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RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF EAST ST. PAUL · GOLD CARD FIELD GUIDE

Does the employee’s corporate sponsorship automatically cover the household?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

No. Official family obligations and each intended person’s eligibility need review. Current official terms add a US$15,000 processing fee and US$1,000,000 gift for each eligible joining spouse or unmarried child under 21, including corporate cases; confirm individual eligibility and the operative instructions.

Name the people before calculating the budget

A company’s per-employee allocation is not a family package. Record relationships, ages and intended inclusion rather than assuming a shared outcome from one sponsorship proposal.

Have the civil birth certificate, current passport, and evidence of marital status available for each child, with certified translations where the originals are not in English. Children's ages matter because the eventual immigrant classification treats unmarried children under 21 as derivatives, with Child Status Protection Act rules applying to the immigrant stage. Cross-chargeability is claimed and assessed on the record for a legally married spouse accompanying or following to join; it is not switched on by the marriage certificate alone. Where the child’s age sits close to the limit or has changed during processing, have any applicable statutory age-protection rules assessed individually before anyone concludes either that the child qualifies or that they have aged out.