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More super-rich investors get US citizenship

Britain debates whether to allow rich people to "buy" citizenship, while in the US a programme for wealthy investors to gain residency already exists

Britain is entangled in a new debate over allowing rich people to “buy” citizenship. Its Home Office, according to the Financial Times, is about to make it easier for the wealthy to become citizens based on their investments.

Specifically, the moves would shrink the wait times needed for residency to two years from five years for those investing £10m. (Those investing £1m still have to wait five years.)

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