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Wealthy Chinese appear to shun Trump’s ‘gold card’ immigration programme (www.scmp.com)

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When US President Donald Trump first proposed his “gold card” programme earlier this year, offering permanent residency to the super rich, Beijing-based emigration consultant Jack Jing received unsolicited inquiries from seven high-net-worth families. But that initial enthusiasm quickly waned after the application details were released last week. None of his clients plan to apply in the near term, said Jing, general manager of the migration service provider WellTrend, who has decades of...

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[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

because they know it won’t be valid as soon as he’s out of office… and isn’t legally valid now

[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

don't forget that ice have proven they don't care about paperwork either.

[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

of course… but if they do any millionaire shit under that “gold card” it’ll be nullified later in court… i’m sure they can just immigrate normally.
actually i think there’s already laws that make it easier to immigrate if you’re rich.
but i don’t want to try to search for it