No such assumption should be made. Under the current official family instructions, each joining spouse and unmarried child under 21 adds a US$15,000 processing fee and US$1 million gift, including corporate-sponsored cases. Review family inclusion at the initial stage rather than treating the company’s main payment as a household package.
Identify the household costs before authorizing company spending
List each joining family member and discuss who would bear each charge under the actual arrangement. The official site recommends initial inclusion for program benefits; questions about later addition need current case-specific advice. Assess each person’s eligibility and timing. Company authorization to pay does not confer residence or permission to work on a family member.
Because a successful case is adjudicated in an employment-based immigrant category, the file resembles an EB-1 or EB-2 case: passports, birth and marriage certificates, the principal’s qualifications, and evidence of admissibility including police certificates and medical examinations at the consular stage. Successful family applicants receive the privileges of the Gold Card framework, which currently results in lawful permanent resident status through EB-1 or EB-2 subject to eligibility, admissibility and visa availability. Successful vetting must occur before the government requests the principal’s US$1 million contribution; included eligible relatives carry the published additional gift and processing obligations.