The current official FAQ says a spouse and unmarried children under twenty-one should be included in the initial application, with an additional $15,000 DHS processing fee and $1 million gift for each family member. These current program terms must be verified directly again before any application or payment.
Ask the question about the category, not the program name
The current official program material states the family rule directly: a spouse and unmarried children under twenty-one should be included in the initial application to receive the program's benefits, and each family member is subject to an additional $15,000 DHS processing fee and $1 million gift. Do not substitute the spouse provisions of E-2 or L-2, or assume that an ordinary derivative filing has the same cost. Ask counsel to set out how the current rule applies to each person, including any child approaching twenty-one, and save the official FAQ as read that day.
Verify it again if time passes before filing or payment. Hypothetical example: Nadine is considering a Gold Card application after selling a company that makes rehabilitation-pool lifts, and her adult son hopes to relocate too. A family review should identify each relative's separate immigration basis, civil documents and timing rather than treating the principal's proposed payment as a family-wide entitlement.
Passports, birth records and marriage records settle the family facts; a business sale does not. Begin with the official rules on who may be included and what further process applies. Families run into difficulty when an adult child makes career or housing decisions on the assumption that a parent's pathway automatically transfers to them.