Under the official terms as of September 7, 2026, each eligible joining spouse or child adds a US$15,000 processing fee and a further US$1 million gift. A couple should therefore plan for two fees and two gifts, and confirm the current family terms on the official page.
Family terms are additive, not shared
The official framework prices the principal and each joining family member separately. As checked on September 7, 2026, that means US$15,000 in nonrefundable processing fees for each person and, after successful vetting, a US$1 million gift for the individual principal plus a further US$1 million for each eligible spouse or child who joins. A retiring couple should budget for the combined figure and should ask what eligibility conditions apply to the spouse, since admissibility is assessed for each person. A married child is not eligible as a joining child, and a child who is 21 or older is not eligible unless the Child Status Protection Act preserves an under-21 age calculation; anyone near 21 needs an individual calculation. If the couple's real aim is to be near adult children who are already U.S. residents, ask whether a family-based route through those children exists before pricing two gifts.
Hypothetical example: a private-aviation charter broker wants to include a spouse, a seventeen-year-old child and a twenty-two-year-old unmarried child. The family review should price each requested person separately under the official terms and test derivative eligibility before any fee is paid. Marriage certificates and birth records settle relationships; age and marital status settle whether a child can join through the immigrant process. The older child may need an independent route. Each proposed person also needs admissibility review, and the principal should not assume that a successful personal vetting result automatically resolves a family member's case.