A service provider does not decide the government’s eligibility, admissibility or visa-availability determinations.
Identify the actual promise
Read what work the contract covers and separate that from unsupported outcome claims. A fee agreement is not an immigration approval.
Before agreeing a fee, ask the reviewer to test the basics: whether the applicant can qualify for lawful permanent residence, whether anything in their history raises admissibility concerns, and whether an EB-1 or EB-2 determination is realistic given visa availability. Almost everything that matters: whether the applicants appear eligible for lawful permanent residence, whether admissibility questions exist, whether an EB-1 or EB-2 determination looks plausible, and whether visa availability affects the plan. The framework operates in connection with existing employment-based immigrant classifications, so the applicable classification requirements, admissibility and visa availability continue to apply. A useful first meeting compares the household's facts with what the program actually requires: eligibility for lawful permanent residence, admissibility, and an available visa, with a determination under EB-1 or EB-2. The payment runs from the applicant to the U.S. government and buys neither a classification nor relief from any ground of inadmissibility, so a company funding it is funding a process rather than an outcome for any of the three people involved. Gold Card decisions still turn on lawful permanent resident eligibility, admissibility and an available visa, so an unverified answer risks a request for evidence or a refusal.