Elon Musk’s DOGE engineers are building the system for ‘Gold Card’ Immigrant Visa project: The team, how it is different from American citizenship and more

A task force led by Elon Musk is developing a new U.S. immigration program that would offer special residency visas — dubbed Gold Cards by former President Donald Trump — for $5 million each, The New York Times reports. Engineers from Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have been collaborating with staff from the State Department, Department of Homeland Security, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to design a streamlined application system and website for the proposed visa program. Three sources familiar with the initiative and documents reviewed by The Times confirmed these details.

DOGE engineers leading Gold Card Visa team