For an individual principal with a spouse and two eligible children: US$1,015,000 each, or US$4,060,000 in total processing fees and qualifying gifts. Only the US$15,000 per person is stated as non-refundable. Government visa and medical charges and professional fees sit outside that figure, and the gifts are transferred when instructed after successful vetting.
Where family arithmetic goes wrong
For four eligible people, the processing component is US$60,000 and the later gift component is US$4,000,000. These are separate stages: a US$4,060,000 household budget is not an instruction to wire that entire sum after the fees were paid. Reconcile each person’s receipt and the verified gift instructions, then add the actual costs of adoption records, translations and professional review.
The official framework lists a gift amount for an individual applicant and a different amount for a corporate sponsor, plus a processing fee; the page describes when each is paid. Ask any intermediary for a written engagement that separates its own fees from government charges and the gift, names the payee and account for each, and states the conditions under which any of it is returned. Amounts and payment mechanisms are stated on the official government page and are subject to change, so they must be confirmed there immediately before any decision or payment.