14 days (VT 20,000); standard processing takes several weeks. The Hong Kong biometric route processes in 7 working days, 21 days standard, generally quicker than Caribbean timelines owing to smaller volumes.
No, none, ever: not at grant, not at renewal. Vanuatu is not an ECCIRA member, so the Eastern Caribbean framework’s 30 day presence and biometric changes do not apply to Vanuatu passports.
No. Citizenship under the Development Support Programme is permanent; the passport is only the travel document and an expired one is renewed by submitting it with the application.
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