Provisional Certificate of Registry

Upon receipt by the Deputy Commissioner of a written application of an owner of a vessel eligible for documentation requesting the issuance of a Certificate of Registry for the vessel, and upon payment of the prescribed fees, the Deputy Commissioner may issue a provisional Certificate of Registry for the vessel, provided the owner shall furnish proof:

• As to his ownership of the vessel.
• That if there is an outstanding foreign marine document for the vessel, the government that had issued it has consented to its surrender and that either the marine document has been surrendered for cancellation or that the owner has issued orders to the master of the vessel to surrender the foreign marine document for cancellation immediately upon receipt of the provisional Certificate of Registry on board the vessel; or that the outstanding document has been legally cancelled;
• That the vessel is in a seaworthy condition.
• That the owner has paid the registration fees due in respect of the vessel being the initial registration fee.
• That the markings of name, official number, net tonnage or tonnages and home port have either actually been made or that the owner has issued orders to the master of the vessel to have such markings made immediately upon receipt of the Vanuatu provisional Certificate of Registry on board the vessel.

Applications are processed online. Once the Application is complete, authorized person(s) must sign and date the form in the appropriate boxes. Although you may submit your application online for expedited service, THE ORIGINAL SIGNED FORM MUST BE MAILED to the Deputy Commissioner office.