USA Gold Card

Cost

• $15,000 non-refundable processing fee to the Department of Homeland Security, paid per applicant when the application is submitted.
• $1,000,000 gift to the U.S. government, payable once DHS vetting is approved (individual applicant).
• Corporate Gold Card: $2,000,000 gift per sponsored employee, plus a 1% annual maintenance fee and a 5% transfer fee if the card is reassigned.

What It Grants

An approved applicant becomes eligible for an EB-1 or EB-2 immigrant visa and, after completing the standard Department of State visa steps, obtains lawful permanent resident status usable in all 50 states and territories. It is a route into an existing green card category, not a new visa classification.

Who Can Apply?

• Otherwise eligible for and admissible to the United States for lawful permanent resident status.
• Able to pass the Department of Homeland Security vetting and background check, with no conviction for a crime involving moral turpitude.
• Subject to normal visa availability; nationals of some countries may face waiting periods of up to about a year before a visa is issued.

Gold Card Application Process

1. Submit the online application and pay the $15,000 processing fee at trumpcard.gov.
2. Receive instructions from USCIS to file Form I-140G with supporting documents, including 20 years of employment and education history and a full list of financial accounts.
3. DHS carries out the vetting and background investigation.
4. Once vetting is approved, pay the $1,000,000 gift (or $2,000,000 per employee for the corporate card).
5. Complete the Department of State visa steps, including the medical exam and the visa interview.
6. Receive lawful permanent resident status under the EB-1 or EB-2 category.

Minimum Investment

• $800,000 for a new commercial enterprise principally doing business in a Targeted Employment Area (rural, or high-unemployment) or a qualifying infrastructure project.
• $1,050,000 for a new commercial enterprise outside a Targeted Employment Area.

Job Creation

The investment must create or preserve at least 10 full-time positions for qualifying U.S. workers, excluding the investor and their immediate family, within the required period.

Conditional Residence

Approval first grants conditional permanent residence valid for two years. Within the 90 days before it expires, the investor must file Form I-829 with evidence that the full investment was made and the jobs were created or maintained, in order to have the conditions removed and receive a permanent green card.

Eligibility

• Invest lawfully sourced capital in a new commercial enterprise established after 29 November 1990, or in the substantial restructuring or expansion of an existing business.
• The capital must be genuinely at risk, with no guaranteed return of principal to the investor.
• The investment must meet the applicable minimum amount and the job creation requirement within the required period.

EB-5 Application Process

1. Choose between a direct investment in a new commercial enterprise or an investment through a USCIS-approved regional center project.
2. File Form I-526 (direct investment) or Form I-526E (regional center investment) with USCIS.
3. Once the petition is approved, complete consular processing or, if already in the United States, adjustment of status.
4. Receive conditional permanent residence, valid for two years.
5. File Form I-829 within the 90 days before the conditional card expires to remove the conditions and obtain a permanent green card.