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NIPISSING · GOLD CARD FIELD GUIDE

How are a spouse and children counted for a Nipissing applicant under the Gold Card?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Each eligible joining spouse and each unmarried child under twenty-one adds US$15,000 in processing fee and US$1 million in gift, including in corporate cases. These figures should be re-verified on the official page before any payment.

The household multiplies both published amounts

Family members are not carried along at no additional cost under this framework. As published, the per-person processing fee applies to each eligible joining spouse and unmarried child under twenty-one, and the gift amount increases by US$1 million for each of them, and that treatment applies in corporate cases as well as individual ones. Two planning consequences follow for a household.

The total figure is arithmetic that should be done before, not after, a first payment, because the number of people involved changes the decision entirely. And the age limit means a child approaching twenty-one may not be eligible to join by the time the process reaches them, which is a question to raise before committing. Successful applicants still proceed through EB-1 or EB-2 subject to eligibility, admissibility and visa availability, so family planning must account for that stage too.