The official site lists a US$1 million individual gift and a US$2 million gift per sponsored employee, plus processing and other applicable charges.
Compare ongoing obligations too
Corporate terms also describe maintenance and transfer fees. Obtain current figures and their application in writing before selecting the structure. Include family participation and professional advice as separate budget lines.
A proposed company reimbursement does not by itself settle legal, employment or tax treatment. Compare the obligations that continue, not only the amounts payable at the outset. Where a company participates, ask what it commits to beyond the initial payment, whether anything is repayable by the individual, whether a minimum period of service is proposed, and what the tax treatment of the arrangement is for each party — a question for a tax adviser rather than an immigration one.
On the individual route, the corresponding question is what the applicant is committing personally and what remains payable if circumstances change. Build both as schedules with dates rather than totals. Verify the programme-set amounts from official materials before relying on any figure, and treat an adviser's own fees as a third category to be itemized and compared separately from the payments the programme itself requires.
Where any figure is an estimate rather than a published amount, mark it as such in the schedule so that a total assembled from mixed sources is never mistaken for a quoted price.