Budget a new professional review and applicable extension filing charges, plus any dependent filings and optional premium processing. Do not assume that the first petition’s quoted price includes the extension or that identical fees apply.
Separate remediation from ordinary review
The scope may grow if staffing, ownership or business activity changed substantially. Ask what is included in analyzing the actual first year and responding to potential evidence requests. Business expenses needed to operate the company remain separate from immigration charges.
Check current government schedules for the precise filing, since initial-classification surcharges do not necessarily apply in the same way to every extension. Distinguish the cost of an ordinary review from the cost of remediation, since the two are entirely different exercises and the second is only known once the first has happened. An ordinary extension involves assembling a year's records, drafting and filing.
Remediation arises where the year's records are incomplete, where the business developed differently from the plan and the divergence needs explaining, or where the corporate or employment position has changed and requires work. Ask for the review to be scoped and priced first, with a report on what it finds, rather than accepting a single figure for the whole exercise. Verify government charges against the actual petitioner and filing type at the time of filing, including any supplemental fee whose application depends on the employer's characteristics.