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Trump Gold Card Or Pyrite Card Program – Which Is It?

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On September 19, 2025, the Trump Administration created, via Executive Order, new immigrant options for investors to acquire permanent residence via the Trump Gold Card program...

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On September 19, 2025, the Trump Administration created, via Executive Order, new immigrant options for investors to acquire permanent residence via the Trump Gold Card program, which is overseen by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). The Secretary of the DOC coordinates with the Secretary of State and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish and implement the program. The options do not create new employment-based immigrant visa categories, but instead are subsets (aka barnacles) of the existing Employment-Based (EB) First Preference category for extraordinary ability applicants (EB-1), as well as the self-sponsored EB Second Preference category (EB-2) for national interest waivers (NIW). The official website for the new options can be found here, and the email for information is [email protected] . The three alternatives are as follows:

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