It is a step in the official process, not proof that vetting, eligibility or permanent residence has been approved.
Name the completed event precisely
Distinguish a submitted application, paid fee, request for information and actual decision. Follow the current instructions. Do not describe progress using an approval label that the issuing authority has not used for the relevant outcome.
A nonrefundable processing fee of fifteen thousand United States dollars per person, successful vetting, and then a gift of one million dollars to the U.S. government, or two million where a corporate sponsor gives in respect of an employee. Speed in immigration is produced by specific mechanisms: premium processing where a category offers it, port-of-entry adjudication where a classification permits it, or an expressly expedited process. The programme operates through existing employment-based first and second preference classifications rather than replacing them, so the requirements of the underlying category continue to apply alongside the processing fee, the vetting and the gift. Published corporate transfer terms allow the existing gift contribution to support another employee under the programme’s process, but the replacement still needs a new background review and the required legal eligibility. The executive order contemplates prior-holder abandonment for its transfer process, but an employee whose residence was never granted has a different factual position.