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Melania Trump's EB-1 visa

Melania Trump's application and approval for an EB-1 'extraordinary ability' green card in 2001 and subsequent naturalization in 2006

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Jan 17, 2026
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What public evidence exists about Melania Trump’s visa history (tourist, work, H‑1B/EB‑1) and which sources cite primary documents?

Public reporting shows a mix of contemporaneous documents, modeling agency ledgers and immigration-law analysis that together construct a timeline: Melania Trump entered the U.S. in 1996 (commonly rep...

Jan 16, 2026
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When did Melania Trump apply for U.S. citizenship and when was she naturalized?

Melania Trump was naturalized as a U.S. citizen on July 28, 2006, a date reported consistently in public biographical sources . Public reporting does not provide a precise, publicly documented date fo...

Jan 19, 2026

How long must a green card holder typically wait before applying for U.S. citizenship, and did Melania meet that timeline?

A lawful permanent resident (green card holder) is ordinarily eligible to apply for U.S. citizenship after five years of continuous permanent residency, with a shorter three‑year path available to tho...

Jan 17, 2026

Is Melania Trump a naturalized citizen?

Yes — Melania Trump is a naturalized U.S. citizen: multiple authoritative sources describe her as having immigrated from Slovenia and later become a U.S. citizen, including the National Archives (whic...

Jan 15, 2026

How did Donald Trump address Melania's immigration history?

Donald Trump has largely avoided detailed public discussion of the specifics of Melania Trump’s immigration paperwork, instead offering short public endorsements of her projects and allowing lawyers a...