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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Trump has promised $5m ‘gold card’ visas. Experts say they’re unlikely to ever happen

Within the first few weeks of his presidency, Donald Trump had promised to open a fast lane for wealthy immigrants to obtain legal status in the United States for $5 million.

On April 3, he showed reporters a prototype for his Trump Card, which features the president’s face on a gold, laminated credit card that would act as a green card. The card was going to be ready “in about less than two weeks,” Trump said at the time. In June, the White House created a bare-bones website to sign up for information, promising that “The Trump Card is coming.”

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