The stated US$15,000 non-refundable processing fee is per person, not a multiplication by the number of passports held. Confirm the official instructions for the actual application and disclose the required citizenship information. Separate costs for obtaining documents or translations may arise depending on what is needed.
Budget by applicant and purpose
List each eligible person seeking a benefit and distinguish the fee from the later instructed gift. For an individual principal alone, those stated amounts are US$15,000 and US$1 million respectively. Other visa, medical or professional charges should be estimated separately rather than hidden in a passport count.
Confirm the current terms directly from the official FAQ, since informally repeated figures may be outdated or incomplete, and eligibility, admissibility, and visa availability remain conditions regardless of the figure quoted. Fraud around large immigration payments tends to imitate real steps and add urgency, so a delay of a day to confirm costs nothing while acting immediately can cost a great deal. Decide in advance which budget absorbs a change of plan, because the two behave differently under pressure: the school’s terms may permit a deferral that preserves the deposit, while a nonrefundable processing payment stays spent whatever the family decides next.