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PELHAM · GOLD CARD FIELD GUIDE

Does hiring a representative establish Gold Card eligibility?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

No. Assistance can support preparation, while the official individual requirements and decisions remain. A private engagement does not grant approval.

Identify what the service actually provides

Distinguish document organization and advice from government adjudication. Do not rely on a guarantee inconsistent with the actual process.

Gold Card is the current official program, not a standalone conventional visa category; successful applicants receive lawful permanent resident status through an applicable EB-1 or EB-2 classification, subject to eligibility, admissibility and visa availability. The current official framework rests on a nonrefundable processing fee followed, after vetting, by a gift to the government; it uses existing EB-1 or EB-2 classifications rather than creating a freestanding statutory category. A nonrefundable processing fee of fifteen thousand United States dollars per person, successful vetting, and then a gift to the U.S. government of one million United States dollars from an individual or two million from a corporate sponsor. The first treats the payment as something the government provides, which reverses the flow entirely: the applicant pays, the U.S. government receives, and nothing is granted in the other direction except the immigration outcome itself. Because the programme operates through existing immigrant classifications, the general requirements of admissibility apply in the ordinary way, and an applicant with a history that raises admissibility questions should take advice before paying anything.