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VALEMOUNT · GOLD CARD FIELD GUIDE

Does buying a preparation package establish Gold Card eligibility?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

No. Assistance can help organize genuine evidence but cannot determine the government’s classification, admissibility or visa-availability decisions.

Identify the actual service and remaining conditions

A paid engagement is a private arrangement. It does not guarantee approval or citizenship and should not be presented as an official programme decision.

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. The executive order directs the agencies to treat the qualifying gift as evidence of eligibility under EB-1 extraordinary ability or of exceptional business ability and national benefit under EB-2, including eligibility for a national-interest waiver. Under the official framework and Executive Order 14351, the qualifying gift is treated as evidence relevant to the specified EB-1 or EB-2 basis; an applicant must still be eligible for lawful permanent residence, admissible to the United States and have a visa available. An initial review yields an official-source snapshot bearing its retrieval date, a person-by-person eligibility and payment worksheet, and a list of records likely to be requested during vetting and later immigrant processing. Published corporate transfer terms allow the existing gift contribution to support another employee under the programme’s process, but the replacement still needs a new background review and the required legal eligibility.