WASHINGTON: The Donald Trump administration on Wednesday formally launched its new \u2018Trump Gold Card\u2019 visa programme, offering non-US citizens a pathway to live and work in the United States in exchange for a substantial financial contribution.<\/p>\n
According to details on the official website Trumpcard.gov, applicants can submit an online request by paying a $15,000 processing fee to the Department of Homeland Security. After a background verification, they will be required to make a $1 million \u201ccontribution\u201d to qualify for the visa.<\/p>\n
The information posted on the portal describes the Trump Gold Card as a \u201cgift\u201d, drawing parallels to the green card but branding it as a more exclusive option. \u201cIt\u2019s actually a green card, but it\u2019s very good \u2014 much more powerful, a much stronger path,\u201d President Trump told reporters at the White House. \u201cYou have to be great people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said around 10,000 people had already pre-registered for the programme, and expressed confidence that the numbers would rise sharply. \u201cI would expect over time that we would sell these thousands of cards and raise billions, billions of dollars,\u201d he told a news agency.<\/p>\n
Lutnick argued that the initiative would attract high-value individuals who could boost the American economy. He also drew a comparison between prospective Gold Card holders and existing green card recipients, claiming that the latter \u201cmake less money than the average American\u201d and are \u201cmore likely to be on government support\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON: The Donald Trump administration on Wednesday formally launched its new \u2018Trump Gold Card\u2019 visa programme, offering non-US citizens a pathway to live and work in the United States in exchange for a substantial financial contribution. According to details on the official website Trumpcard.gov, applicants can submit an online request by paying a $15,000 processing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,19],"tags":[11912,11913],"class_list":["post-56827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-edu-immi","category-latest","tag-trump-administration-launches-trump-gold-card-visa-programme","tag-with-1-million-contribution-requirement"],"yoast_head":"\n