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Melania Trump's immigration to the US

Melania Trump's move to the United States, her visa applications, and her path to permanent residency and citizenship

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Jan 28, 2026
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Has Melania Trump changed her name legally and when did that occur?

Public records and mainstream profiles show that the woman born Melanija Knavs used the professional name Melania Knauss during her and, after marrying on January 22, 2005, took the surname Trump; mul...

Feb 6, 2026

Did Melania Trump ever hold a green card or work visa before marriage to Donald Trump?

entered the in the mid‑1990s and, according to multiple mainstream reports, held U.S. work visas and later an employment‑based green card (EB‑1) before she married in 2005; she became a naturalized ci...

Feb 2, 2026

What is the timeline of Melania Trump's naturalization application and oath of citizenship?

’s publicly reported path to U.S. citizenship runs from her move to the in the 1990s, to lawful permanent residency in 2001, and to naturalization in 2006, with multiple secondary sources and biograph...

Jan 30, 2026

Are there official records or interviews confirming Melania Knauss's port-of-entry and visa year?

The publicly available record includes multiple contemporaneous news reports and a lawyer’s sworn letter asserting that first entered the on Aug. 27, 1996 on a B‑1/B‑2 visitor visa and then received a...

Jan 6, 2026

Does Melania live full-time in Mar-a-Lago or split time between residences?

Melania Trump does not appear to live full-time at Mar-a-Lago; available reporting shows she splits time between multiple residences — notably New York (Trump Tower), Palm Beach (Mar-a-Lago) and Washi...