Who Checks These Guides
How our field-by-field notes on the citizenship application form are checked before they go live, and by whom.
Vanuatu Citizenship Form walks through the citizenship application form one section at a time and explains which supporting papers each answer depends on: civil records, police clearances and the account of where the investment funds came from. It is an independent information resource. It is not run by the Citizenship Commission or by any other Vanuatu authority, and it cannot submit anything for a reader.
Before a guide is published, and again whenever it is revised, Anastasia Goma reads it against the Act, the published regulations and the current version of the form.
Anastasia Goma
Senior Associate
Anastasia Goma is a Senior Associate working in international criminal defence. Before her present role she spent years within the judicial system, and that procedural background is the lens she brings to a form: what each answer commits the applicant to, and whether the answers agree with the documents behind them.
Her caseload is cross-border by nature. She handles politically sensitive, financial and high-risk matters and has assisted clients across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. A large part of the work is written: submissions and strategic analyses of a case. She works in English, Ukrainian and Russian.
Profiles: LinkedIn
What Goma checks on this site
- Each field note against the current edition of the application form, so that question order and wording match what an applicant actually sees.
- References to the Citizenship Act [CAP 112] and its published regulations, cited by provision rather than paraphrased loosely.
- Lists of certificates and clearances, checked for consistency with the answers the form asks for: names, dates and every country of residence.
- Contribution and fee figures, compared with the amounts currently published and marked with the date they were last confirmed.
- Timing language: processing is described as usually 2–4 months after a complete file is lodged, and never as guaranteed.
What the reviewer does not do
Anastasia Goma does not complete, sign or lodge application forms, and she has no part in deciding them. An application can be lodged only by a designated agent entered on the published register of agents, and the decision belongs to the Citizenship Commission. This page describes how the site is reviewed; it is not legal advice on anyone's particular case.
Reporting an error
If a field note, citation or figure on this site looks wrong or out of date, tell us through the form on this page. Name the guide and the passage, and add the source you are relying on. Each report goes to the reviewer and the page is checked again.
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