No. A private payment does not establish completion of the official vetting or eligibility process. Follow the government’s actual stages and instructions.
Keep the proposed transfer and official milestones separate
The official gift follows successful vetting. Preserve instructions, receipts and notices and identify what a private advance payment actually does under its contract. Advertised timing is not a guaranteed residence date, and visa availability remains relevant. Do not begin U.S. work or fix a permanent move on the assumption that a private transaction has completed the government process.
Check the latest official instructions for the applicable steps and avoid setting housing, employment, or school plans around a timeline that was not independently verified for the applicant's own circumstances. The official description of processing in weeks is a description, not a guarantee, so build planning around events you can observe: the vetting outcome, the instruction to make the gift, the category determination, and the visa interview. Before a payment is authorized, the official programme material and any accompanying presidential action should be read in their current form, and the amounts, the sequence of steps and the treatment of family members should be confirmed there.