No shared arrangement should be assumed without the actual instructions. Track each intended participant’s required steps.
Coordinate travel from confirmed information
The official family description covers an eligible spouse and unmarried children under 21. Initial inclusion is recommended for intended joining relatives, but it does not by itself prove that all appointments or completion dates are identical.
The spouse and children have individual identity and immigration histories. Review the actual requirements and instructions for every included person. An older child may need a separate route, but do not assume age at the final decision is the only test. A spouse’s transfer toward the principal’s amount does not add that spouse to the case. A spouse or child remaining in Canada is a different planning situation from someone seeking U.S. permanent residence. Appointment timing for each family member tracks the readiness of that person's own paperwork, not a shared calendar. Passports, marriage and birth records, and any legal-name-change documents need to stay valid and internally consistent for every included person, since a mismatch between a birth record and a current passport can stall review for that individual alone. Certified translations should be prepared in advance for any document not already in English or French, because a translation requested at the last stage adds delay only to that person's file. Keeping a single folder per family member, updated as circumstances change, makes it easier to answer a request for evidence without guessing which version of a document was last submitted.