The petition is filed by the employer, and the filing fees on the USCIS schedule are charged to the petitioning company. Consular or admission steps and the family's own documents are separate.
Budget the petition and the household separately
Hypothetical example: Because L-1 is a petition-based classification, the employer initiates and pays for the filing, and the current amounts are set out in the published fee schedule rather than quoted here, since they change. Beyond the government charges, a company should expect real preparation costs: assembling corporate records, obtaining financial statements, and in an acquisition, retrieving documents from the previous owner. The household has its own costs that no one has budgeted for if the conversation stayed at the company level, including dependants' documents, translations of civil records and travel. Where a blanket petition exists in a larger group the process differs, but for a single subsidiary an individual petition is the ordinary path.
Separate mandatory filing charges from legal, translation and relocation spending so the company can approve the correct budget. Hypothetical example: A custom-orthotics distributor has a manager ready to relocate but has not gathered the ownership records. Paying a filing fee does not cure an incomplete corporate record. The practical sequence is to confirm the relationship and qualifying employment first, then choose the filing timing that matches a supportable petition.
Obtain the current fee instructions immediately before filing. Published charges and form requirements can change after an internal relocation budget is approved.