Use current official material for the budget and label any future estimate as provisional. Fee information can change, and private expenses are separate from government charges.
Date-stamp the estimate
EB-5 planning should separate the investor petition from the later residence and travel steps. For this question, focus on which current official fee schedule and form instructions apply when the filing will actually be made. Record the source, access date, form, and assumed filing route beside every government-fee entry.
Read the governing instruction together with the actual agreement, identity record, financial material, or corporate record that bears on the point. A short summary can organize the evidence, but it cannot cure a missing legal element. The answer turns on the documented arrangement, not on a label chosen for convenience.
Refresh the budget before filing and keep investment, diligence, legal, travel, and government costs in different categories. Keep copies that show dates, authorship, and the connection between the claimed plan and the records. Where a rule has a time limit or a filing window, calculate it from the controlling event rather than from an informal target date.
Hypothetical example: an investor uses a fee amount from an old online article to plan a filing more than a year away. That example would call for a fact-specific review of the documents and timing before anyone relies on it. A remote consultation can help identify questions for the appropriate employer, business, or regulated adviser; it does not guarantee admission, a visa, or approval.