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IMI Podcasts episodes

May 26 Skip Portugal: 8 Golden Visa Options for Americans
Portugal's five-year passport path for Americans is gone, replaced by a 12-to-15-year wait and a 55,000-case AIMA backlog. In this video, you'll learn about eight alternatives for a US investor (Portugal's top golden visa market), measured against the two pillars that drew Americans to Portugal in the first place.
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19 min
May 25 11K Millionaires Fled the UK: Starmer’s New £5M Plan
After 11,000 millionaires fled the UK in 2024 following the abolition of the country's non-dom regime, Prime Minister Starmer's government is floating a £5 million invite-only investor visa with a three-year path to settlement. Learn how it's structured and the catch that could decide whether the plan ever launches.
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10 min
May 22 12 Countries That Will Never Draft Your Kids to War
Europe's draft is back. Germany made it illegal for males aged 17-45 to leave the country without military permission, Latvia restored conscription in 2024, and Russia raised its conscription age to 30. And global conflict is only increasing which begs the question – How can I avoid mandatory conscription? We cover the 12 countries on Earth that do not conscript their citizens, with the citizenship pathway for each.
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17 min
May 21 Stay Here for 90 Days (or Less), Pay Near 0% Tax
Most high earners owe up to 50% of their income 1) because they live in a high-tax country and 2) because they can't afford to spend more than half the year (i.e. the 183-day tax residency rule) in a more tax-friendly jurisdiction. But you can have your cake and eat it too! In this video, you'll learn five jurisdictions that legally accept you as a tax resident with just 90 days or fewer of physical presence.
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14 min
May 20 Tax Haven Battle—UAE, Singapore, Switzerland, Panama
If you're a HNW investor or entrepreneur, you've probably looked at relocating either your assets or yourself to one or more of these jurisdictions. In this video, we'll compare each of the world's top tax-friendly jurisdictions wealthy clients weigh in 2026. Each fits a completely different investor profile, and matching yours to the wrong one could cost millions.
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18 min
May 19 Retired? Move Here and Cut Your Taxes to 0%
Retirement does not have to cost you your life savings or pension. These 12 countries pair a dedicated visa program with a tax break for pensioners and retirees, from Malta's 15% headline rate down to the five jurisdictions that drop taxes from foreign income entirely.
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16 min
May 18 Beyond Tier 1 Passports: 3 Hedges to Stack Now
Passport rankings have lost most of their meaning to an algorithmic border infrastructure screening 1.4 billion travelers before they ever board. IMI contributor Giselle Bru covers the three risk profiles already costing wealthy investors their mobility and the three pillars that rebuild it.
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8 min
May 16 Bukele Rewrites 2026 El Salvador Residency Rules
On March 31, El Salvador's Decree 531 cut the temporary residency presence requirement from 9 months to just 90 days a year – yet also tightened the rules for keeping Salvadoran citizenship once you have it. In this video, you'll learn what President Bukele changed, the three most popular routes into the country, and why one industry insider says President Bukele is running the UAE's playbook.
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11 min
May 15 23 Red Flags to Avoid Before Buying a 2nd Passport
In 2025, Saint Kitts & Nevis revoked 13 citizenships, and the investors lost both the passport and the investment. Why? In this video, you'll get the 23-item checklist that would have caught every red flag before a dollar was wired.
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12 min
May 14 4 Easy Residencies Just by Parking Under $100K Cash
Only four residency programs offer qualifying bank deposit options under $100,000 in 2026, but each one has a structural catch that decides whether it works as a Plan B for you. This video walks through all four programs with their deposit thresholds, the upgrade paths, and the asterisks the brochures leave out.
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10 min

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IMI's podcasts include the Mobility Standard, where we interview investment migration industry figures, as well as news summaries and articles from imidaily.com.