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Vanuatu Watch by AJC

2026-08-23
A weekly round-up of regulatory and business news from Vanuatu.
5 items this week
medium · CBI Vanuatu
Vanuatu CBI Citizens Cannot Vote 2026: Court Upholds Lifetime Ban

Vanuatu Court of Appeal ruled 14 Aug 2026 that DSP CBI citizens are dual citizens barred from voting, even after losing original nationality — a substantive legal blow to the citizenship programme.

www.visasupdate.com, www.imidaily.com

medium · Vanuatu economy
ECONOMY BLONG VANUATU I GROW BEAUTIFULLY

ANZ Research data (cited via USITC, USCB, Bloomberg, Macrobond) shows Vanuatu economic activity exceeding expectations with construction-led growth from the 2024 earthquake CBD rebuild.

www.facebook.com, www.facebook.com

medium · Vanuatu media coverage regional
Vanuatu signs VT1.1 billion grant facility with ADB

Vanuatu signed a VT1.1 billion (~US$9m) ADB grant facility for economic resilience and transformation — substantive development financing story.

www.dailypost.vu

medium · Vanuatu finance
Preliminary Launch of Vanuatu eBusiness Link

Vanuatu Foreign Investment Promotion Agency launched eBusiness Link, a single-window business registration platform to improve ease of doing business — substantive regulatory modernisation.

investvanuatu.vu

medium · FATF Vanuatu
The United States (U.S.) Embassy in Port Moresby, which handles U.S. interests in Vanuatu, has defended the decision to permanently include Vanuatu in the U.S. Visa Bond Programme

US Embassy in Port Moresby defended permanent inclusion of Vanuatu in the US Visa Bond Programme as immigration enforcement — substantive foreign-policy treatment of Vanuatu by a major power.

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