Register a company in Vanuatu, the Pacific's zero-tax veteran.

Yes. The VFSC registry is electronic end to end - KYC, signing and filing run remotely, and apostilled originals are couriered to you. Nobody flies to Port Vila for incorporation.

Turnkey registration starts from $1,800 including VFSC fees and the first year of the licensed agent and office. With an account arranged, packages start from $3,400; renewals from $1,200 a year. Licence projects - forex, VASP, securities - are scoped separately.

Yes - Vanuatu has never had income, corporate, capital-gains, withholding or inheritance taxes. The state lives on VAT and duties. There is no tax return to file. You still owe tax where you personally are resident; we map that before you commit.

Vanuatu has been a standing name on the EU's list of non-cooperative jurisdictions in recent years. In practice that means EU counterparties apply defensive measures, some payment providers decline the flag, and banks ask harder questions. If most of your clients are in the EU, we will usually recommend a different jurisdiction, and say so on the first call.

The VFSC dealer licence: real regulatory cover at a fraction of the cost and capital of EU, UK or Australian regimes, obtainable in months, sitting on top of a zero-tax company. Hundreds of retail brokers run on it. We handle the licence application, the company and the substance requirements as one project.

The hardest part, and we say so upfront. Classic banks rarely open for unlicensed Vanuatu ICs; EMIs and specialist providers do, with a full file - contracts, flows, source of funds. Licensed VFSC firms have materially better options. We start the banking track on day one, in parallel with incorporation.

Registers are closed to the public - directors and beneficial owners are filed with the VFSC and visible to authorities only. Nominee services are legal and documented. International exchange (CRS) applies to financial accounts, as everywhere; we sell privacy within the law, not secrecy that no longer exists.

An annual VFSC renewal fee through the agent, keeping registers current, and maintaining accounting records internally - no audit, no filed accounts for an unlicensed IC. Licensed firms carry real reporting, capital and audit duties instead; that is the deal that makes the licence credible.

Both are cheap, fast and zero-or-near-zero. Seychelles carries a milder watchlist story and easier banking - better for plain trading and holding. Vanuatu's edge is the VFSC: if a forex, securities or VASP licence is the plan, it beats Seychelles on the licensing economics. No licence in the plan? We usually point to Seychelles.

Incorporation takes 1-3 business days from complete KYC; apostilled documents add most of a week in courier time. Banking is the long pole - plan two to four weeks with an EMI. Licence projects run three to six months, and we run them in parallel.