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RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF CORMAN PARK · GOLD CARD FIELD GUIDE

Does the principal’s gift include every eligible relative’s amount?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

No. Current official terms add a US$15,000 processing fee and US$1,000,000 gift for each eligible joining spouse or unmarried child under 21, including corporate cases; identify intended family initially, confirm individual eligibility, and follow the operative instructions.

Name each intended person

A principal budget should not silently be treated as the complete family budget.

Because a successful case is adjudicated in an employment-based immigrant category, the file resembles an EB-1 or EB-2 case: passports, birth and marriage certificates, the principal’s qualifications, and evidence of admissibility including police certificates and medical examinations at the consular stage. Assemble the birth record, passport, custody or adoption material if relevant, proof of relationship, marital-status evidence and an individual age or CSPA analysis; a principal's payment receipt proves none of those facts. Each family member's own history—prior refusals, overstays, criminal records—is assessed, and the connected immigrant category carries its own eligibility conditions and depends on visa availability by country of chargeability. A second child, a child reaching an age threshold during the process, a marriage, or a separation each alters who is included and therefore the total, and a budget written around a fixed household will not answer the question when it arises.