Oceania • ISO VU
Verify Vanuatu companies via API
Know Your Customer Limited verifies Vanuatu companies live from the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission, returning company data, controlling parties, shareholders and beneficial owners, and registry documents, with AML screening and ongoing monitoring. Free sandbox available.
What the API returns for Vanuatu
When you create a KYB case for a Vanuatu company, Know Your Customer Limited retrieves data live from the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission. A single integration returns the company record, the controlling parties and individuals, the shareholders and beneficial owners, and the registry documents, with AML screening on the entity and its associated individuals built into the same case.
Vanuatu data and document availability
What the API makes available for Vanuatu companies:
| Category | Available |
|---|---|
| Company data | Entity Name, Entity Type, Entity Status, Registration Number, Address, Registration Date, Previous Names, Activity Type |
| Controlling entities & individuals | Name, Role, Address, Appointed On |
| Shareholders & beneficial owners | Name, Role, Address, Sharecount, Appointed On |
| Documents | Retrieved by default: Certificate of Incorporation, Registry Extract, Certificate of Change of Name Available on demand: Annual Return, Application To Change Name Of Company, Application For Registration Of A Company, Notice Of Change Of Directors And Particulars Of Directors, Notice Of Transfer Of Shares In Company, Notice Of Change Of Postal Address, Articles Of Association |
AML, sanctions, and PEP screening on the entity and its associated individuals, and ongoing live monitoring with change alerts, are available for Vanuatu as part of the same case.
How to verify a Vanuatu company via API
The following example shows the complete flow: authenticate, search the Vanuatu registry, create a KYB case, and retrieve company data and the ownership org-chart. All calls go to the sandbox base URL for testing.
The sandbox at https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev is free. Request access to get your client credentials.
# 1. Authenticate (OAuth2 client credentials)
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/connect/token \
-d "grant_type=client_credentials" \
-d "client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID" \
-d "client_secret=YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET" \
-d "scope=PublicApi"
# 2. Search the Vanuatu registry
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name":"Vanuatu National Bank","codeiso31662":"VU"}'
# 3. Create a KYB case
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"rawname":"Vanuatu National Bank","codeiso31662":"VU"}'
# 4. Retrieve company data and status
curl https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/CASE_ID \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
# 5. Get the beneficial ownership org-chart
curl https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/CASE_ID/org-chart \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
Replace YOUR_CLIENT_ID and YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET with your sandbox credentials, and CASE_ID with the caseCommonId returned in step 3.
Frequently asked questions about the Vanuatu KYB API
What company data can I verify in Vanuatu?
For a Vanuatu company, the API returns the company record read live from the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission: the entity name, type, status, registration number, address, and registration date, along with the controlling parties, the shareholders and beneficial owners, and the available registry documents. See the table above for the full Vanuatu availability.
Does the API return beneficial ownership (UBO) data for Vanuatu companies?
The API resolves the controlling parties, shareholders, and beneficial owners for Vanuatu companies and exposes them as a recursive ownership org-chart (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/org-chart), tracing control through holding companies to the individual beneficial owners. The depth available depends on what the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission discloses. See the UBO API.
Can I retrieve official registry documents for Vanuatu companies?
Yes. The default document set for Vanuatu includes Certificate of Incorporation, Registry Extract, Certificate of Change of Name, retrieved by default, with additional documents available on demand (Annual Return, Application To Change Name Of Company, Application For Registration Of A Company, Notice Of Change Of Directors And Particulars Of Directors, Notice Of Transfer Of Shares In Company, Notice Of Change Of Postal Address, and more). List and download them with the documents endpoint (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/documents).
Is there a free sandbox for testing Vanuatu company verification?
Yes. The Know Your Customer sandbox at https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev is a free, high-fidelity test environment. Request free sandbox access to start testing.
The Know Your Customer Limited API covers 147 jurisdictions worldwide, including Vanuatu. One integration, one set of credentials, one response schema across all markets. Browse all covered jurisdictions.
Related coverage: Christmas Island • Cocos (Keeling) Islands • Cook Islands • Fiji • French Polynesia • Marshall Islands.
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