No. Apply the actual eligible spouse and unmarried-child-under-21 framework and per-person terms. 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.
Identify the real household proposal
Benefits can describe who pays without broadening immigration eligibility. Review each intended person and actual records.
Other categories have settled family provisions, and it is tempting to carry them across: a spouse and unmarried children under twenty-one as derivatives, dependants permitted to study, work authorization available in some statuses and not others. The principal applicant's figure should not be assumed to include a spouse or children; the government describes additional family-member charges. For a family with a pending EB-5 case, compare each person's age, marital status and protection under EB-5's derivative rules with the Gold Card rule rather than assuming they match. A passport may establish identity and nationality; a birth certificate may be relevant to chargeability; a marriage or birth record may support a claimed family relationship.