That is a decision for the attorney handling the pending petition, and it should not be taken on a consultant's recommendation. Withdrawing or abandoning a filing has consequences that depend on the specific case, including on how quickly anything filed later can progress.
Do not disturb a live filing on a sales conversation
A petition already under way represents progress that has a value, and that value is not always visible to somebody selling an alternative. Before anything is withdrawn, ask the attorney conducting it what stage it has reached, what would be lost, and whether the two routes can be considered without disturbing the existing one. Get the answer in writing. If a consultant creates urgency by suggesting a window is closing, verify that claim on the official source, since urgency is the standard technique for preventing exactly the kind of verification that would settle the question. A few weeks spent checking is inexpensive compared with abandoning a filing that was progressing normally.
Hypothetical example: Jonas, a medical-device packaging entrepreneur, is urged to pay before comparing the current official terms with his existing case. He should follow the published sequence: submit the official application and nonrefundable processing fee, complete the requested Gold Card petition materials and vetting, and make the unrestricted gift only when instructed after successful vetting. The program uses an existing employment-based immigrant classification and remains subject to admissibility, visa availability and final immigrant processing. Jonas should preserve each dated instruction and receipt before abandoning another case. An unofficial promise of speed cannot replace the government sequence, and the gift should not be sent early to a private intermediary.