Instructions for one step are not necessarily permission for everyone to move. Review each person’s actual process and entry eligibility.
Wait for the relevant milestones
An estimated shared timeline does not guarantee synchronized decisions. Initial family inclusion is recommended, but later changes still need specific review rather than an assumption of automatic acceptance or impossibility.
The official material describes a sequence — application and fee, vetting, further USCIS instructions, the gift when instructed, then the ordinary immigrant steps — without an individual guarantee. The official FAQ currently says that after the application and processing fee are received, the process should take weeks, while also making the outcome depend on timely submissions, vetting, eligibility and visa availability. Because the processing fee is nonrefundable, the order matters: first re-read the official FAQ, review lawful-permanent-residence eligibility, admissibility and visa availability, and only then submit the application and fee. The appeal of a payment-based route is usually the hope of removing uncertainty, and that hope should be tested against the published process rather than against an intermediary's estimate. Sequence the underlying EB-1 or EB-2 review, identity and relationship records, payer authorization, official payment instructions and any submission deadline. Where a family needs certainty by a specific date, that is a strong reason to have the conventional routes assessed in parallel, since TN, L-1, E-2 and EB-5 have published processing information and long records of practice.