TD does not authorize employment. Remote clients, independent billing or an unpaid project do not create a blanket exemption. Have the spouse’s proposed activity reviewed separately. Their design skill does not itself supply permission to work in the United States. The controlling question is not where the client sits but whether the spouse holds permission to work. TD does not supply it. Money arriving from a Canadian account, an invoice raised by a Canadian company, or an arrangement described as a favour leave that analysis unchanged. Decide instead whether the spouse should pursue a category of their own, and decide it before the household commits to the move.
Separate studying from professional services
TD permits study, but enrolment in a design program does not automatically authorize client work or an internship. Review any proposed placement and its conditions. If the spouse wants a separate work route, establish their own qualifying facts and authorization.
Sequence matters as much as eligibility. A route of the spouse’s own generally depends on facts assembled in advance: an employer willing to petition, a listed profession the spouse personally qualifies for, or a study plan with its own authorization. Beginning that work after arrival tends to mean a long stretch without permitted earnings, which changes the household budget the family relied on when accepting the transfer.
Ask what that budget looks like if the spouse cannot work for the whole assignment, and plan against the answer.