A combined sponsorship does not guarantee synchronized decisions or start dates.
Plan around each person’s actual outcome
Track individual requests, visa availability and required residence or admission steps. Payment by the employer alone does not authorize the employee to begin US work while the case remains pending.
Give each employee a separate sequence rather than one group launch date. First, the employee submits an online application together with DHS’s nonrefundable US$15,000 processing charge; USCIS later issues the prompt to submit Form I-140G, whose official title is “Immigrant Petition for the Gold Card Program.” The US$1 million gift under the individual framework is requested only after vetting, while a corporate employee case follows its applicable published gift terms. Each case then depends on its own EB-1 or EB-2 classification, admissibility, visa availability, and required admission or residence step. A payment, filed petition, or colleague’s approval does not itself authorize US employment. Keep the program distinct from EB-5 investment processing and job creation. Re-verify official directions before funds move or work dates are promised, since individual requests and outcomes may diverge.
Hypothetical example: A safety-equipment manufacturer in the Ferland-et-Boilleau area proposes four employee transfers for the same project. Human resources assigns conditional start dates to separate case trackers and keeps Canadian duties in place until each person completes the applicable immigration steps, even if the company sends payments together.