Faith in Apple’s future as Woz becomes an Aussie

Financial Review ^ | Thursday, December 18, 2014 | Paul Smith

[Star Traveler]

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has officially become an Australian resident, is planning to make the Apple Isle his home – appropriately enough – and says one day he’d like it said he lived and died an Australian. The man who formed Apple with Steve Jobs in California back in 1976 has just had ­“permanent residency” stamped in his passport.

He originally applied for Australian citizenship in 2012. He’s since taken steps to move more aspects of his life Down Under; in October he became an adjunct professor at the University of Technology in Sydney. He says he’s thinking about a citizenship ceremony.

In a wide-ranging interview with The Australian Financial Review, ­Wozniak praised current Apple chief executive Tim Cook for breaking free from Steve Jobs’s “dogma” by allowing a big-screen iPhone to be made.

Wozniak says his decision to make Australia home came after he received an email from old friend, Sydney-based barrister Nicholas Baltinos, alerting him to the fact it could be a possibility.

With a son married to an Aussie and resident in Sydney, and a fondness for the local culture, Wozniak says he plunged into the lengthy series of visa applications, medicals and FBI checks before finally being accepted.

[BunnySlippers]

Cool! A very, very hard country to get into.

[xp38]

Yeah that caught my eye too but I assume since he spent most of his prior life in the US that would be the agency to check up on one’s history so to speak and not Australian agencies.

[9thLife]

Noted as I start making my list of alternative venues.

[Swordmaker]

You have to have an FBI check to become a resident of another country?

Australia has their own FBI. . .

[Swordmaker]

Steve Wozniak, The Woz, is moving to OZ, Australia. . . becoming an American ex-patriate. — PING!

Apple Founder jumps ship to Australia Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

[dayglored]

>> I’ve read that they check their shoes before putting them on. Seriously!

> We have to do that here in Florida. Snakes, scorpions, black widow and brown recluse spiders...

Hell I have to check my shoes before putting them on, and I live in Upstate New York!!

(Of course, that's mainly because my cat might have puked in them overnight... remember Fat Freddie's headphones?)

[Vendome]

Confirmed.

[Vendome]

Yep.

Almost all countries require a clean bill from the federal government of your citizenship

[Defiant]

When he heard about it, Obama asked if Woz spoke Australian.

[prov1813man]

Fat Freddie !? Wow ! Dave is that you ?

[Moonman62]

Wozniak says he plunged into the lengthy series of visa applications, medicals and FBI checks before finally being accepted.

...

If you’re a criminal coming to America you don’t have to do any of that.

[dayglored]

> Fat Freddie !? Wow ! Dave is that you ?

Dave's not here, man....

[liberalh8ter]

Eeeeeewwwwwwww! LOL

[cynwoody]

The only problem with Australia is that every animal/insect there is poisonous and wants to kill you ,ouch

Maye that's why Australia produced IED Hunter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtpUZg4RomU

[cynwoody]

It’s a criminal background check. Other countries don’t want USA criminals moving into their country ... and ... it’s only the FBI who would give a comprehensive check (across the entire country).

Ask Eddie about that.

[justlurking]

You have to have an FBI check to become a resident of another country?

For a work or permanent visa, many countries require a criminal background check from current (and previous) countries in which you have resided.

I had to get one for a work visa a few years ago.

[Not gonna take it anymore]

(Of course, that’s mainly because my cat might have puked in them overnight... remember Fat Freddie’s headphones?)

Is your cat related to mine? I turn my shoes and slippers upside down so if she is going to puke it’s on the bottom, not inside.

I also put slippers on in the house because we are never quite sure where she has left her little gift. ;-)

[Night Hides Not]

I thought Australia was a continent.

[zeugma]

The only problem with Australia is that every animal/insect there is poisonous and wants to kill you ,ouch

Texas and Austrailia are kinda similar then. Yet another reason for me to like Aussies

[Star Traveler]

Is that somehow related to this article?