A chart does not establish immigration permission. Review each person’s actual role, status and documentation.
Separate staffing from status
Qualifying L spouses are employment authorized incident to status with appropriate evidence. Children do not gain work permission solely through L dependent status. Do not assume a family relationship or proposed job supplies the relevant authorization.
An L-2 spouse is employment-authorized incident to status and may work for any employer, including the subsidiary, once admitted in L-2 status with the annotated record of admission. Do not infer permission from meeting invitations, ownership or the principal’s proposed transfer. The principal’s assignment across several offices does not itself authorize family members to work anywhere in the group. Analyze the spouse’s status separately from the principal’s job description. List every task the spouse expects to perform, its location, the relevant entity, and the required immigration event. Separate attendance from services by writing down what the spouse would actually do at each visit. Review material changes before the household relies on new work or travel plans. Do not treat an anticipated approval as permission to begin a separate job or fill an operating role.