Rich employers who can get a $5m Gold Card now have an opportunity to fast become United States citizens.
A Nigerian mogul who desires it will have to part with some N8bn, based on the prevailing exchange rate.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday night announced the $5 million Gold Card visa is now open for signups, allowing wealthy foreign nationals to register their interest in the program, which intends to offer them a fast track to U.S. citizenship.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump shared a link to the website—which refers to the visa as “The Trump Card.”
He claimed that “Thousands have been calling and asking how they can sign up,” for the program and noted, “THE WAITING LIST IS NOW OPEN.”
Reports say visitors to TrumpCard.gov are encouraged to submit their name, region and email address, and specify whether they are applying as an individual or a business, in order “to be notified the moment access opens”.
“Thousands have been calling and asking how they can sign up to ride a beautiful road in gaining access to the Greatest Country and Market anywhere in the World,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
“It’s called THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE WAITING LIST IS NOW OPEN.”
The site also includes an image of the “Trump Card,” featuring a photo and signature of the president—a version of which he showed reporters aboard Air Force One back in April.
Trump first proposed the residency visa in February, saying his administration would offer wealthy applicants a “gold card” that grants residency and work rights as well as a path to citizenship.
“They’ll be wealthy, and they’ll be successful, and they’ll be spending a lot of money, and paying a lot of taxes and employing a lot of people,” Trump said at the time.
In April, Trump displayed a sample visa – a gold-coloured card bearing his visage – to reporters on board Air Force One.
Trump administration officials have suggested that the card will replace the EB-5 immigrant investor visa programme, which grants permanent residency to immigrants who invest at least $1.05m in the US, or $800,000 in designated economically distressed areas.
