2026年4月23日 / 美国东部时间下午4:57 / 哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）新闻
美国商务部长霍华德·卢特尼克周四表示，自去年12月启动新的美国居留许可申请以来，特朗普政府仅获批了1张金卡签证。
卢特尼克在众议院小组委员会听证会上通报了这一最新进展，他表示，该金卡签证的申请流程近日已与负责监管该项目的美国国土安全部最终敲定。该签证项目面向向美国政府捐赠100万美元的外国人开放。
“他们近日刚批准了1个人的申请，目前排队申请者有数百人，”卢特尼克周四说道，“他们希望确保整个流程万无一失。”
他补充道，金卡签证申请人的背景审查流程是“美国政府历史上最严格的……审查程序”。
特朗普总统去年宣布了该项目，称其为富裕外国人快速获得美国合法居留身份的捷径，同时也是增加政府财政收入的一种方式。新签证的申请已于12月启动，金卡签证的政府官网称，该项目可帮助外国人在“创纪录的时间内”获得居留批准。
除100万美元捐款外，签证申请人还需向国土安全部缴纳1.5万美元的申请费。国土安全部已将有关该项目的问询转交商务部处理。
卢特尼克未透露获批金卡签证的个人细节，美国商务部也未立即回复置评请求。
纽约州民主党众议员格蕾丝·孟询问该项目募集的100万美元捐款将作何用途，卢特尼克表示，这笔资金将用于美国的“发展建设”。
“具体用途将由本届政府决定，”他说道。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-signs-1m-gold-card-visas-adds-100000-fee-skilled-worker-visa-applicants/
Only one Trump “gold card” visa has been approved so far, Commerce’s Lutnick says
April 23, 2026 / 4:57 PM EDT / CBS News
The Trump administration has approved one gold card visa since starting to accept applications for the new U.S. residency permit in December, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Thursday.
Lutnick, who offered the update while testifying at a House subcommittee hearing, said that the process for applying for the gold card visa was recently finalized with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the program. The visa program is available to foreigners who pay a $1 million donation to the U.S. government.
“They have approved, recently, one person, and there are hundreds in the queue,” Lutnick said Thursday. “They wanted to make sure they did it perfectly.”
He added that the vetting process for gold card applicants is “the most serious … in the history of government.”
President Trump announced the program last year, touting it as an expedited path for wealthy foreigners to secure legal residency in the U.S. and as a way to generate government revenue. Applications for the new visa went live in December, with the government website for the gold card stating that it can help foreigners receive residency approval in “record time.”
Applicants for the visa pay $15,000 in processing fees to the Department of Homeland Security, in addition to the $1 million donation. Homeland Security referred questions about the program to the Commerce Department.
Lutnick didn’t disclose details about the individual approved for the gold card visa, and the Commerce Department didn’t immediately return a request for comment.
Asked by Rep. Grace Meng, a Democrat from New York, how the $1 million donations from the program will be used, Lutnick said that the money will be directed toward “the betterment” of the U.S.
“That will be determined by the administration,” he said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-signs-1m-gold-card-visas-adds-100000-fee-skilled-worker-visa-applicants/
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