No single cost figure decides the complete case. Review actual operations, duties and applicable financial requirements.
Use the full evidence
Explain the reason and effect of the reduction. Do not assume either that lower payroll proves failure or that savings establish eligibility.
The Form I-129 filing fee, the fraud-prevention fee, any asylum program fee applicable to the employer’s size, and optional premium processing, all at the amounts on the USCIS fee schedule, plus the cost of preparing the corporate and employment evidence. Ask whether a quote covers the initial eligibility assessment, petition preparation, any expedited-processing request, and responses to later government requests for evidence, or only part of that work. Prepare an operating budget that corresponds to the proposed managerial structure: premises, payroll for people doing routine work, professional support, equipment, compensation and current government filing charges. The acquisition price of the U.S. towing operation therefore appears in the file only as evidence, showing that the subsidiary is real, that it was actually purchased and that the parent has the means to support the position. No waiting period applies, but assembling the charts and payroll evidence generally takes several weeks, and USCIS processing follows. The spending sits in retrieval and analysis: obtaining archived payroll and pension records, translating foreign documents, and paying for a review of a history with several possible readings.