Use the applicable translation and certification requirements and the company’s legitimate disclosure arrangements. A family relationship does not override either.
Separate document assistance from US work permission
If the activity would constitute work in the United States, assess the spouse’s actual authorization as well. Pending dependent preparation is not itself permission.
L-2 spouses have been treated as employment-authorized incident to status since the policy change that followed litigation on the subject, and the authorization covers any lawful employment, including a retail role at the same company that employs the principal. A qualifying L spouse may generally seek employment based on valid dependent classification and suitable status evidence, whereas dependent children may study but do not obtain the equivalent employment benefit. If the spouse works in a regulated occupation, begin the state licensing process early, since employment authorization comes with the status but the right to practise does not. Treat the spouse’s offer as conditional on acquiring an independent work-authorized basis or obtaining qualifying L-2 status through admission or an approved change of status, with appropriate evidence of employment authorization incident to status. Keep the spouse’s relationship and admission evidence beside the offer, and have any effect of the transaction on the principal’s case assessed independently of the buyer’s willingness to retain staff.