The spouse’s activity and work permission require a separate assessment. The principal’s assignment does not authorize another worker.
Check actual status
Qualifying L spouses may work incident to appropriate status with required evidence. A pending case or training invitation does not itself provide authorization.
Record each family member's intended work or study and the relevant age and status dates, and verify the spouse's current status documentation rather than assuming one universal rule applies to every household. L-2 rules can permit a qualifying spouse to work under the governing federal framework, whereas a child does not obtain a comparable general employment privilege. On arrival, check that the admission record bears the L-2 spouse annotation; if it was omitted, request a correction before the first shift, because the dairy's employment verification relies on that record. Derivative L-2 status is available to a legally recognised spouse and to unmarried children under twenty-one; a common-law or domestic partner does not qualify, whatever their standing under provincial law. If the spouse's record or circumstances are unclear, resolve that question rather than trying to change the principal's job classification to obtain a different family result. Eligible spouses and unmarried children under twenty-one may seek dependent classification, and a child's eligibility depends on age and marital status at the relevant time, which makes tracking birthdays against the case timeline a practical necessity rather than an administrative nicety.