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A ‘Trump Card Visa’ Is Already Showing Up in Immigration Forms

Louise Matsakis, Zoë Schiffer

created: May 7, 2025, 10:10 p.m. | updated: May 11, 2025, 10:22 a.m.

Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has started rolling out digital infrastructure for a new golden visa immigration program, according to sources familiar with the matter, public records, and tests conducted by WIRED. DOGE’s involvement in the visa project shows how quickly Musk and his team have expanded their purview. One focus area for Musk’s team has been figuring out how to plug current US government systems for verifying travelers and processing immigration applications into what may eventually become a stand-alone website designed specifically for the Trump Card Visa. People who apply for Global Entry with a foreign passport are currently given the option to select if they have “submitted an application for a Trump Card Visa,” tests by WIRED show. WIRED confirmed that citizens of China, Russia, Ukraine, South Korea, and many other countries are eligible to select the Trump Card Visa option in their Global Entry applications.

1 month ago: WIRED