A private package does not waive the published per-person programme amounts.
Count the actual eligible family members
Each eligible included spouse or unmarried child under 21 adds US$1 million plus US$15,000 nonrefundable processing, including corporate cases; assess CSPA individually where relevant. Do not assume that one private family fee pays every government obligation.
List each proposed applicant separately with relationship, age, status, route, and payment stage. A private family package cannot change published per-person obligations or decide whether a child qualifies. For each person, an online application and the nonrefundable US$15,000 DHS processing charge come first. USCIS later prompts Form I-140G; its title is “Immigrant Petition for the Gold Card Program.” Successful vetting precedes the request that each included relative make a US$1 million gift benefiting the United States. Unlike EB-5 capital, that gift is not an investment. Permanent-residence processing still uses EB-1 or EB-2, subject to admissibility and availability. Review unmarried children under 21 individually, including CSPA. The recurring error is allowing one adviser invoice to obscure separate government cases. Recheck official instructions before transferring anything.
Hypothetical example: A Saint-Ambroise veterinary-clinic owner considers applications for herself, her spouse, and a twenty-year-old unmarried child. She creates three records instead of relying on the consultant’s “family total,” checks the child’s age position, and waits for each official stage. The spouse’s Canadian permanent residence is recorded separately from citizenship because the two facts are not interchangeable. No private discount is assumed to waive a government processing fee or gift.