[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 24, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
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Executive Order 14351 of September 19, 2025
The Gold Card
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. Purpose. My Administration has worked
relentlessly to undo the disastrous immigration
policies of the prior administration. Those policies
produced a deluge of immigrants, without serious
consideration of how those immigrants would affect
America's interests.
Most significantly, the prior administration permitted
millions of aliens to enter the United States
illegally, to the detriment of public safety, national
security, and the rule of law. International cartels,
transnational criminal organizations, terrorists, and
foreign malign actors took advantage of those open
borders policies. The prior administration also
permitted abuse of the refugee process, swamping towns
and cities with aliens and, in some cases, forcing them
to declare emergencies to combat the crisis.
It is a priority of my Administration to realign
Federal immigration policy with the Nation's interests
by ending illegal immigration and prioritizing the
admission of aliens who will affirmatively benefit the
Nation, including successful entrepreneurs, investors,
and businessmen and women.
To advance that policy, I hereby announce the Gold
Card, a visa program overseen by the Secretary of
Commerce that will facilitate the entry of aliens who
have demonstrated their ability and desire to advance
the interests of the United States by voluntarily
providing a significant financial gift to the Nation.
Sec. 2. The Gold Card. (a) The Secretary of Commerce,
in coordination with the Secretary of State and the
Secretary of Homeland Security, shall establish a
``Gold Card'' program authorizing an alien who makes an
unrestricted gift to the Department of Commerce under
15 U.S.C. 1522 (or for whom a corporation or similar
entity makes such a gift) to establish eligibility for
an immigrant visa using an expedited process, to the
extent consistent with law and public safety and
national security concerns. The requisite gift amount
shall be $1 million for an individual donating on his
or her own behalf and $2 million for a corporation or
similar entity donating on behalf of an individual.
(b) In adjudicating visa applications, the
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall, consistent with applicable law, treat
the gift specified in subsection (a) of this section as
evidence of eligibility under 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(1)(A),
of exceptional business ability and national benefit
under 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(2)(A), and of eligibility for a
national-interest waiver under 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(2)(B).
(c) The Secretary of Commerce shall deposit the
gifts contributed under subsection (a) of this section
in a separate fund in the Department of the Treasury
and use them to promote commerce and American industry,
consistent with the statutory authorities of the
Department of Commerce, see, e.g., 15 U.S.C. 1512.
Sec. 3. Implementation. The Secretary of Commerce, the
Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall, within 90 days of the date of this
order, take all necessary and appropriate steps to
implement the Gold Card program. Among other things,
they shall, to the extent consistent
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with applicable law and their respective statutory
authorities, including the limits on the numbers of
visas specified in 8 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.:
(a) Establish a process for application and
expedited adjudication of Gold Card petitions, visa
issuance, and adjustment of status.
(b) Specify the date on which applicants (or
sponsors if applicable) may begin to submit gifts for
consideration under the Gold Card program.
(c) Establish a process for a Gold Card holder
sponsored by a corporation or similar entity to abandon
his or her status and for the Secretary of State and
the Secretary of Homeland Security to consider the
original gift as evidence of eligibility under 8 U.S.C.
1153(b)(1)(A), of exceptional business ability and
national benefit under 8 U.S.C. 1153 (b)(2)(A), and of
eligibility for a national-interest waiver under 8
U.S.C. 1153(b)(2)(B), for a different individual
specified by the corporation or similar entity. The
transferee shall otherwise be subject to the same
procedures as an original visa applicant, including
appropriate screening for public safety and national
security.
(d) Establish administrative fees to cover the cost
of expedited processing under subsection (a) of this
section.
(e) Establish maintenance and transfer fees for
corporations or similar entities sponsoring individuals
under the Gold Card program.
(f) Consider expanding the Gold Card program to
visa applicants under 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5).
Sec. 4. Severability. If any provision of this order,
or the application of any provision to any person, is
held to be invalid, the remaining provisions and
applications shall not be affected thereby.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not,
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity by any party against
the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
other person.
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(d) The costs for publication of this order shall
be borne by the Department of Commerce.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 19, 2025.
[FR Doc. 2025-18602
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