Trump Gold Card Lawyers

The Trump Gold Card visa is an expedited pathway for certain wealthy individuals to obtain U.S. permanent residency by making a significant financial contribution to the U.S. Treasury. The contribution is $1 million if you’re petitioning on your own behalf and $2 million for a corporation contributing on behalf of an employee or prospective employee.

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The Trump Gold Card grants lawful permanent resident status, just like a Green Card obtained through EB-1 or EB-2 visas. The main advantage of the Gold Card is that it offers a fast track to permanent residency.

Financial gift: The money serves as a substitute for evidence that you meet the eligibility requirements of the EB-1 or EB-2 visa categories. Expedited processing: The Gold Card speeds up visa petition and lawful permanent resident application processing, steps that would otherwise take months.

However, applicants are still subject to the Visa Bulletin and availability of Immigrant Visas. Path to citizenship: The Gold Card gives you full lawful permanent resident rights just like a Green Card. You’ll have the right to live and work anywhere in the U.S. and the freedom to change jobs or start a company.

A Green Card allows most lawful permanent residents to apply for U.S. citizenship after five years of permanent residence, provided they meet all other naturalization requirements. Family: You can petition for your spouse and unmarried children under 21 to immigrate to the United States.

But you’ll have to pay an additional $1 million fee for each person on the application.

Here's how to begin the application process for the Trump Gold Card:

1. Submit your application at TrumpCard.gov and pay the nonrefundable application fee of $15,000.
2. File Form I-140G (Immigrant Petition for the Gold Card Program) with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a new version of the standard I-140 immigrant petition being finalized by the Trump administration. You’ll need to provide information about yourself and the source of the funds.
3. USCIS will conduct security vetting, including a criminal background check.
4. Transfer the financial gift to the Department of the Treasury.
5. Apply to become a lawful permanent resident through a U.S. Department of State consulate. The instructions for I-140G don’t say what you should do if you’re already in the U.S., but you should be able to apply to adjust your status by filing Form I-485 with USCIS.
6. Receive final approval for a Trump Gold Card visa. The Gold Card offers expedited adjudication of your application.

A U.S. corporation can use the Trump Gold Card visa to quickly secure lawful permanent resident status for foreign talent. The sponsoring company must make a non-refundable financial gift of $2 million on behalf of the employee or prospective employee.

The sponsoring corporation can transfer permanent resident status to another employee if the original recipient leaves the company. The new employee has to undergo vetting separately, but the corporation doesn’t need to pay another $2 million gift. However, it will have to pay an annual maintenance fee and transfer fee.

The fee for each person requesting a Gold Card is $1 million. Any accompanying family member will also have to pay the fee. Corporations petitioning on behalf of an employee must pay $2 million, plus $1 million for each accompanying family member. The processing fee for Form I-140G is expected to cost $15,000 per person.

The Trump Gold Card visa offers a costly new pathway to permanent residency. Our attorneys can help guide you through the process by preparing the evidence package, documenting your financial contribution, and managing the complex filing requirements.