Include relevant preparation costs, but do not treat a training-cost estimate as a universal legal test or proof of specialized knowledge.
Ask what evidence has a purpose
Obtain a clear scope for document review and any necessary translations. Separate corporate project costs from immigration charges and family relocation expenses. Evidence should answer the actual standard rather than add expensive material that does not explain the knowledge claim.
The petition's cost has three parts: government fees from the fee schedule, including the I-129 fee, the fraud prevention and detection fee, any asylum program fee applicable to the petitioner and optional premium processing; professional fees for drafting and reviewing; and evidence costs. Request estimates for entity records, technical declarations, translations, filing charges, and any optional processing choice, then pause work that depends on an unresolved business decision. The useful expenditure is internal: the time of the quality and operations staff who compile investigation logs, the IT staff who can document the system integration, and the human-resources staff who can produce the training matrix and payroll history.