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Côte d'Ivoire → Vanuatu: Short-stay tourist

What you need before you submit, checked against official requirements, not guesswork.

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Required documents

5 items

Identity

  • A valid visa, obtained before you travel

    Required

    Vanuatu's own entry rules state plainly that persons from non-exempt countries must have a valid visa to enter and stay. The Department's reachable pages don't publish the application document list for this visa itself, so contact a Vanuatu mission, or the Department directly, for the current requirements and where to apply, don't assume the general entry items below are the whole application.

    Source: Vanuatu Department of Immigration and Passport Services

  • Passport valid more than 6 months at the time of arrival

    Required

    Checked by immigration officers at every declared port of entry, for every non-citizen arriving in Vanuatu.

    Source: Vanuatu Department of Immigration and Passport Services

Accommodation

Travel

Other

  • If you're under 18: written consent from your parents or legal guardians

    The Vanuatu Department of Immigration and Passport Services lists, among the criteria for a tourist visa, obtaining written consent from parents or legal guardians if you are under 18 years of age. The page doesn't say what form the consent must take or whether it also applies when a parent travels with you, so ask the Department if you're unsure.

    Source: Department of Immigration and Passport Services of Vanuatu: Visit Vanuatu, Tourist visa criteria

Why applications on this route get refused

  • Unable to produce the required documents for inspection on arrival

    The Department's rule applies to every person arriving in Vanuatu: you must produce for inspection by an immigration officer your passport, a return ticket, and confirmed accommodation or a local address. Failing to comply with entry requirements is treated as an offence under the Immigration Act, carrying fines or imprisonment.

    How to avoid it: Carry physical or easily accessible copies of all four items, passport, visa, return ticket, accommodation confirmation, rather than assuming one covers another.

  • Passport valid for six months or less

    The stated rule is that passport validity must be MORE than six months at the time of arrival, exactly six months does not meet it.

    How to avoid it: Renew well before the six-month line, checked against your arrival date rather than your departure date.

Sources

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