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VALEMOUNT · GOLD CARD FIELD GUIDE

Does an all-family service fee eliminate the separate Gold Card family gifts?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

No. Each eligible joining spouse or unmarried child under 21 has a stated US$1 million gift and US$15,000 nonrefundable processing fee, including corporate cases.

Distinguish assistance from programme charges

Initial family inclusion is recommended. A private package can describe services for relatives without waiving their individual eligibility, amounts or actual immigration steps.

List each family member's status under the existing employer-sponsored case, if any, including any derivative priority date or pending adjustment, and separately confirm the current Gold Card per-person costs and requirements. The official framework leads to permanent residence through an existing employment-based category, and in those categories derivative status extends to the principal's spouse and unmarried children under 21. Make a per-person chart covering identity, relationship, age, current official program terms, separate immigration qualifications, vetting, and any required payment treatment. The second holds the household's own facts: each adult's citizenship, current employment and any business interests, the assets available and their sources, each child's age, and what the family is actually trying to achieve. Whether someone qualifies as a joining family member depends on the relationship qualifying at the relevant time, so a twenty-first birthday or a change in marital status is a date that matters as much as any figure.