Peter Thiel

[markgritter]

Before the election, I thought that Peter Thiel's support for Trump was just Silicon Valley "disruptive" thinking at its worst. If the system isn't working, let's try something different (without a lot of thought as to whether it's actually better.) After all, Peter Thiel would not be the one suffering, so from his perspective it would be a risk-

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[sraun]

A log of countries have 'invest a lot of money here, get citizenship quickly' programs.

Yep, New Zealand is one of them. Per https://www.newzealandnow.govt.nz/move-to-nz/new-zealand-visa/visas-to-invest/investor-visa

(ii) Investor Plus

Minimum Investment NZ$ 10 million (approx US$ 8 million) has to be invested in New Zealand for 3 yrs.

Could he have met the three year residency requirement?

[sraun]

Oh, and per https://www.newzealandnow.govt.nz/move-to-nz/new-zealand-visa/visas-to-invest/investor-visa

44 days in NZ in each of the last 2 years of a 3 year investment period.

A month-and-a-half each year for two years? That's not a very hard requirement to meet!

[markgritter]

That's a residency visa, not full citizenship.