Budget for a legal review of each child’s eligibility and the actual applicants’ processing, medical and document expenses. Do not assume a single project administration payment covers every family application or alternative immigration analysis.
Price the scope rather than a promise
Ask counsel what ongoing monitoring is included and which later actions may require additional work. Keep school, housing and travel deposits separate from immigration fees. A higher payment cannot guarantee age protection or a visa date.
Verify current government charges when filing and preserve funds for the family’s needs if processing takes a different course from the preferred school calendar. Price the monitoring, not only the filing. Age-sensitive cases need someone watching the inputs across years, and that continuing work is the item most often assumed to be included and least often specified.
Ask counsel what ongoing monitoring the engagement covers and which later actions would require additional work. Budget a legal review of each child eligibility and the processing, medical and document expenses of the actual applicants, and do not assume a single project administration payment covers every family application or any alternative analysis. Keep school, housing and travel deposits separate from immigration fees, verify current government charges at filing, and remember that no payment secures age protection.