Vanuatu Immigration
Once Customs and Quarantine have cleared your vessel the skipper and crew must make their way to Immigration, passports in hand, where Immigration officers will issue each member of the crew with an entry permit for one month providing you live aboard and do not take up paid employment.
At this point the skipper will also need to complete a form to allow the vessel to enter the country which is a one off fee of 4800 vt per vessel.
Should you wish to extend your stay you must apply to the Immigration authorities 4 weeks in advance (e.g. when you clear in) in any of the ports of entry except Sola on Vanua Lava. The maximum stay is four months. This Visa extension involves completing an application form, supplying two recent passport photos and a fee of 6000vt per person. It is recomended that this extension is applied for in either Port Vila or Luganville and to save time take your passport photos with you. There is a photo shop just up and across the road from the Immigration Office (across the road from the Tourism Office and up the stairs on the side of the building) in Port Vila and one mid town in Luganville ( the immigration office is down near the Customs offices).
Anyone on board ceasing to be a crew member must obtain a return air ticket immediately. Responsibility for advising the immigration authorities when a crew member wishes to leave lies with the master who will be liable for crew member repatriation unless and until released from this obligation.
