Government filing charges per the USCIS fee schedule, optional premium processing, counsel's fees for the eligibility assessment and petition, and the family's L-2 applications. Internal time to assemble the subsidiary's records and the parent's financials is the largest hidden cost.
What to ask before engaging counsel
Ask for a quote that separates the assessment of whether the role is primarily managerial, which may end the matter, from the petition itself. Ask whether the fee covers a response to a request for evidence, which small-subsidiary petitions draw more often than large ones, and whether it covers the extension petition when the initial period ends. Ask about premium processing and its government charge if the vacancy is urgent.
The company's own costs include the time of whoever pulls two years of subsidiary tax filings and payroll returns, the parent's accountant preparing financial statements, and any translation of French-language corporate records. Family costs, the L-2 applications and the household's relocation, are personal or company expenses by agreement. Confirm current government amounts on the USCIS schedule when filing, not when budgeting.
Do not count the subsidiary's operating losses during the vacancy as an immigration cost, though the records of them are part of the evidence that the transfer is needed.