The business calendar does not determine each person’s authorized stay. Review individual status documents and any planned travel or changes separately.
Plan activities using actual status
Qualifying L spouses are employment authorized incident to status with appropriate documentation. Children do not receive work authorization solely through L dependent status. School or work arrangements should not be assumed to extend anyone’s immigration stay.
Confirm the spouse’s valid L dependent status and appropriate spouse-specific I-94 evidence before relying on work permission. Seasonal patterns are useful for staffing forecasts and reveal nothing about how long any individual family member may actually remain, since the two figures come from entirely different processes. Recognize that departing and later re-entering can trigger a fresh admission review each time, so a pattern of seasonal travel deserves its own planning rather than borrowing the business rhythm that inspired it. Ask what evidence would need to travel with each family member to support re-entry, since that list can differ meaningfully from what supported the original entry. Read each person's own admission record for the date that actually controls their stay, and treat the season's typical pattern as background information rather than a controlling fact. Treat each return after a seasonal absence as its own fresh entry for documentation purposes, rather than assuming the last entry's paperwork still covers the next one. Keep a shared household log of departure and return dates, since a single missed renewal can complicate travel for the whole family even when only one document actually expired.