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DELBURNE · GOLD CARD FIELD GUIDE

Does the phrase family included mean no additional gifts are required?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

No. Each eligible joining spouse or unmarried child under 21 has a stated US$1 million gift and US$15,000 nonrefundable processing fee, including corporate cases.

Name the intended relatives explicitly

Initial family inclusion is recommended, but the actual individual conditions remain. A private description should not imply a free allowance or an automatic age freeze.

The family file should contain birth certificates, parent-child and marriage evidence, passports, marital-status records, prior petitions, notices, admission history, and the dates needed for any CSPA analysis. A second child, a child reaching an age threshold during the process, a marriage, or a separation each alters who is included and therefore the total, and a budget written around a fixed household will not answer the question when it arises. An adviser engaged by the principal is not thereby acting for a spouse or an adult child, and interests can genuinely diverge where one person's history raises an admissibility question that would affect the timing of everyone else's case. A common mistake is treating the framework as a purchase of residence and overlooking an underlying qualification gap, a spouse or child whose eligibility differs, or a professional licence that remains independently necessary.