{"id":99585,"date":"2025-02-26T11:10:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T11:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=99585"},"modified":"2025-02-26T11:10:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T11:10:49","slug":"you-can-now-buy-us-citizenship-after-paying-this-amount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2025\/99585\/","title":{"rendered":"You can now buy US citizenship after paying this amount"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pakistan(National Times)- WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday floated the idea of replacing a visa programme for foreign investors with a so-called &#8220;gold card&#8221; that could be bought for $5 million as a route to American citizenship. Trump told reporters he will replace the &#8220;EB-5&#8221; immigrant investor visa programme, which allows foreign investors of large sums of money that create or preserve US jobs to become permanent residents, with a so-called &#8220;gold card.&#8221; The EB-5 programme grants &#8220;green cards&#8221; to foreigners promising to invest in US businesses. &#8220;We are going to be selling a gold card,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;We are going to be putting a price on that card of about $5 million,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It&#8217;s going to give you green card privileges plus its going to be a route to (American) citizenship, and wealthy people would be coming into our country by buying this card,&#8221; Trump said, adding that details about the scheme will come out in two weeks. Trump added it is possible Russian oligarchs could qualify for the gold cards, when asked by a journalist if those people would be eligible. &#8220;Yeah, possibly. Hey. I know some Russian oligarchs that are very nice people,&#8221; he said. The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Programme, administered by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, was created by Congress in 1990 to &#8220;stimulate the US economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors,&#8221; according to the USCIS website. &#8220;The EB-5 programme &#8230; it was full of nonsense, make believe and fraud, and it was a way to get a green card that was low price. So the president said, rather than having this sort of ridiculous EB-5 programme, we&#8217;re going to end the EB-5 programme. 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