The corporate principal gift is US$2 million per sponsored employee, following successful vetting and instructions, with US$15,000 nonrefundable processing per person.
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Each eligible joining spouse or unmarried child under 21 adds US$1 million and US$15,000. Corporate 1% annual maintenance and 5% transfer terms also need assessment; do not invent a percentage base or assume a new employee is approved by paying a transfer charge. Additional applicable medical or State charges may arise.
The Gold Card gift and processing charges should be kept separate from EB-5 investment capital, project costs, and commercial risk, since these are different kinds of financial arrangements rather than two prices for the identical outcome. Keep four categories apart: the nonrefundable processing fees, the gift to the U.S. government, professional and government costs associated with the underlying immigrant classification, and the household's own relocation and living reserve. Build a budget that labels every amount accurately: the official processing charge, the individual applicant’s or corporate sponsor’s required government gift, financial documentation, translations, government filing fees, professional services, and unrelated relocation expenses. Money paid to a private adviser sits under an engagement agreement with its own termination and refund clauses; a published government payment sits under published conditions, including a charge described as nonrefundable.