The offer itself does not establish immigration authorization. Review the spouse’s actual status and appropriate documentation before employment.
Use individual status rather than project participation
Qualifying L spouses are employment authorized incident to status. Children gain no work permission solely through L dependent status. A commercial partnership does not create additional family immigration rights.
Provide the decision dates, current status and intended travel or employment plans. Calling the activity a pilot does not itself make productive assistance permissible without the appropriate basis. What the spouse cannot do is outlast the principal: derivative status ends when the L-1B period does, and specialized-knowledge status has a five-year maximum. The principal’s pending Form I-129, anticipated approval, or planned admission confers nothing on the spouse yet, and L-2 children do not share the spouse’s employment entitlement. Before any meeting, confirm the spouse’s admission classification, status record, employer, and start date. Keep the child out of commercial assignments unless an independent lawful basis permits them, and structure genuine school projects through the school rather than the employer. Dependent eligibility ends at the twenty-first birthday, which for a five-year assignment often falls part-way through, so an older teenager needs a plan before that date rather than after it.