The U.S. petitioner uses Form I-129 and pays the applicable amounts listed in the current USCIS fee schedule, Form G-1055; premium processing may be elected separately. Corporate documentation, cross-border tax advice and relocation are additional costs.
Evidence preparation is the cost people forget
Hypothetical example: the company budgets government amounts and counsel, then discovers that producing signing authorities, board minutes and delegation records means the corporate lawyer reconstructing several years of governance. Family companies frequently operate on understanding rather than documentation, and that gap has to be closed before an executive-capacity claim can be evidenced. Budget for government amounts per the current G-1055 schedule; corporate counsel to prepare or regularise the governance record; cross-border tax advice on how the executive will be paid; immigration representation; and relocation.
Add the cost of covering his Picture Butte responsibilities during the assignment. Where the American subsidiary has been trading less than a year, plan on a one-year initial period and a second filing, and budget across both.