The capital is an investment rather than a fee, and it sits outside the government charges entirely. Around it are the filing fees in the USCIS schedule, Form G-1055, a project administrative fee that is usually not refundable, independent legal fees, the cost of assembling the source-of-funds record, and translation of Québec financial and corporate documents.
The administrative fee is the one people forget to ask about
Offering materials sometimes present the capital figure prominently and the administrative fee in a schedule near the back. That fee compensates the project or regional centre for its costs, is frequently in the tens of thousands, and is commonly non-refundable even if the petition is denied. It should be identified early and its refund terms read carefully.
Hypothetical example: an investor from Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton budgets the qualifying amount and his own lawyer's fee, and is then presented with an administrative fee, an escrow charge and a bill for a translated and certified set of twelve years of Québec tax filings. None of that is improper, and all of it was knowable in advance. Asking for a written schedule of every payment the family will make, and to whom, before signing anything, is the simplest protection available.