@electricnick
English expat in Vanuatu
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Lives in Port Vila
Registration: 21 September 2012
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Retiring in Vanuatu by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Why did you choose to retire in Vanuatu? What are the advantages compared with your home country? What were your main considerations when deciding to move? For example, taxes, ease of transferring your pension, etc.. Are ...
Hi Bob, great to hear from you and thanks for looking after the house so well. Actually we were pretty naive to think that around Mele was still the paradise that it was in the 1970s. It had become the last accessible beach around Port Vila that ... Read More
Retiring in Vanuatu by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Why did you choose to retire in Vanuatu? What are the advantages compared with your home country? What were your main considerations when deciding to move? For example, taxes, ease of transferring your pension, etc.. Are ...
Hi Gordon, it's hard to know where to start. The water pump was stolen days before we arrived there, We discovered that a brutal gang rape and murder had been committed in the house we purchased and the murderer had escaped from prison and was ... Read More
Retiring in Vanuatu by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Why did you choose to retire in Vanuatu? What are the advantages compared with your home country? What were your main considerations when deciding to move? For example, taxes, ease of transferring your pension, etc.. Are ...
Having lived in the wonderful New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) in the 1970's we decided to buy a house in 2012 and retire there. How the place had changed and how wrong we were. Probably the worst months of my life! Luckily we managed to sell the ... Read More
Pets in Vanuatu by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Many of us in Vanuatu have four-legged friends. What about you? Do you have one or more pets? Share your experience with us! What are the formalities to import pets in Vanuatu? What about pet adoption procedures in the country? ...
We never had a pet in Vanuatu, we did have an automatic dog bark though to reduce the constant burglaries. The local cats are good to keep the rat population down. A couple we knew paid $8000 dollars to import their dog from Australia to Port Vila. ... Read More
Cost of living and residency by KerrieM
Hi all, my husband and I are considering living in Vanuatu. We are from Australia, we would love to hear your experiences good and bad or otherwise on your venture of how you came to be living there.My husband will be working away every other ...
Devils Point Road is very popular for expats but the road surface can get so bad that journeys along it in the wet season can be little better than walking pace even in a 4WDso make sure you get a suitable vehicle. Read More
Meet some locals in Port Vila by Uncle Baldrick
Hi Guys n Girls, we're coming to Port Vila on the weekend of Nov 16th. We were there only 3 weeks a go and fell in love the the place, so we're coming back this time to look at property and the real opportunity to make a sea change. Love to catch up ...
Hi Katy & Jason, [Moderated: pls use the private message] Cheers, Nick Read More
Meet some locals in Port Vila by Uncle Baldrick
Hi Guys n Girls, we're coming to Port Vila on the weekend of Nov 16th. We were there only 3 weeks a go and fell in love the the place, so we're coming back this time to look at property and the real opportunity to make a sea change. Love to catch up ...
Hi Uncle Baldrick, We are in Vanuatu until the end of Feb escaping the European winter. We worked and lived here in the late 70's, now we come here because we enjoy it. Please call in, we are a 10 minutes from Port Vila and a few from Hideaway ... Read More
Can a Retired Canadian move to Vanuatu? by DaveRogers
Hello! I am retiring in a few years from a life as a commercial airline Pilot. I have flown to SYD from YVR many many times and love the South Pacific. My wife and I would love to move to Vanuatu for a few years after retirement. How feasable is ...
Hi Dave, Thanks for your reply. What is your email address please (so I can give it to our neighbour / Pilot?. Will compile a list of good things to do. A sail on the Coongoola from Havana Harbour is a good start. Cheers, Nick. Read More
Can a Retired Canadian move to Vanuatu? by DaveRogers
Hello! I am retiring in a few years from a life as a commercial airline Pilot. I have flown to SYD from YVR many many times and love the South Pacific. My wife and I would love to move to Vanuatu for a few years after retirement. How feasable is ...
Hi Mark, We don't leave because of the cost of residency in Vanuatu, this is how we planned it. The dreamliners will be doing direct flights from Europe to Fiji soon so the journey will be a snack. We lived in the New Hebrides in the 70's and know ... Read More
Can a Retired Canadian move to Vanuatu? by DaveRogers
Hello! I am retiring in a few years from a life as a commercial airline Pilot. I have flown to SYD from YVR many many times and love the South Pacific. My wife and I would love to move to Vanuatu for a few years after retirement. How feasable is ...
Hi Dave, There is nothing to stop you from retiring to Vanuatu, but keep a bolt hole somewhere else. We spend 4 months a year there so don't have to pay the 1200 dollars a year for residency, (600 dollars + 600 dollars rip off). Our home is on ... Read More
Relocating to Vanuatu this year by mgsamuel
Hi, Sorry, I just came across this blog and I am taking advantage to ask you some few things. I may be sounded out soon by my bosses whether I would be willing to relocate to Vanuatu this year. I was wondering if there is any international school ...
Hi Manuel, Yes, there is a good international school in Port Vila. There is no Malaria on Efate (Island that Port Vila is on). I have heard of denque but it is not a big issue. We have not found mosquitoes to be a problem. We are retired and live ... Read More
Wondering how much we can expect to pay in: > by climbingpenguin
Hey Guys we (my partner and I) are moving to Vanuatu in the middle of the year, and just wondering how much we can expect to pay in: -rent (for a basic one bedroom place) -groceries -commodities (electricity) et cetera Also any ideas where to ...
Hi Steph, Rents start at about $700 a month in and around Port Vila. Do you want to live in or out of town?. Plenty of "to let" ads in the papers which you can subscribe to online (vanuatu daily post and the independent). You will pay a higher price ... Read More
Cost of living and residency by KerrieM
Hi all, my husband and I are considering living in Vanuatu. We are from Australia, we would love to hear your experiences good and bad or otherwise on your venture of how you came to be living there.My husband will be working away every other ...
Hi Mike, I am living here with my wife, we have grandchildren in Adelaide who can come & stay in the hols. Have been to the Canaries but not Madeira. We are intending to stay 4 months a year here, 4 monding to stay 4 months a year here, 4 months in ... Read More
Cost of living and residency by KerrieM
Hi all, my husband and I are considering living in Vanuatu. We are from Australia, we would love to hear your experiences good and bad or otherwise on your venture of how you came to be living there.My husband will be working away every other ...
Hi Mike, My job now is "retired", I have been a Broadcast Engineer for 30 years and did Electronic repairs in the New Hebrides until independence. Playing around a lot with Solar and heat pumps. We are managing to live here cheaply and well now. ... Read More
Cost of living and residency by KerrieM
Hi all, my husband and I are considering living in Vanuatu. We are from Australia, we would love to hear your experiences good and bad or otherwise on your venture of how you came to be living there.My husband will be working away every other ...
Hi Kerrie, We have been in Vanuatu now for 2 days, the house we bought without seeing has met our expectations and the garden is Huge with the beach at the end. We can hear the breakers all night long which is very relaxing. The ruin of the cottage ... Read More