Their situation follows the principal's but is not identical, since each dependent has an individual admission record and may have a pending request of their own. TD status depends on the principal's status, so any complication with the principal's return affects the whole household.
Check each dependent's record before the family books
A spouse's TD period and a child's may differ from the principal's, particularly after separate entries. A child nearing 21, and a U.S.-citizen child who holds and needs no TD, sit outside the general pattern. TD permits study but does not authorize work, with remote work and unpaid placements requiring specific review, so a spouse's earnings are not a way to cover a delayed return.
Households usually fail here by treating the family as one case. Each dependent has their own record, their own end date and their own conditions, and the principal's pending request does not automatically reach them. Before anyone books, list each family member, the document showing their current period of stay, and its expiry.
Dependent status does not authorise employment, while study is generally permitted, so a spouse planning to begin paid work on return is the item to raise with counsel first rather than last. Hypothetical example: a family books one itinerary and discovers that a dependent record ends several weeks before the others, which makes a single return date unworkable.