I november [[2016]] rapporterede [[Associated Press]], at Trump blev betalt 20.056 USD for 10 modelarbejder i USA i 1996 inden, at hun havde fået juridisk tilladelse til at arbejde i landet. Ifølge Wildes er de dokumenter, som AP har lagt til grund, "ikke er blevet bekræftet, [og] afspejler ikke vores optegnelser, herunder tilsvarende passtempler."<ref name="CBS110516">{{cite news|title=AP: Melania Trump modeled in U.S. prior to getting work visa|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/melania-trump-modeled-in-u-s-prior-to-getting-work-visa/|access-date=5. november 2016|agency=Associated Press|publisher=CBS|date=5. november 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Caldwell|first1=Alice A.|last2=Day|first2=Chad|last3=Pearson|first3=Jake|title=Trump's wife modeled in U.S. prior to getting work visa|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-wife-modeled-in-us-prior-to-getting-work-visa/2016/11/04/b2acecf4-a2f7-11e6-8864-6f892cad0865_story.html|access-date=5. november 2016|work=Washington Post|archive-date= 5. november 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105094359/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-wife-modeled-in-us-prior-to-getting-work-visa/2016/11/04/b2acecf4-a2f7-11e6-8864-6f892cad0865_story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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