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>Similarly, money should not allow you to become a citizen of a country you've never lived in, on a whim. Why not? NZ gets a bunch of money and never needs to
by alasdair_ 10y ago
>Similarly, money should not allow you to become a citizen of a country you've never lived in, on a whim.
Why not? NZ gets a bunch of money and never needs to do anything for it (especially if Thiel never lives there).
- FabHK 10y agoAnd if he ever flies there, they could change the rules while he is in the air and then deport him. Ah, no, a civilised state wouldn't do that, forget it.
- pryce 10y agoFor one, because the citizens of NZ are concerned about the precedent it sets, and because it's explicitly against our immigration policies, and because the documents show a troubling standard. 1. Thiel arranged application through notorious figure Mark Wheldon (connected to senior govt figures and instrumental in gutting govt accountability in NZ media over several years) 2. Thiel gives a million dollars to the Earthquake fund 3. Thiels letter reads [paraphrasing] "Our applicant is anxious that his application for citizenship not be affected by his donation" 4. Application was subsequently approved in large part on the basis of the donation This is very much seems to be a "Please ignore this bag of money on your desk" transaction. If NZ policies allowed that, that would be one thing, but it explicitly disallows that. Thiel's money-for-citizenship deal has been highly prominent in all major sources of national news in NZ for several days.
- masonic 10y ago4. Application was subsequently approved in large part on the basis of the donation Source?
- pryce 10y agoSupport for point #3 was from the letter shown in this tweet: https://twitter.com/badtom/status/826664655892279296 https://twitter.com/badtom/status/826664655892279296 Support for point #4 was from this letter: https://twitter.com/badtom/status/826667476096315393 https://twitter.com/badtom/status/826667476096315393