{"id":1953,"date":"2025-10-10T14:05:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T17:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ltcgroup.com.br\/?p=1953"},"modified":"2025-09-26T14:11:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T17:11:48","slug":"gold-card-eua-nova-rota-de-residencia-para-investidores-e-seus-riscos-juridicos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ltcgroup.com.br\/en\/gold-card-eua-nova-rota-de-residencia-para-investidores-e-seus-riscos-juridicos\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Card USA: New residency route for investors and its legal risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"translation-block\">On September 19, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the <strong>\u201cGold Card\u201d<\/strong> program, which allows foreign nationals to obtain permanent residency in the United States with a minimum donation of <strong>$1 million (or $2 million via corporate sponsorship).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">The order provides that these donations will be considered evidence of eligibility for extraordinary ability <strong>(EB-1) <\/strong>or national interest <strong>(EB-2 NIW)<\/strong> visa categories.<br>Furthermore, the program must be implemented within 90 days, with the departments of Commerce, State, and Homeland Security setting the operating rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Although the \u201cGold Card\u201d promises a simplified path to residency, it does not eliminate existing restrictions, such as annual visa limits and eligibility requirements.<br>The \u201cPlatinum Card\u201d (a donation of US$5 million) is also planned, with tax benefits on foreign income, although its details are still being studied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What Brazilian investors should consider<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Making donations of this magnitude requires proven source of funds, due to the intense risk of compliance and audits.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Even with the donation, the beneficiary will still be subject to global taxation in the US, unless the \u201cPlatinum Card\u201d or legal modifications allow exceptions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Given the executive nature of the order, its legal basis may be challenged in court \u2014 its full implementation depends on subsequent regulations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Changing residence also requires asset, tax and corporate restructuring to avoid adverse effects in the country of origin.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How LTC Group can help:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>LTC Group  <\/strong> offers specialized consulting services to investors wishing to embrace this new path. Our support areas include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Asset and corporate structuring compatible with change of residence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International tax planning to mitigate tax impact in the US and Brazil.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Due diligence and compliance assurance regarding the origin of resources.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Legal support for registration, application and adaptation in accordance with future regulations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the current dynamic and uncertain scenario, having strategic and multi-jurisdictional advice is crucial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/09\/the-gold-card\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fragomen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.fragomen.com<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visalawyerblog.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.visalawyerblog.com<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hubbis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.hubbis.com<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saul.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.saul.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Em 19 de setembro de 2025, o presidente Donald Trump assinou uma ordem executiva instituindo o programa \u201cGold Card\u201d, que permite a estrangeiros obter resid\u00eancia permanente nos EUA mediante doa\u00e7\u00e3o m\u00ednima de US$ 1 milh\u00e3o (ou US$ 2 milh\u00f5es via patroc\u00ednio empresarial). A ordem prev\u00ea que essas doa\u00e7\u00f5es sejam consideradas evid\u00eancia de elegibilidade para categorias [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20,97,46,26,45,35,98],"class_list":["post-1953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sem-categoria","tag-compliance","tag-goldcard","tag-investimentointernacional","tag-ltcgroup-2","tag-mobilidadeglobal","tag-planejamentotributario-2","tag-residenciaeua"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ltcgroup.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ltcgroup.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ltcgroup.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ltcgroup.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ltcgroup.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1953"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ltcgroup.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1958,"href":"https:\/\/ltcgroup.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1953\/revisions\/1958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ltcgroup.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ltcgroup.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ltcgroup.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ltcgroup.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}