The official principal gift is US$1 million individually or US$2 million for a corporate-sponsored employee, after successful vetting, with separate processing charges. Corporate terms also carry ongoing obligations.
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Keep each eligible joining family member’s US$1 million gift and US$15,000 processing fee visible. Include corporate maintenance and transfer terms where relevant. A company reimbursement promise should not be described as changing the official route, and a larger payment does not waive eligibility or vetting.
Treating the gift as an investment misdescribes it, and any document that promises a return, a refund on approval or a resale value should be treated as inconsistent with the official terms unless the page itself says otherwise. Money leaves early here for a reason that has nothing to do with the program: document work is the part a family can start immediately, so it starts, and translations and courier charges accumulate before anyone has confirmed which documents the process actually asks for. The sensible order is to confirm the underlying classification first, verify the current official terms and amounts second, satisfy the household that the nonrefundable portion is acceptable third, and only then begin. The published terms attach a processing amount and a gift amount to each included person, so the household's total obligation follows from the list of people rather than from a single figure remembered at the start.