Verify the current applicable fee and payment instructions for the actual submission. Do not assume an earlier quote or attempted payment establishes what USCIS will accept now.
Separate fee correction from investment capital
Review the notice’s handling of the payment and keep any new charge distinct from the qualifying contribution. This page supplies no exact fee amount or refund promise and does not treat payment acceptance as petition approval.
The Form I-829 filing fee on the current USCIS fee schedule, plus accounting and professional fees for the evidence. USCIS requires full English translations with certification of accuracy and translator competence for foreign-language documents; consular instructions should be checked separately. Government fees arise at several stages and should be checked against the published USCIS fee schedule rather than recalled. Explain the actual amount invested and its terms without promising that a higher overall expenditure ensures approval. The required amount is what is actually invested in the new commercial enterprise, at risk, in U.S. dollars on the date of investment. Qualifying capital, project charges and government filing fees are different items and should be documented separately. Ask the project in writing what happens to the administrative fee and the capital on denial or project failure.