Read the actual agreement and clarify which eligible applicants and expenses it covers. Corporate sponsorship of the principal does not automatically include relatives. Each eligible joining spouse or child has an additional US$1 million gift and US$15,000 processing fee under the stated programme terms.
Separate family eligibility from employer generosity
Review relationships, ages and any applicable age protection on the actual case. A company can agree to pay without making an otherwise ineligible relative eligible. Confirm any private repayment exposure with appropriate advice before relying on a household total.
List each applicant’s citizenship, passport, relationship proof, birth date, immigrant classification, and employer payments. A reimbursement clause cannot create family eligibility; verify marriage, unmarried children under 21, and any applicable age protection. For the sponsored employee, follow the sequence: the corporate sponsor applies online, pays the nonrefundable US$15,000 processing fee to DHS, then awaits USCIS’s Form I-140G prompt; that form is called “Immigrant Petition for the Gold Card Program.” Complete vetting next. Only afterward is the corporate sponsor asked to make a US$2 million gift to the United States for the employee. Include any joining spouse or unmarried children under 21 in the initial application; each such family member is subject to an additional US$15,000 processing fee and US$1 million gift. The program relies on an EB-1 or EB-2 immigrant classification and must not be confused with EB-5. Re-verify official instructions before money moves. The common error is budgeting one household amount without matching each payment and eligibility record to a named applicant.
Hypothetical example: A Sherbrooke pharmacologist’s employer offers to sponsor her but the contract omits her spouse and 20-year-old daughter. The family should clarify who is covered, preserve relationship and age records, and calculate separate obligations under current terms. Employer generosity cannot make an ineligible relative eligible, and a payment plan should not be executed until each person’s governmental sequence is confirmed.