As published: a nonrefundable processing fee, successful vetting, and a gift to the U.S. government, after which the applicant proceeds through an existing employment-based immigrant category subject to its own eligibility rules, admissibility and visa availability.
Read the program page, not the pitch
Hypothetical example: Anouska owns a veterinary clinic near East Ferris and has received a detailed presentation from an intermediary describing processing times, approval rates and a refund policy. None of those belong in a decision unless they appear in the official program material. The framework as published has few moving parts: a nonrefundable US$15,000 processing fee per person, vetting, and — for successful applicants — a US$1 million gift to the U.S.
government by an individual applicant. What follows is an existing immigrant category, and that is where her actual eligibility is decided. So the sensible first question is not whether she can afford the gift but whether she would qualify for the category the application would use.
Because program terms can change, she should keep a dated copy of the page she relied on, and treat any promised outcome, timeline or refund as something to verify officially before money moves.