Did anyone actually confirm with their lawyers that its not actually 7 days in the first year but 14 days within the first 2 year of card issuance?
I understand that the law mentions a requirement of 7 days in the first year, but I’ve been hearing that AIMA’s current practice is 14 days within the first 2 years.
Had this exact question to my lawyers earlier this year and this was their response:
Please note that you should spend at least 14 days throughout the card’s validity, of which 7 must be in the first year of validity. This is only valid for the first card. After you renew the cards, in two years, you may spend only 14 days in two years
I think they are giving me safe advice, but it’s what I ended up doing.
I received the opposite advice. This from a well known, major law firm. 
Yeah - I lost sleep over this earlier this year cos my lawyers also told me it was 7 in the first year and 14 in the first 2. But then I got advice from employment lawyers at 5 other law firms and 3 of them (the three with the busiest practices in this field) very confidently assured me that the rule is simply 14 in the first 2 years (and NOT 7 in the first year).