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BOISBRIAND · L-1A FIELD GUIDE

Can the family plan activities around the applicant’s work calendar?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

Use the calendar for logistics while reviewing each person’s status and permission independently. Work scheduling does not establish immigration authorization.

Check the household’s own requirements

Qualifying L spouses are employment authorized incident to status with appropriate documentation. Children do not receive work permission solely through L dependent status. Confirm study, work and authorized-stay questions before treating a shared timetable as settled.

Separate the principal's qualifying-employment proof from each dependant's identity, relationship, status, and activity records. Review the principal transferee’s approval, admission record, and remaining L-1A time before assessing that household’s derivative applications. Before the spouse performs remote, freelance, or unpaid operational tasks while physically in the United States, confirm the effective status and how the activity will be documented. Derivative eligibility ends at twenty-one, and a seven-year assignment started when a child is sixteen will outlive that child’s status. The principal independently needs one continuous qualifying year abroad in the previous three, employment with a related parent, branch, subsidiary, or affiliate, and primarily managerial or executive US duties. A spouse admitted in L-2 may work incident to that status when the admission record carries the proper notation; children may attend school but cannot work. Confirm each family member's passport validity and any prior U.S. refusals before the move.