Immigration fees are modest and published in the USCIS fee schedule. The larger costs are the state licensure application and its verifications, the credentialing organization's certification fee, examinations where required, and courier and translation charges.
The professional approvals carry the bigger invoices
Read immigration fees from the USCIS fee schedule, Form G-1055, at the time of filing, and treat any figure quoted elsewhere as out of date. For a clinician the immigration charge is often the smallest item. State boards charge application fees and require verifications from the education institution and the Canadian regulator, each with its own fee. The credentialing organization charges for the certification and may require examination results, which carry their own costs. Where documents must be translated or sent by secure courier, add that. Employers sometimes reimburse part of this, and sometimes only on commencement, so a nurse should ask what is covered and when it is paid before committing personal funds to a sequence that runs for months.
Hypothetical example: Felix, a Canadian environmental scientist, is comparing a direct admission request with an employer-filed petition. His first review should separate government charges from credential, translation, licensing, travel, and employer-side legal costs. Receipts and fee schedules settle the amount due today; an employment contract settles which party has agreed to reimburse later expenses. He should not transfer money to an intermediary on the assumption that a higher payment improves the merits. The more useful decision is whether his profession and evidence are ready now, or whether a licensing step makes a later start date and budget more realistic.