A regional centre administrative fee, government filing charges published in the USCIS fee schedule for the investor petition, the residence application and the later removal of conditions, plus immigration and securities counsel and a professionally prepared source of funds report. The capital itself must remain genuinely at risk.
The fee schedule is only the visible layer
Administrative fees charged by a regional centre are separate from the investment and are not returned, so they should be identified in the offering documents and read as a cost rather than part of the placement. Government charges attach to the investor petition, to adjustment of status or consular processing for each family member, and again to removing conditions two years later; Form G-1055 is the reference and should be checked when each stage is reached. Professional costs are substantial because the file is substantial: counsel to review the project documents, counsel for the immigration filings, and often an accountant or specialist to prepare the source and path of funds narrative with its exhibits.
Behind all of it sits the largest exposure of all. The invested capital must be at risk, which means it can be lost, and no part of the structure may guarantee its return.