Petition fees from the USCIS G-1055 schedule, which vary with the employer's size and can include a fraud-prevention fee and surcharges, plus professional and translation costs. Premium processing is optional. Read the current schedule rather than a prior year's figure.
Fees scale with the employer; evidence costs scale with the record
The Form I-129 filing fee, the fraud-prevention and detection fee, any asylum program fee and any additional surcharge depend on the petitioner's size and whether it is a small employer or nonprofit, and the amounts have changed in recent fee rules, so take them from the current G-1055 schedule on the day of filing. Premium processing buys a faster decision, not a stronger case. For a Canadian citizen presented at a port of entry, CBP charges its own fee.
The larger cost is usually professional time spent turning dispatch procedures, rate approvals and owner-operator agreements into a description of function management an officer can follow, and certified translation of French documents by the page. Relocation, the spouse's commercial licence and the terminal's own operating costs are business expenses outside the immigration budget. A denied petition followed by a refiling costs more than a thorough first file.