Ask whether the employer’s written commitment includes the spouse and each child, and which steps it covers. A qualifying spouse or unmarried child under 21 may have separate document and nationality-specific procedures. Count the actual people and services rather than assuming they are included or excluded by default.
Count dependents into the scope explicitly
Each dependent adds work: proof of the marriage or of the parent-child relationship, each person's passport, and nationality-specific processing. A child who is a United States citizen does not need TD at all, which changes the count. Confirm ages as of the intended entry, since a child approaching 21 raises a timing question worth putting to counsel early rather than discovering it at the counter.
Review the spouse’s intended tasks and any independent work route before relying on that income. Plan household income from each person’s immigration permission rather than the principal worker’s compensation. A spouse and unmarried children under twenty-one accompany the principal in TD status, which permits residence and full-time study but confers no employment authorisation. TD dependants may study, yet they cannot accept employment or provide paid or unpaid services that amount to work. A Canadian customer or foreign payment does not by itself make work performed in the United States authorized.