'America First' Trump billionaire Peter Thiel swore oath to Queen to get 'doomsday' New Zealand...
Source: RawStory
‘America First’ Trump billionaire Peter Thiel swore oath to Queen to get ‘doomsday’ New Zealand citizenship: report
DAVID FERGUSON
01 FEB 2017 AT 13:39 ET
Billionaire Peter Thiel may number himself among Pres. Donald Trump’s top advisers and proudly addressed the 2017 Republican National Convention as a proud gay American, but the hedge funder and Paypal.com founder secretly “swore an oath of loyalty to Queen Elizabeth,” said TheIntercept.com, when he used his wealth and influence to gain New Zealand citizenship in 2011.
The Intercept’s Sam Biddle reported Wednesday that the New Zealand government released a 145-page dossier detailing Thiel’s pursuit of citizenship in the country, which was initially denied on the ground that the billionaire had never lived in New Zealand and had no current plans to do so.
“Mr. Thiel does not meet the ‘presence in New Zealand’ and ‘intention to continue to reside in New Zealand’ requirements for a grant of citizenship,” said the country’s Department of Immigration in one document. “Mr. Thiel considers he has exceptional circumstances that mean a grant is in the public interest.”
Biddle explained that in 1977, New Zealand enacted an “exceptional circumstances and public interest” provision under which non-resident of the island nation could apply for citizenship.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/america-first-trump-billionaire-peter-thiel-swore-oath-to-queen-to-get-doomsday-new-zealand-citizenship-report/
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