Experts have warned that those hoping to fast-track their U.S. visa application via Donald Trump’s gold card scheme could end up losing a fortune due to potential legal obstacles, Axios reported.

The president’s program allows wealthy foreigners who have passed a background check to apply for EB-1 or EB-2 visas—usually reserved for those with “extraordinary ability”—once they have paid $1 million on top of a $15,000 processing fee to the Department of Homeland Security.

However, legal experts have said courts could still decide that using Trump’s Gold Card route to citizenship is illegal because Congress has not approved it. If that were to happen, applicants risk not having their $1 million fee returned.

“At the very minimum, they’d have to sue the U.S. government to get it back,” Shev

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