They are business expenses, not a substitute for the L-1B eligibility requirements or government charges.
Separate commercial and case costs
Clarify the purpose of each payment. Trademark or marketing expenditure cannot guarantee specialized-knowledge classification.
The petition's cost has three parts: government fees from the fee schedule, including the I-129 fee, the fraud prevention and detection fee, any asylum program fee applicable to the petitioner and optional premium processing; professional fees for drafting and reviewing; and evidence costs. Identify which company records and explanatory work are genuinely needed for this claim, then separate that preparation and legal review from government filing fees, optional premium processing, and any family filings. If the customer is paying the subsidiary a licence fee, the contract can allocate the specialist’s travel and living costs, but immigration fees should be paid by the petitioner as the employer. Request estimates for entity records, technical declarations, translations, filing charges, and any optional processing choice, then pause work that depends on an unresolved business decision. Budget government filing charges, professional work, travel, and salary independently, checking current official fees rather than implying higher pay purchases a favourable decision.