Clarify the intended arrangement and follow the official process before sending money. Different programme terms and applicant structures should not be treated as interchangeable payment labels. The processing fee is expressly non-refundable per person, and a payment should not be assumed transferable or correctable on request. Re-verify the current official terms immediately before any money moves.
Resolve the route before the payment instruction
Confirm the applicant identities, eligibility review and payer information needed. Verify any change with the responsible official process rather than relying on an adviser’s unsupported promise. A question or correction request does not automatically pause a deadline or convert a pending case into a different route.
Sequence the underlying EB-1 or EB-2 review, identity and relationship records, payer authorization, official payment instructions and any submission deadline. The first review should produce a dependency list that shows which event must occur first. Current official guidance, bank timing and the applicant's evidence settle the sequence.
Hypothetical example: An outdoor-equipment manufacturer approves a corporate sponsorship for a chief designer before the designer's EB-2 evidence has been organized. The parties must decide whether to complete the eligibility review before making irreversible commitments. A receipt or internal approval does not convert an unfinished immigrant eligibility case into a completed result.
Obtain current official instructions immediately before acting and preserve the version used. The payment schedule should not outrun the evidence needed for the immigrant category. If the process issues a correction request, respond accurately and reassess any deadline; do not assume the request preserves every earlier arrangement.
Document any changed instruction and its effect on the applicant's remaining evidence before proceeding.