New Delhi, April 24 -- Only one person has received approval so far for President Donald Trump's 'gold card' visa, under which a foreigner can pay at least $1 million to live and work in the US legally, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Thursday.

This appeared to fall a bit short of the earlier claim - After its launch in December, Lutnick said that the government had sold $1.3 billion "worth" in just several days.

Trump has called this gilded ticket "essentially it's the green card on steroids".

Despite having created a presidential identity partially around deporting immigrants without legal status, Trump has repeatedly supported skilled immigration to the US, which the gold card program could facilitate.

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