who took their baby home. He paid up on a federal tax "problem" and America cut him loose; expedited and excused tax suit, press easy button, presto, no longer American!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2017/02/09/brit-boris-johnson-renounces-america-why-we-should-care/

elleng

(130,974 posts)

3. Dunno.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sun Oct 13, 2019, 05:02 PM

Oct 2019

'In 1981, Murdoch bought The Times, his first British broadsheet and, in 1985, became a naturalized U.S. citizen, giving up his Australian citizenship, to satisfy the legal requirement for U.S. television network ownership.[5]'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch#Personal_life

2naSalit

(86,647 posts)

5. I thought that happened

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sun Oct 13, 2019, 05:13 PM

Oct 2019

back when sNewty was Speaker or shortly thereafter. Not sure, though.

LeftInTX

(25,377 posts)

6. Murdoch became a US citizen in 1985

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sun Oct 13, 2019, 05:19 PM

Oct 2019

The EB-5 investor visa offers permanent U.S. residency and eventually citizenship when a person invests between US$500,000 and US$1-million in a new commercial enterprise that produces at least 10 full-time jobs.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/globe-wealth/article-yes-you-can-buy-your-way-into-us-citizenship/

This EB-5 program was started in 1990. I dunno what was in place in 1985. It seems back in 1985, it wasn't that hard for Europeans become citizens. Many Middle Easterners became citizens in the late 70s and 80s

malaise

(269,054 posts)

7. Thanks - I'm assuming that he had British citizenship

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #6)

Sun Oct 13, 2019, 05:37 PM

Oct 2019

since he's Australian not European

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