Vanuatu International Company
Bitcoiner-aligned Pacific corridor with USDT-friendly settlement and a robust 1993-statute asset-protection framework. Strong privacy regime, no public UBO register. Vanuatu was added to EU Annex I on 17 Feb 2026; buyers should expect elevated due diligence from EU banking counterparties. Samoa or Marshall Islands DAO LLC are the EU-Annex-clean Pacific alternatives.
What's included
- Vanuatu Financial Services Commission registration fee: we file and pay it on your behalf
- Memorandum and Articles of Association
- First Director and Subscriber Resolutions
- Beneficial Owner Declaration
- First-year licensed Vanuatu registered-agent service
- Sanctions screen + Tier 1 KYC
- USDT settlement supported on the wholesale leg
What's NOT included
- Apostille (sold separately at $149)
- Year-2+ registered-agent renewal ($999/yr)
- Bank account opening (separate post-formation flow)
- Mail forwarding
We list what's not included on every product page so there are no checkout surprises.
Timeline & terms
- Formation
- 7 business days
- KYC tier
- Tier 1
Operator-grade use case
Vanuatu's 1993 International Companies Act remains one of the cleaner offshore statutes by mechanics: strong privacy regime, no public UBO register, and USDT settlement widely accepted on the wholesale leg. The natural pick when your provider relationships run on stablecoins and your counterparties don't apply EU-list filters.
Common deployments: Bitcoin-treasury holding entities for non-US operators where the EU banking corridor isn't load-bearing, USDT-denominated trading vehicles, and Pacific-based IP licensing structures for operators already domiciled in Australia, NZ, or Singapore.
Less ideal for: US-person operators (CFC/Subpart F rules apply), operators whose counterparties have a hard 'no EU Annex I' policy, or anyone whose banking depends on EU rails. Vanuatu was added to EU Annex I on 17 Feb 2026; EU banks will apply enhanced due diligence by default and some will refuse entirely. Samoa or Marshall Islands DAO LLC are the EU-Annex-clean Pacific alternatives.
What you'll need to hand us
- Email address
- Country of residence
- Intended use statement (free-text)
- Government-issued photo ID (passport or national ID)
- Proof of address (utility bill, bank statement, or government letter, dated within 90 days)
- Source-of-funds attestation (drop-down + free text)
- Optional: PEP and adverse-media screening consent
- Everything in Tier 1
- Beneficial owner declaration for every party with 25%+ ownership
- Source-of-wealth documentation (tax return, employment letter, salary, asset proof)
- Manual enhanced-due-diligence reviewer notes from our KYC partner