{"id":25138,"date":"2025-04-04T15:45:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T15:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=25138"},"modified":"2025-04-04T15:45:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T15:45:51","slug":"donald-trump-announces-3-8m-gold-card-and-explains-what-it-gets-you-as-hes-the-first-buyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=25138","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump announces \u00a33.8m ‘gold card’ and explains what it gets you as he’s the ‘first buyer’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President Donald Trump has introduced a new premium-level visa called the ‘gold card’, months after announcing plans for a ‘green-card-privileges-plus- visa.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0US<\/a>\u00a0leader spoke to the press on Air Force One, revealing the $5 million (\u00a33.8 million) option to gain residency for foreigners with more\u00a0money<\/a>\u00a0to spare than others.<\/p>\n

Trump<\/a>\u00a0said that he was the first buyer of the card, but doesn’t know who’s next, while adding that the visa would ‘probably’ be out in ‘less than two weeks’.<\/p>\n

Showing off to reporters, he said: “For $5 million, this could be yours.<\/p>\n

“That was the first of the cards. You know what that card is?<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s the gold card – the Trump card,” he coined.<\/p>\n

It’s a move that provides an alternative to the existing EB-5 programme, which offered willing investors to apply for US residence if they made an investment between $800,000 to $1 million in a commercial enterprise that created 10 or more jobs.<\/p>\n

Despite Trump not knowing who the next buyer is, Howard Lutnick, the Commerce Secretary, made the bold claim in March that over 1,000 gold cards had been sold.<\/p>\n

He also added that 37 million people around the\u00a0world<\/a>\u00a0had the means to get one, taking a few jabs at the EB-5 programme, calling it ‘make-believe and a fraud’.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a way to get a green card that was low priced,\u201d he claimed, saying that gold card holders would be investing in America, and that there was ‘a line for EB-5 of 250,000 right now.<\/p>\n

This visa programme had been around since the 1990s, and though the requirements to apply have changed, Trump has introduced his own visa.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou’re getting big taxpayers, big job producers, and we’ll be able to sell maybe a million of these cards, maybe more than that,\u201d Trump explained about people interested in the card.<\/p>\n

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There are two types of visa in the US – regular non-immigrant visas, which are normally issued for work, study, or tourism, and immigrant visas, which can give individuals a pathway to American residency, also known as a Green Card.<\/p>\n

This would normally require family or employer sponsorship, or humanitarian programmes to support you.<\/p>\n

But with the ‘gold card’, the President highlighted that it was aimed at those ‘of wealth or people of great talent’.<\/p>\n

Trump said that it would be a way to bring in investors what will build companies and create jobs to contribute to the economy, though did not provide job creation requirements.<\/p>\n

He said that they would have to be vetted to ensure they were ‘world-class global citizens’, hinting that a million could be sold to generate money for the\u00a0government<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The card would set you back $5 million, or \u00a33.8 million (MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

While more details can be expected in a couple of weeks, the programme also won’t give holders American citizenship on the spot.<\/p>\n

Gold visa holders will have the right to work towards citizenship, requiring them to be residents of the US first.<\/p>\n

Green card holders usually have to live in the country for five years before being allowed to apply for a passport, though it is unsure what the rules on this new visa are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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