Assess EB-1 or EB-2 eligibility first, read the current official terms second, obtain a licensed U.S. immigration attorney's view on admissibility third, and consider the nonrefundable processing fee only after those three steps.
Money last, understanding first
Reversing that order is what makes the process expensive. Paying a nonrefundable fee before knowing whether an underlying category is available spends real money on an unanswered question, and no refund mechanism exists to correct it. Cecile's assessment starts with her own profile against EB-1 and EB-2, which for a dealership owner is a genuine analysis rather than a formality.
Admissibility comes next because it can end a case regardless of payment. Only when both are understood does the published fee become a decision she can make on information. There is no advantage in speed here.
Pressure to act before terms change is a sales technique, and if terms do change, the correct response is to read the new ones rather than to have paid under the old ones.