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Why would you pay almost a million dollars for citizenship? Honest question.
by hop 13y ago
Why would you pay almost a million dollars for citizenship? Honest question.
- wazoox 13y agoBecause you're some horrible criminal from about anywhere out of Europe, wanting to escape the law strikes me as the most probable reason.
- vignesh_vs_in 13y agoOr a rich person wanting to escape a horrible country(Government).
- nraynaud 13y agowe have jails in Europe
- zalew 13y agoEU is not an asylum for criminals (actually is a terrible place for a criminal trying to secure his freedom, because it takes only one country to raise an 'european arrest warrant' afaik), for that reason mobsters are more likely settle in countries without extradition treaties to their country of activity, or some banana republic where it's easy to vanish.
- zalew 13y agoThis comment below nails the answer https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6745568 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6745568
- silverbax88 13y agoThere are several reasons. Here are a few: One, because wealthy people sometimes want 'dual citizenship' (which has to be kept a secret in the U.S.) because they feel like if things fall apart in one country, they can quickly escape to another. Two, some business transactions require citizenship. Three, some rights are only available with citizenship. There are other reasons as well.
- bdesimone 13y agoDual citizenship does not need to be kept secret in the US.
- auctiontheory 13y agoCitizens of "poor" countries have great difficulty traveling internationally, even if they are personally wealthy. (Other countries may not grant them visas to enter, and may mistreat them at border crossings.) Maybe their home country isn't a very attractive or safe place to live any more. Etc. etc.
- agilebyte 13y agoTo avoid extradition treaties, taxation on worldwide income (US) and a security to weather it out in case the war breaks out.
- cpursley 13y agoFor the same reason you back up your data.
- kapitalx 13y agoThere are alot of very rich people in countries with undemocratic governments, who would love to move to europe. Think the Middle East, India, China, ...