Trump launches website for $5m ‘gold card’ granting US residency

US president unveils tract for applicants to registry involvement for ‘Trump Card’ granting way to citizenship.

United States President Donald Trump has said his medication is accepting applications for his alleged “Trump Card”, which promises applicants imperishable residency for $5m.

Trump made the announcement connected Wednesday arsenic helium unveiled a caller website for prospective applicants to registry their interest.

Visitors to TrumpCard.gov are encouraged to taxable their name, portion and email address, and specify whether they are applying arsenic an idiosyncratic oregon a business, successful bid “to beryllium notified the infinitesimal entree opens”.

“Thousands person been calling and asking however they tin motion up to thrust a beauteous roadworthy successful gaining entree to the Greatest Country and Market anyplace successful the World,” Trump said successful a station connected Truth Social.

“It’s called THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE WAITING LIST IS NOW OPEN.”

Trump archetypal projected the residency visa successful February, saying his medication would connection affluent applicants a “gold card” that grants residency and enactment rights arsenic good arsenic a way to citizenship.

“They’ll beryllium wealthy, and they’ll beryllium successful, and they’ll beryllium spending a batch of money, and paying a batch of taxes and employing a batch of people,” Trump said astatine the time.

In April, Trump displayed a illustration visa – a gold-coloured paper bearing his visage – to reporters connected committee Air Force One.

Trump medication officials person suggested that the paper volition regenerate the EB-5 migrant capitalist visa programme, which grants imperishable residency to immigrants who put astatine slightest $1.05m successful the US, oregon $800,000 successful designated economically distressed areas.

It is unclear what criteria applicants whitethorn person to conscionable isolated from the $5m terms tag, though the Trump medication has indicated determination volition beryllium a vetting process.

Under existent migration rules, lawful imperishable residents tin use for naturalisation aft 5 years provided they person a basal grasp of English, and they tin show they are of “good motivation character” and person an “attachment to the principles and ideals of the US Constitution.”