Trump administration’s “gold card” visa program, designed to attract wealthy foreign investors, has approved just one applicant so far, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told lawmakers.

The Trump administration's "gold card" visa program, aimed at attracting wealthy foreign investors through fast-tracked residency, has approved only one applicant to date, according to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's testimony to lawmakers. The sluggish rollout underscores implementation challenges and may reflect weak investor appetite tied to policy uncertainty, affecting sentiment around related financial assets. Limited uptake constrains potential capital inflows that could have boosted high-end real estate and financial services, indirectly weighing on equity sentiment for firms like Visa (V) exposed to transaction volumes from wealthy clients. The lack of momentum also dims near-term prospects for Trump Media (TRUMP) as a proxy to administration-driven economic initiatives, while gold remains range-bound amid absent inflationary or safe-haven triggers from immigration-linked fiscal spending. Traders will watch the next quarterly USCIS report on investment-based visa approvals for signs of program acceleration.

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