It is the fee-and-gift figure: US$45,000 in processing fees for three individuals plus US$5,000,000 in gifts. Immigrant visa fees, medical examinations, document retrieval, translations and professional representation are additional. Of that total, only the US$45,000 in processing fees is stated to be non-refundable.
When the 1% and 5% charges enter a corporate budget
Neither belongs in the US$5,045,000 line. The 1% annual maintenance charge is an ongoing corporate obligation measured over time, while the 5% is event-driven and attaches only where the transfer mechanism is actually used. Model them on a separate multi-year schedule with the year each is expected to bite, so the board sees the true cost of holding two sponsored positions.
The official page describes a nonrefundable processing fee and a gift to the U.S. government; neither is an investment and neither is returned. Follow the actual programme instructions rather than invent a charge or credit from the document change alone. Corporate figures such as the US$2 million per-employee gift, the 1% annual maintenance and the 5% transfer fee belong to the sponsorship route and do not apply to an individual applicant.