The government side is the Form I-129 filing fee, the fraud-prevention fee, any asylum-program fee and optional premium processing, all listed on the USCIS fee schedule. The larger costs are usually the closing documents, translations and the professional time to prepare the file.
Budget the filing fees, then the evidence
Every L-1 petition carries the base Form I-129 fee, the anti-fraud fee and, depending on the petitioner's size, an asylum-program fee; premium processing is a separate optional charge that buys a faster decision rather than a better one. The amounts change, so read them from Form G-1055 when the petition is prepared rather than from an old quote. Beyond the filing, the employer pays for what makes the case credible: certified translations of French-language corporate records, financial statements prepared to a standard a U.S.
adjudicator can follow, and the professional work of assembling duty descriptions, organization charts and the acquisition chain. Family members who accompany the manager apply for L-2 status separately and, as Canadians, are usually admitted at the port of entry with the approval notice. A dealership should also budget for the practical consequence of the rule that the manager must manage: if technicians must be hired before the transfer, that payroll is a cost of the immigration plan.