They are distinct financial arrangements unless actual terms specify particular services or charges.
Identify each purpose
Separate project funding, government charges and professional scope. A grant or budget cannot guarantee the employee’s knowledge claim or immigration outcome.
Budget in three parts: government fees taken from the current USCIS schedule, optional processing elections, and the private cost of building the evidence. Clarify whether the engagement includes reviewing confidential evidence, addressing offsite arrangements, or responding to later government requests. Begin with the particular petition type and current fee schedule, then add translation, document retrieval, shipping, travel, and any work needed to explain specialized knowledge. A manual may make real company-specific expertise intelligible, but its price, polish, or page count does not turn general skill into L-1B specialized knowledge. Government charges attach to the filing and change from time to time, so confirm the current figures from the official source rather than from an internal estimate. Government charges apply to each and should be confirmed on the current published schedule, since L petitions can carry more than one and some depend on the employer's workforce. Keep private preparation or technical-report costs separate from the current official charges, and evaluate the proposed service against the real gap in the record. Spend the budget on assembling the revision history, training records and implementation plan, and on the government fees listed in the USCIS fee schedule, Form G-1055.