An eligible spouse and unmarried children under 21 may seek to accompany the investor. A qualifying E spouse is generally employment-authorized incident to valid E status, subject to the applicable proof such as E-2S notation or the I-94 record. Dependent children get no work authorization from their status.
Confirm work and school assumptions separately
Household plans often assume a spouse's salary or a child's school placement before status is settled. Each family member may need their own application steps and can be assessed separately, so no shared approval date should be promised. Check what proof of employment authorization an employer or agency will accept, and remember that a visa's expiry date is not the same as the period of stay recorded on admission.
Write the household plan as a calendar rather than as a paragraph. Put the principal's expected steps on one line and each family member's on their own, marking the point at which a school registration, a lease or a resignation would become irreversible. Where a spouse intends to work, find out now what proof of employment authorisation a prospective employer's payroll process actually asks for, since that requirement is set by the employer's own compliance practice and is not something an adviser can change.
Keep every date in the calendar provisional until the underlying status is confirmed.