Latest / IMI Podcasts / This Week in IM - Sep 25: 🇺🇲 Launches $1-5M Gold Card, 🇵🇹 “Father of Constitution” Calls Changes Illegal, 🧲 How to Convert RCBI Leads, ++
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- 0:00SPEAKER_00: You're listening to IMI This Week.
- 0:04SPEAKER_00: President Trump signed executive orders announcing major changes to USH 1B visas and introducing a revised three-tier Trump card system.
- 0:13SPEAKER_00: IMI Pro.
- 0:14SPEAKER_00: David Lesperance contends that these orders exceed presidential authority.
- 0:19SPEAKER_00: Some contradict the Constitution, and others require congressional approval.
- 0:23SPEAKER_00: Nevertheless, the orders have created immediate real-world impacts across multiple immigration categories.
- 0:31SPEAKER_00: The UAE signed a multilateral agreement for automatic exchange of information on crypto assets, with implementation set for 2027 and first data exchanges in 2028.
- 0:42SPEAKER_00: Aaron Hawker of CoinPanel noted that the UAE's decision follows its entry into the common reporting standard and removal from the banking gray list, and that global compliance trends now extend into blockchain payment infrastructure.
- 0:57SPEAKER_00: Jorge Miranda, the father of Portugal's constitution, has condemned the government's proposed citizenship reforms as unconstitutional.
- 1:06SPEAKER_00: Alongside scholar Rui Tavares Lancero, Miranda produced an 82-page opinion that criticizes retroactive rule changes and extended naturalization timelines.
- 1:17SPEAKER_00: The opinion, commissioned by IMI Pro Maddalena Montero, argues the reforms violate constitutional law.
- 1:24SPEAKER_00: Felipe Osebio added that the government is again defying constitutional principles.
- 1:31SPEAKER_00: More than 20 Chinese EB5 investors have filed a$13.4 million lawsuit in New York Supreme Court against developers, immigration agents, and lawyers tied to a failed project in the Mariana Islands.
- 1:45SPEAKER_00: Claiming promises of government support and swift EB5 visa approvals, the plaintiffs accuse the managing director of the American Northern Marianas Regional Center of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and misrepresentation.
- 1:58SPEAKER_00: After the planned 2016 launch, no hotel, casino, or visas exist.
- 2:05SPEAKER_00: IMI Pro Alatin Kielic outlines a repeatable system for RCBI firms to generate and convert online leads through the digital playbook.
- 2:15SPEAKER_00: He stresses that trust is the real currency and that digital assets like eligibility quizzes, rich content, and other materials act as proof points that separate serious firms from weak ones.
- 2:28SPEAKER_00: President Donald Trump unveiled a three-tier U.S.
- 2:31SPEAKER_00: visa program, a$1 million gold card for permanent residency, a$2 million corporate gold card for companies' employees, and a$5 million platinum card that removes U.S.
- 2:43SPEAKER_00: tax liability on foreign income for holders who spend up to 270 days in the U.S.
- 2:48SPEAKER_00: Trump framed the initiative as a deficit reduction tool, while Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced that EB1 and EB2 visas will now require$1 million contributions.
- 3:01SPEAKER_00: Hong Kong eased property investment rules under its new SIES program, lowering the threshold for residential purchases from$50 million Hong Kong dollars to$30 million Hong Kong dollars million, while keeping the cap on countable residential investment at$10 million Hong Kong dollars.
- 3:18SPEAKER_00: The cap on non-residential property was lifted to$15 million Hong Kong dollars.
- 3:23SPEAKER_00: IMI Pro, Stephen Barnes, welcomed the broader access but suggested limited impact on housing dynamics.
- 3:31SPEAKER_00: Thanks for joining us today on IMI Podcasts.
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