Trump promised his new ‘gold card’ visa would be a hit. Just one person has been OK’d

NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsTrump promised his new ‘gold card’ visa would be a hit. Just one person has been OK’d‘Hundreds’ are in the queue after paying a $15,000 application fee for the president’s pay-to-play immigration scheme, Howard Lutnick saysAlex Woodward in New York Thursday 23 April 2026 20:42 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2963852","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-gold-card-visa-howard-lutnick-b2963852.html","title":"Trump promised his ‘gold card’ visa would be a hit. Only one person was approved"}}CloseHoward Lutnick reveals how many people have qualified for Trump's Gold Card visaSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailGet our free Inside Washington emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_INSIDE_WASHINGTON","regTitle":"Inside Washington","subscriptionGroup":"inside_washington","subscriptionGroupId":"af764e04-87eb-45e6-a84b-a7455ba70a1e","type":"inside_washington","pathPrefix":"/news/world/americas/us-politics","associatedAuthors":["Eric Garcia","John Bowden"],"title":"Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox","mobileTitle":"Get our free Inside Washington email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/insideWashington1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveInsideWashingtonNews","regSourceSection":"US politics"...