Use forecasts as planning information, while checking actual immigration milestones and each person’s status. A business projection is not family authorization.
Keep work and study requirements distinct
Qualifying L spouses are employment authorized incident to status with appropriate documentation. Children do not gain work permission solely through L dependent status. Review household commitments when the operating or immigration sequence changes.
Describe who will perform the engagement and confirm authorization before starting. The spouse needs a lawful basis allowing the actual US work before it begins. Document the spouse’s own eligibility and status before relying on their work. A pending case or calling the person an independent provider does not itself authorize the work. Employment authorisation incident to status means the spouse's right to work follows from the status itself. Age is measured against the relevant dates in the process, so a child close to twenty-one deserves a specific answer rather than a general one. Children may accompany while unmarried and under twenty-one, and they may study but not work.