Separate the Gold Card gift and processing charges from EB-5 investment capital, project costs and commercial risk. They are different financial arrangements and should not be presented as two prices for an identical outcome.
Clarify what the money does
The official Gold Card processing fee is described as nonrefundable; confirm the complete current terms for the applicable individual or corporate proposal. Ask about additional charges and the family total. Obtain independent financial and tax advice as appropriate. A gift should not be marketed as capital expected to produce an investment return, and neither route should carry an approval promise.
Around both sit ordinary costs that no programme page lists — counsel to assess admissibility and classification eligibility, certified translations of civil documents, and the filing charges that attach to the immigrant classification actually used, which are published in the USCIS fee schedule. Everything else — translators, counsel, medical examinations, courier and travel — is private commercial spending negotiated with a provider, and none of it is an official programme charge however an invoice describes it. The programme amounts are stated in United States dollars and do not vary by where an applicant lives, while local costs such as currency conversion, domestic professional fees, and travel are the household's own expenses rather than different programme pricing.