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Trump’s ‘gold card’ visa granted to just 1 person so far

South China Morning Post · · 226 words · By Associated Press
Government immigration policy Economic opportunity/Investment attraction
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5 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“US President Donald Trump’s “gold card” visa, where a foreigner can shell out at least US$1 million to legally live and work in the US, has been approved for one person, said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Thursday”
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Multiple web search results report that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick stated that the 'gold card' visa, requiring an investment of at least $1 million, has been approved for one person. The sources attribute this statement to Lutnick.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Howard William Lutnick (born July 14, 1961) is an American businessman and government official who has served as the 41st United States secretary of commerce since 2025. In 1983, Lutnick was hired at …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Lutnick
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump assumed office as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. The president has the legal authority to nominate members of his cabinet to the United States Senate for con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States secretary of commerce (SecCom) is the head of the United States Department of Commerce. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all mat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Com…
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“After it launched in December, Lutnick said that the government had sold US$1.3 billion “worth” in just several days”
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The claim that Lutnick claimed the government sold $1.3 billion worth of the visa in just several days is only present in the context of the evidence provided for this claim. While one web search result mentions Lutnick admitting to selling only one visa, there is no corroborating evidence from other sources to confirm the specific figure of $1.3 billion sold in several days.
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web search NEUTRAL — Howard William Lutnick (born July 14, 1961) is an American businessman and government official who has served as the 41st United States secretary of commerce since 2025. In 1983, Lutnick was hired at …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Lutnick
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump's "gold card" visa, where a foreigner can shell out at least $1 million to legally live and work in the U.S., has been approved for one person, said Commerce Secretary Howard Lu…
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-associated-press-510077/460952…
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web search NEUTRAL — Howard Lutnick admitted under oath to only selling one of Trump's "Gold Card" visas for $1 million — after he claimed to have sold 1,000 of them on a podcast.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/howard-lutnick-admits-un…
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“Trump pushed the idea last year, initially suggesting a cost of US$5 million, and arguing that it would entice foreign talent to US shores and fill out federal coffers.”
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Multiple web search results corroborate that Trump pushed the idea last year, initially suggesting a cost of $5 million, with the stated goals of attracting foreign talent and filling federal coffers.
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump pushed the idea last year, initially suggesting a cost of USD 5 million, and arguing that it would entice foreign talent to US shores and fill out federal coffers.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/one-person-app…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump pushed the idea last year, initially suggesting a cost of $5 million, and arguing that it would entice foreign talent to U.S. shores and fill out federal coffers.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/23/nation/trump-gold-car…
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web search NEUTRAL — The “gold card” visa was proposed last year by Trump, initially priced at $5 million. The plan aims to attract foreign talent and increase government revenue.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/migrate/trumps-cont…
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“It is meant to replace the EB-5 programme, a decades-old programme that offered US visas to people who invested about US$1 million in a company with at least 10 employees.”
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Web search results discuss the Gold Card program in comparison to the EB-5 program, noting that the Gold Card is presented as a potential replacement or alternative. Wikipedia provides background on the EB-5 visa program, supporting the context of the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The EB-1 visa (or, colloquially, "Einstein visa") is a preference category for United States employment-based permanent residency. It is intended for "priority workers". Those are foreign nationals wh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EB-1_visa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States EB-5 visa, employment-based fifth preference category or EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program was created in 1990 by the Immigration Act of 1990. It provides a method for eligible im…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EB-5_visa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Trump Gold Card is an immigrant investor program offered by the United States that grants investors automatic eligibility for non-immigrant or EB-1 or EB-2 immigrant visas, as well as a pathway fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Gold_Card
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“Though only one person has been approved, “there are hundreds in the queue that they are going through”, Lutnick said, appearing pleased with the programme’s results, at a congressional committee hearing on Thursday.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that at a congressional committee hearing on Thursday, Lutnick stated that while only one person has been approved, hundreds are in the queue for the program.
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web search NEUTRAL — Though only one person has been approved, “there are hundreds in the queue that they are going through,” said Lutnick, appearing pleased with the program’s results, at a congressional committee hearin…
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/23/nation/trump-gold-car…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Trump administration has approved only one Gold Card visa under a program granting U.S. residency to non-citizens for a $1 million fee, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Thursday, stressin…
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/one-person…
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web search NEUTRAL — Only one person has been approved for US President Donald Trump's "gold card" visa program so far, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Thursday, referring to a million-dollar residency card unveile…
https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/trump-gold-card-visa-granted…
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