Possibly, if formal records need to be reconstructed or if a corporate structure needs to be clarified or formalized before filing. These costs are separate from government filing fees and should be scoped explicitly.
Scope reconstruction work before assuming a standard fee applies
Ask an accountant or corporate records specialist to estimate the work needed to produce clear ownership and payroll documentation if it does not already exist in an organized form, and treat that as a distinct cost from the immigration filing itself.
Divide the ledger into petition preparation, official filing charges verified from current sources, premises costs, construction, equipment, payroll runway, and ordinary launch expenses. Keep filing fees, translation, and professional-preparation costs in a separate ledger from any commercial spending ceiling; neither figure is an investment threshold or a substitute for primarily managerial or executive duties.
Mostly into accounting and evidence work: producing reliable financial statements, reconciling internal figures with filings, assembling payroll and contract records, and paying counsel to assess whether the position now supports the claim. Employers budget for legal fees and then find that the real effort falls on their own finance and corporate secretarial staff, who are asked for ownership chains, audited statements and historic board minutes while doing their normal work.