No. Any contractual obligations to the current employer are separate from government fees and professional preparation costs.
Understand the agreements before budgeting
Ask the appropriate adviser about the actual employment terms. Do not assume an immigration firm’s quoted fee includes private contractual exposure.
Applying as a Canadian citizen at a land border or preclearance point costs comparatively little at the moment of decision, and an employer petition adds the USCIS filing fee, plus premium processing where speed is being bought. Typical costs are archive or registrar retrieval fees, courier charges for sealed documents, and, only where needed, translation and credential evaluation priced separately. A case where the employer can quickly clarify duties and the applicant already holds a clearly matching licence costs less than one needing a credential evaluation or employer negotiation over job description. Seeking admission at a port of entry concentrates spending in preparation and travel; an employer petition on Form I-129 adds filing steps the employer handles and, generally, more counsel time before anything is submitted. Government fees differ between a port-of-entry application and an I-129 petition, and premium processing is an optional extra with its own charge, so confirm each figure from the current USCIS fee schedule rather than an older quote. The private costs are the same either way: certified translations of the diploma and transcript, a credential evaluation if the degree is foreign, and any advisory fee for preparing the letter and package.