How do you search Vanuatu's VFSC company register?

Vanuatu's Financial Services Commission entity search (opens in a new tab) covers Vanuatu and overseas companies registered there, alongside business names and charitable associations. Search the correct register and match the entity's name and identifier to the counterparty's paperwork. The VFSC says an available certificate of incorporation or registration can be viewed, downloaded or emailed free of charge; a certificate confirms registration but does not replace a current company extract for every due-diligence question.

Which VFSC record do you need?

Fill Easy's Vanuatu document list identifies a Company Extract for available current company, officer and shareholder particulars, and a Certificate of Incorporation for establishment evidence. Choose the extract when you need current registered details; use the certificate when incorporation itself is the question. Inspect actual fields, issue date and company type before relying on either record.

A practical search sequence

1. Search the company name or identifier in the VFSC entity search, selecting the company register rather than a business-name or association result.
2. Open the matching record. Download the available incorporation certificate if registration evidence is enough; request a company extract when current officeholders, status or share details matter.
3. Save the source, identifier, record issue date and retrieval date. Compare with the agreement date and obtain later filings where a change is claimed.

For example, a Vanuatu distributor may show a free incorporation certificate for a company that has since changed directors. Match its identifier in the entity search, then use a current extract for the present director question. If the agreement signer is not established by the record, ask for a separate mandate.

Ownership and role limits

The VFSC also describes a separate role search (opens in a new tab) for checking whether an individual is or has been a director or shareholder. Role search and an extract may show direct positions, but neither automatically traces every ultimate owner through corporate holders. Follow those holders through their own records and ask about control outside direct shareholding.

Fill Easy lists Vanuatu extracts for manual retrieval. Send the company name, identifier and exact record question through CorpVerify or the email channel; confirm availability, price and turnaround with the order.