LadyShea
got this one in another thread
'Bitcoin Jesus' Visa Application Denied - Business Insider
He rejected US citizenship so that he could avoid paying taxes to the US government and its subsidiaries, but he's now complaining that US authorities won't give him a visa to allow him to visit the US again.
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The official reasoning behind Ver's rejection is that he doesn't have sufficient "ties" to his country of residency in the Caribbean and has not demonstrated he has "the ties that will compel [him] to return to your home country after your travel to the United States," according to a picture he tweeted of a letter that appears to be from the embassy.
In short, US officials are worried that Ver might choose to stay in his native country illegally.
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He's rich enough to be easily detached from any one place. Given his wealth, he could invest it in some superconservative investments, returning only 0.1%/year, and still have a huge income. Enough to live out of hotel rooms wherever he goes.
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The fiercely libertarian entrepreneur has also appealed for others to follow his lead on citizenship, in June launching a website that helps wealthy people pay their way to citizenship on his new island home of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis in the West Indies.
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Presumably to be renamed the Galt Islands.