Measure would allow to live and work in the US, and make the way to get US citizenship
President Donald Trump (Republican Party) said they will sell them “Golden Visas”For $ 5 million for rich foreigners. The document will allow you to live in the country and make the way for citizenship request.
“Let’s sell golden visas. We have the ‘green card’ [visto que permite residência legal nos EUA]this will be the golden visa. Let’s put the price of $ 5 million. He will give the same privilege as the Green Card and will be a route to citizenship. Rich people will come to our country to buy this visa”Said the president, in the Oval Hall of the White House, quoted by .
According to Trump, the visa will start selling in the coming weeks. He also opened the possibility of marketing the document to citizens of Russia.
“Yes, it is a possibility. I know some Russian oligarchs that are very good people”He said.
Howard Lutnick, the US Secretary of Commerce, said the golden visa will replace the EB-5, a program that allows the legal residence to any investing foreigner in the country. The secretary said, however, that everyone who requests the golden visa will have to undergo an evaluation. “We have to ensure that they are wonderful and excellent citizens”He said.
According to the American, the EB-5 program was instituted in 1992 and provides for the guarantee of “green cardsFor foreigners who invest the equivalent of $ 1.05 million in the US or $ 800,000 in shares that create jobs and value areas that suffer from economic problems.
Trump himself has already used EB-5 visas in his companies. Elon Musk, businessman and head of Doge (US Government Efficiency Department), was another who has already granted Visas EB-5 to workers.
During the first term, in 2019, facing criticism from both Democrats and Republicans about the EB-5 program, Trump tried to increase the minimum investment to $ 1.8 million and $ 900,000 in economically threatened areas, but bumped into a decision of a federal judge. The magistrate understood that the National Security Secretary who authorized the change had not been appointed to office correctly.
The program underwent renovations in 2022 during the administration of Joe Biden (Democratic Party).
