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List of Jurisdictions Eligible

List of Jurisdictions Eligible for BVI Vessel Registration

According to the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2025, the Virgin Islands Shipping and Maritime Authority can conduct business with citizens, bodies corporate or foreign companies incorporated, established or registered in the following jurisdictions.

Andorra
Mexico
Argentina
Monaco
Aruba
Panama
Bahrain
The Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Brazil
Slovenia
The Canary Islands
(autonomous community) of Spain)
Suriname
Chile
Switzerland
China
The United Arab Emirates
Commonwealth Countries
The United States of America
European Union
United Kingdom
The Faroe Islands
(autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark)
Member States of the United Kingdom
Israel
Crown Dependencies of the United Kingdom
Japan
British Overseas Territories of the United Kingdom
Liberia
Uruguay
Madeira
(an autonomous region of Portugal)

The Marshall Islands

For ease of reference the following countries form part of the Commonwealth, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and its Member States, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories, EU and EEA, Territories of France, Spain, Denmark, Netherlands, United States and the OECS.

Commonwealth Countries
Antigua and Barbuda
Mauritius
Australia
Mozambique
Bahamas
Namibia
Bangladesh
Nauru
Barbados
New Zealand
Belize
Nigeria
Botswana
Pakistan
Brunei Darussalam
Papua New Guinea
Canada
Rwanda
Cameroon
Samoa
Cyprus
Seychelles
Dominica
Sierra Leone
Fiji
Singapore
Gambia
Solomon Islands
Gabon
South Africa
Ghana
Sri Lanka
Guyana
St. Kitts & Nevis
Grenada
St. Lucia
India
St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Jamaica
Togo
Kenya
Tonga
Kingdom of Eswatini
Trinidad & Tobago
Kiribati
Tuvalu
Lesotho
Uganda
Malawi
United Republic of Tanzania
Malaysia
United Kingdom
Maldives
Vanuatu
Malta
Zambia
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
Sharjah
Ajman
Ras Al Khaimah
Dubai
Umm Al Quwain
Fujairah

European Union
Austria
Italy
Belgium
Latvia
Bulgaria
Lithuania
Croatia
Luxembourg
Republic of Cyprus
Malta
Czech Republic
Netherlands
Denmark
Poland
Estonia
Portugal
Finland
Romania
France
Slovakia
Germany
Slovenia
Greece
Spain
Hungary
Sweden
Ireland

European Economic Area (EEA)*
Iceland
Liechtenstein
Norway
Territories of the United States of America
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
American Samoa
Territories of Denmark
The Faroe Islands
Greenland
Territories of France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
(Adélie Land (claimed part of Antarctica), Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands, Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands, and the Scattered Islands.)
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Mayotte
New Caledonia
Réunion
Saint Barthélemy (St. Barts)
Saint Martin
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
United Kingdom
Northern Ireland
Scotland
England
Wales
Crown Dependencies of the United Kingdom
Bailiwick of Jersey
Bailiwick of Guernsey
Isle of Man
British Overseas Territories of the United Kingdom
Anguilla
Bermuda
British Antarctic Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar
Montserrat
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie & Oeno Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Turks and Caicos
OECS Countries*
Full Members
Antigua and Barbuda
Commonwealth of Dominica
Grenada
Montserrat
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Associate Members
Anguilla
British Virgin Islands
Territories of Spain
Balearic Islands (including Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza, Formentera, and Cabrera)
Canary Islands
Ceuta and Melilla
Plazas de Soberanía (including Alhucemas Islands, Chafarinas Islands, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera)
Llívia
Territories of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Aruba
Bonaire
Curacao
Saba
Sint Maarten
Sint Eustatius
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