Aboard Air Force One on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled the first-ever “gold card” visa, a residency permit available for $5 million.
Holding a prototype featuring his face and the inscription “The Trump Card,” Trump told reporters the visa could be available “in less than two weeks.”
“I’m the first buyer,” he said. “Pretty exciting, huh?”
The new program offers a high-priced alternative to the traditional green card. Trump has argued it will attract wealthy investors and job creators while also helping to reduce the national deficit.
A vocal advocate for stricter immigration policies, Trump emphasized that the gold card could serve as a pathway to U.S. citizenship. In February, he suggested his administration could sell “maybe a million” of these visas and did not rule out the possibility of Russian oligarchs qualifying.
