Describe it as a plan tied to the expansion, not as work already underway. An eligible legally married spouse may accompany the E-2 investor, and qualifying E spouses are generally employment-authorized incident to valid E status; confirm the E-2S notation, I-94 record, or other applicable proof before your spouse begins managing anything.
Match the staffing plan to actual authorization
Describe the planned duties and verify who can lawfully perform them. E dependent-child status does not permit work; any other potential authorization requires separate assessment. For the spouse, account for principal status and actual work-authorization evidence.
Family processing may have different dates without being wholly independent of the investor's case. Write the staffing plan in two colours: what is happening now, and what is intended once conditions are met and status is confirmed. The distinction protects the description and it protects the family.
Hypothetical example: the plan has the spouse running the growing schedule and supervising two seasonal hires at the second site from the month the premises open. Stated as an intention tied to the expansion, that is useful evidence of planned capacity. Stated as current activity, it describes work performed before the spouse's own authorisation has been evidenced.
A qualifying E spouse is generally employment-authorised incident to valid E status, and the E-2S notation or the applicable I-94 record is the proof to obtain before any duties begin. Children in E dependent status are not permitted to work, and a separate assessment is required for any other authorisation a family member might hold; do not let one person's approval be read as covering the household.