The employer pays the USCIS filing fees for Form I-129 with the L supplement, plus premium processing if it elects that. Current amounts are published in the USCIS fee schedule, Form G-1055, and should be confirmed at filing.
Government fees are predictable; assembling the corporate file is not
Because fee amounts are revised periodically, the G-1055 is the figure to work from rather than any number quoted second-hand. The larger and less predictable costs are professional. A corporate lawyer may need to document or restructure the relationship between the two entities before an immigration filing is possible.
An accountant may need to produce trading evidence in a form an officer will accept. If the U.S. operation is new, a business plan prepared to a serious standard costs real money and is not optional.
Add translation costs for any non-English document and dependant application costs for the family. The company should decide in writing which of these it carries, particularly where Ines is expected to fund her family's applications personally, since that assumption causes friction late in a process that is already slow.
- USCIS: L-1A Intracompany Transferee Executive or Manager
- USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 2 Part L, Intracompany Transferees
- eCFR: 8 CFR 214.2(l), Intracompany transferees
- Department of State: 9 FAM 402.12, L classifications
- USCIS: employment authorization for certain spouses, Policy Manual Volume 10 Part B Chapter 2