Any role must be real and the spouse must have appropriate permission. Do not insert a hypothetical worker as current support.
Document actual availability
Qualifying L spouses may be employment-authorized incident to appropriate status with required evidence. A pending application does not establish that the spouse can begin the proposed job.
Where the principal transfers within a company, the spouse's ability to work follows automatically from status rather than from a separate application, which matters a great deal to a family moving on the strength of one salary. Make a chart showing passport validity, marriage or birth records, current status, planned travel dates, and each child’s age. Children may generally study under the published guidance and hold no work permission through dependent status at any age, and a child approaching twenty-one needs an independent basis planned well in advance. The spouse should keep their own admission record, passport and marriage certificate available for employer verification, since the principal’s approval notice is not the spouse’s work evidence. Only an eligible spouse and unmarried children under 21 may seek L-2 status as dependents of the principal applicant; other relatives, including business partners or extended family, need their own independent basis. Travel benefits and housing support are commercial arrangements; eligible family members still need their own status and documentation assessed.