Dependent status follows the principal's, so nothing on the family side turns on the employer's name directly. It matters indirectly: if the change turns out to involve a different employer and the principal's steps shift, the household's timeline shifts with it.
Hold reversible family commitments until the fact is settled
Ask who can produce the corporate name-change record and when it will be available; do not assume a standard turnaround. Keep costly household commitments flexible while counsel checks whether the legal employer changed. Eligible spouses and unmarried children under 21 may seek TD through the applicable steps.
TD permits study but does not itself authorize employment. Sequence the household decisions against the one fact still outstanding. Until the registry answer arrives, treat the start date as provisional: a lease signed on the strength of an announcement commits money against an unverified premise.
Ask the employer for a written date by which the corrected letter will exist, and diarise it. Hypothetical example: a lens-design engineer’s spouse gives notice at a Canadian job before the employer question is settled, then learns the successor entity wants to re-paper the engagement; the household has lost an income while the file waits. TD is limited to eligible spouses and unmarried children under 21, and a child approaching 21 is a reason to establish the employer fact quickly rather than to wait for the company’s convenience.