"It is very exciting, for me and for the country, that we launched the 'Trump Gold Card,'" the 79-year-old president said at a roundtable discussion held at the White House on Wednesday, December 10 of last year.

In fact, the official website trumpcard.gov was launched that same day, where the link to the application promises "US residency in record time."

"For a processing fee from the Department of Homeland Security “For $15,000 and, after background check approval, a $1,000,000 contribution, obtain residency in the United States in record time with the 'Trump Gold Card',” read the full message of the offered option. In an interview with Fox News, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick projected that the “gold card” would ensure that people with the means to pay for it would contribute to boosting the economy. time, the government promised that after paying and submitting a series of documents, the process to enter the United States would be a matter of weeks, a period that would include an interview between the applicant and a member of the immigration service. However, almost five months later, Howard Lutnick announced that the Trump administration had only approved one “gold card” since it began receiving applications. During an appearance before a subcommittee of the House of Representatives, The New York official acknowledged that the vetting process for resident applicants has been slow, as the Department of Homeland Security closely oversees the program. "They recently approved one person, and there are hundreds on the waiting list. They wanted to make sure they did it perfectly," Lutnick said, hopeful that, at some point,more people will reside in the United States thanks to the acquisition of the golden card.