Most citizenship-by-investment agents will tell you they have access to Vanuatu’s program. The Vanuatu Investment Migration Bureau (VIMB) helped build it. That distinction — quiet but consequential — shapes everything about how an application moves through the system.
VIMB holds formal government appointment as a master agent for the Capital Investment Immigration Plan (CIIP), with authorized standing to represent the Vanuatu Citizenship Office through 2033. Managing director Daniel Agius, a chartered accountant with Australian qualifications, was the principal architect of the CIIP itself. The firm has operated from permanent offices in Port Vila since 2017.
What Government Appointment Actually Means
There are many licensed agents in the citizenship-by-investment market. Licensing confirms that an agent is permitted to submit applications. Government appointment is a different category entirely.
VIMB’s appointment means the firm operates with direct institutional standing inside the program’s regulatory framework. When the Vanuatu Citizenship Commission and the Financial Intelligence Unit review an application, they are dealing with a team they know, whose process they trust, and whose submissions reflect an understanding of what the commission expects before a file even arrives at its desk. For applicants, this translates into fewer clarification requests, fewer delays, and a process that moves with a clarity that remote agents — filing from abroad through intermediaries — cannot reliably replicate.
“We are a government-appointed designated agent that markets Vanuatu CBI products globally and manages the process on behalf of the government,” Agius has said of VIMB’s role. That framing matters. VIMB does not merely submit paperwork. It manages the application as an extension of the program’s own institutional machinery.
Why Complex Cases Require Institutional Access
For applicants with straightforward profiles, the difference between a well-connected local agent and a remote one may be measured in days. For applicants with complex financial backgrounds, multinational income structures, or prior residency in high-scrutiny jurisdictions, that difference can determine the outcome entirely.
Vanuatu’s due diligence process has grown more exacting since the CIIP underwent a comprehensive regulatory overhaul in 2025. The updated framework raised the bar for documentation, tightened source-of-funds requirements, and increased the scrutiny applied to applications from certain nationalities and professional backgrounds. VIMB was formally acknowledged by the Vanuatu government as one of the few agents fully compliant with the new standards when the program reopened in May 2025.
“Mobility, second citizenship, plan B,” Agius said when asked to summarize what qualified applicants are seeking. The clients arriving with complex cases are often the ones who need that second option most urgently — and the ones who can least afford a misstep in how their application is framed.
A Track Record Built on Precision
Since 2017, VIMB has guided more than 1,000 successful citizenship grants across more than 40 nationalities. The firm’s 98% application success rate reflects a process built on careful pre-submission preparation rather than volume throughput.
VIMB’s international advisory offices in Dubai, Hong Kong, and London allow clients to begin the conversation locally. The application itself, however, is managed through the Port Vila team — the one with physical proximity to the commission, direct working relationships with the officials conducting reviews, and the institutional history that no offshore office can substitute. For a six-figure commitment to a citizenship application, and the generational optionality it carries, the question of who is actually running the file — and how close they are to the people deciding it — is the one that matters most.
Apply now at the VIMB: lp.vimb.org — or contact the team directly at info@vimb.org or Telegram: VIMBOFFICIAL for a confidential eligibility assessment.
