Review what the private agreement actually pays while preserving the programme’s per-person obligations.
Confirm the included family and separate amounts
Each eligible included spouse or unmarried child under 21 adds US$1 million plus US$15,000 nonrefundable processing, including corporate cases; review CSPA individually. A relocation allowance does not itself waive or prove payment of those amounts.
Read the relocation agreement line by line to identify whom the employer promises to fund, which private moving costs it covers, and whether it addresses official per-person obligations. An eligible spouse or unmarried child under 21 is not automatically included by the principal’s corporate payment; current terms call for a separate US$15,000 nonrefundable DHS processing fee and US$1 million gift for each included family member, with age protection reviewed individually. The process starts through the official online application, and USCIS later prompts the family to complete Form I-140G; the government requests the gift only after vetting. The relevant EB-1 or EB-2 classification must still be established, along with admissibility and availability, and this government-gift program must not be presented as EB-5 investment. Confirm current official directions before anyone sends funds. The family-planning mistake is assuming a broad “relocation covered” clause pays every government amount.
Hypothetical example: A medical-device software company near Sainte-Rose-du-Nord offers relocation support to a sponsored product director, spouse, and nineteen-year-old child. The family maps each application and payment separately, reviews the child’s age position, and obtains written clarification about which expenses the employer actually bears.