President Donald J. Trump unveiled the highly anticipated, and expensive, “Gold Card” designed to fast-track foreign U.S. visas.

“THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT’S TRUMP GOLD CARD IS HERE TODAY! A direct path to Citizenship for all qualified and vetted people. SO EXCITING! Our Great American Companies can finally keep their invaluable Talent. Live Site opens in 30 minutes!” Trump declared on Truth Social.

“It’s somewhat like a green card, but with big advantages,” the president added during a press conference.

“A GIFT TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.”

The White House has rolled out the “Trump Gold Card,” a new immigration initiative offering a $1 M+ route to citizenship. pic.twitter.com/KgQak8e1vg

— FOX & Friends (@foxandfriends) December 11, 2025

Applicants need to pay a fee of $1 million to the Department of Commerce, or corporations filing on behalf of an employee can donate $2 million.

Applicants who pass the vetting process by DHS can apply for citizenship in five years.

Trump cabinet members, including Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, also touted the “exciting” news on X:

What a monumental day. @POTUS launched the Gold Card and our immigration system will finally benefit the American people. pic.twitter.com/YR0w2v566D

— Howard Lutnick (@howardlutnick) December 10, 2025

“This landmark program fulfills President Trump’s promise to attract the world’s most successful entrepreneurs and investors to America while guaranteeing they have skin in the game,” Noem declared.

The Department of Homeland Security is working closely with @CommerceGov to facilitate the rollout of President Trump’s Gold Card program.

Under this historic initiative, qualified individuals and corporations, who contribute $1 million and $2 million respectively, will receive… pic.twitter.com/10htrjYyxx

— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) December 10, 2025

The visa re-vamp is intended to raise “hundreds of billions of dollars” in revenue for the U.S. and will help create jobs, according to Trump.

The Gold Card was first introduced in March at $5 million a pop and became an instant hot commodity despite the super-steep price tag.

BREAKING: Commerce Secretary Lutnick says they have sold 1,000 Gold Cards this week for $5M each!

Thats $5,000,000,000 in just a week!

HUGE! pic.twitter.com/DNACwESv8W

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) March 21, 2025

“There’s a line for EB-5 of 250,000 right now. 200,000 of these gold green cards [at $5 million] is $1 trillion to pay down our debt,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said in February.

Those Gold-Green cards have reportedly been bumped up to platinum status.

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