Ownership or an appraisal does not authorize US work. Assess the actual status and intended activity.
Use the spouse’s permission record
Qualifying E spouse status can carry employment authorization with required evidence. Pending preparation and unpaid assistance do not automatically authorize operation.
For a household moving on a single business, the spouse's ability to earn elsewhere is often what makes the first two years survivable, and here it comes with the status rather than requiring a separate application. Identify the treaty-national investor, confirm that qualifying nationals own at least 50 percent of the enterprise, and document how the principal will develop and direct it through ownership or operational control. Nothing about the process guarantees a decision by a given date, and the spouse's ability to work in the United States depends on the principal being approved, admitted and in valid status first. Children under 21 may attend school at any level but may not work; a teenager who helps on job sites or in the office of the family company is working without authorization, which can affect the whole family's status. Children admitted as dependants may generally study, but that permission does not extend to employment however informal the setting, and a weekend role in the family business is exactly where this gets tested. Children in dependent status may attend school but do not obtain work permission through a parent, and a child approaching adulthood should be planned for individually rather than assumed to continue.