Staffing is an operational commitment that may support the proposed managerial role; it is separate from government filing charges, professional fees and document preparation.
Budget the function as it will actually operate
Identify which hires or service contracts the plan relies on and whether their cost appears in the operating budget. Confirm official immigration fees and who bears each charge for the actual filing. A lower filing quotation does not remove the need for a credible support arrangement. Conversely, paying for staff on paper is not evidence that they perform the work attributed to them.
Employers budget for legal fees and then find that the real effort falls on their own finance and corporate secretarial staff, who are asked for ownership chains, audited statements and historic board minutes while doing their normal work. Government charges for the Form I-129 petition, the fraud-prevention fee, any applicable employer surcharges and premium processing are set in the USCIS fee schedule and change; read the current schedule rather than reusing a figure from a previous transfer. Verify continuing foreign business and either U.S. business or compliance with the initial new-office requirements, and budget separately for filing, legal, relocation, and staffing items without treating expenditure as eligibility.