WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a new pathway to U.S. citizenship in the form of a pricey gold card that will be sold for US$5 million and he said it was “somewhat like a Green Card, but at a higher level of sophistication.”
“We’re going to be putting a price on that card of about $5 million and that’s going to give you [permanent resident] Green Card privileges, plus it’s going to be a route to citizenship,” Trump said from the Oval Office.
“Wealthy people will be coming into our country by buying this card. They’ll be wealthy and they’ll be successful and they’ll be spending a lot of money and paying a lot of taxes and employing a lot of people.
“And we think it’s going to be extremely successful and never been done before.”
Asked by reporters whether Russian oligarchs would be eligible to apply, Trump replied “yeah, possibly. I know some Russian oligarchs that are very nice people.”
The proposed gold card would be among the most expensive visa programs in the world.
It would replace the current EB-5 immigrant investor visa program which allows individuals to reside in the US in return for job-creating investments of at least $1m or $800,000 in distressed parts of the country.
He can keep his America and his ponzi sophisticated scheme !
His focus is on foreigners only .
That is what is happening in South Africa
It should not be sold, unwanted element will gain easy passage
Chigananda kkkkkkk
Citizenship for 5 million will only be bought by our corrupt African leaders for their families, mark my words.
Haha…there are better countries to settle if you have 5m at your disposal.
This guy haafungi. He is complaining of more criminal activities in the US because of foreigners now he selling Citizenship to more dangerous criminals.
$US5 million is nothing to drug lords and high-ranking criminals.
I think it’s fair, it’s their country! Maybe we may soon realise how important it is to fix our countries before migrating
We all know what that means more corruption in africa
Stupidity knows no boundaries. How is this even legal. If it's true
Investing that 5 million in your native country will benefit your fellow countrymen for Africans,home is always that place where your umbilical cord lies.
People with clean 5mil don’t need a US citizenship. Only dodgy ones fleeing from their countries.
All the drug dealers of Mexico and Colombia have their straight avenues opened into the US
Trump you have come again don't use religion to decieve us and start punishing the innocent people