No automatic waiver follows from location. Published charges apply to the actual eligible included applicants.
Budget the full process
Each eligible spouse or unmarried child under 21 adds US$1 million and US$15,000, including corporate cases. Identify additional applicable process and professional costs separately.
The official Gold Card processing fee is described as nonrefundable; confirm the complete current terms for whichever individual or corporate proposal actually applies. Brokerage commissions, settlement charges and currency conversion reduce what actually arrives, so budget from net proceeds rather than headline value. Direction of the money is worth stating plainly as well: the processing charge and the further amount the published terms call a gift are paid by the applicant to the U.S. government, not conferred by the government on the applicant. A responsible cost comparison distinguishes a gift payment, a processing charge, professional assistance, document collection, and any later immigration expenses. The stated principal payment is made by the applicant to the U.S. government after successful vetting under the published process; it is not an investment purchase or a return-bearing asset. The official Gold Card process uses the payment sequence stated on its current program page; EB-5 and E-2 apply their own capital-at-risk and commitment rules, so the Gold Card payment sequence must not be imported into those investment routes.