The qualifying amount applies to your filing, which is already made at US$1,050,000 or US$800,000 for a qualifying targeted employment area or infrastructure project. Statutory adjustments beginning January 1, 2027 matter for a later filing, so recheck the figure then. A retrogressed queue does not by itself reprice an approved petition.
The costs that do keep running
Waiting is not free. The enterprise continues to incur operating costs, and a longer hold period can change distributions, interest or management fees under your subscription documents — read those clauses rather than assuming they pause. Government filing fees, consular charges and professional fees are separate from capital and cannot be quoted as one universal total, although a lawyer or accountant can give you a written quote for defined work.
List the outflows that continue whether or not anything is decided, then ask which of them you could stop and what stopping would cost. Management fees, accounting, audit and the professional time spent answering periodic questions generally continue. A commitment to contribute further capital, if the documents contain one, is the clause worth reading closely before the wait begins rather than during it.
Hypothetical example: an enterprise that bought its line from a packaging-line installer calls for an additional contribution partway through a long wait, and the investor has to decide without knowing when a visa number will be available. Ask, before signing, what follows if such a call is not met. Confirm official charges as current at each step, since a figure quoted at the start of a long wait should not be relied on later.