Those arrangements may suggest planning questions, but do not establish the new household’s eligibility or document requirements. Assess the actual spouse and any unmarried child under 21.
Review the family that is moving now
The spouse’s work permission requires valid L dependent status and appropriate spouse-specific I-94 evidence. An unmarried L dependent child under 21 does not receive that authorization; another family’s successful move does not settle these individual facts.
A spouse admitted in L-2 status is employment-authorized incident to status and may work for any employer without a separate application; children in L-2 status may study but may not work. Requirements and procedures can change between one household's move and another, so an earlier checklist may already be outdated even when the families' circumstances look similar on the surface. Confirm current requirements directly rather than working from a list someone else used, since a document that was sufficient before is not guaranteed to remain sufficient now. Identify the specific date against which a dependent's relationship and eligibility will actually be measured, since that reference date is tied to the filing itself rather than to moving day or a comparison with someone else's timeline. Gather the current family's own civil status records against that date rather than assuming the earlier family's paperwork maps directly onto the new one. Ask the current preparer to confirm that conclusion independently rather than carrying an old assumption forward.