As the granting of citizenship by Vanuatu under its investor citizenship schemes was deemed to constitute a circumvention of the Union short-stay visa procedure and the assessment of security and migratory risks it entails, as well as an increased risk to the internal security and public policy of the Member States, the Council adopted, on 3 March 2022, Decision (EU) 2022/366, which partially suspended the application of the Agreement pursuant to Article 8(4) of the Agreement. The suspension of the application of the Agreement was limited to ordinary passports issued by Vanuatu from 25 May 2015, when the number of successful applicants under Vanuatu’s investor citizenship schemes started to increase significantly.
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