A promise does not grant principal or dependent status. Review the actual qualifying case and each family member’s permission.
Coordinate plans with established facts
Qualifying L spouses may work incident to appropriate status with required evidence; children do not receive that spouse permission. Pending employer decisions are not immigration authorization.
Practical questions can be identified early, while the principal’s eligibility and each person’s status remain subject to assessment. A return-to-work date can help plan the household’s move, but it should not be substituted for individual validity dates or treated as automatic permission for family members to begin U.S. employment. Where a later family arrival is planned, discuss school enrolment and any separate visa steps rather than assuming everyone moves on the principal's date. Derivative status for a child depends on being unmarried and under 21, and both facts are tested continuously rather than only at admission, so a seventeen-year-old at the start of a seven-year maximum stay will not be a derivative at the end of it. A child who wants to work while at university would need their own basis, and a child approaching adulthood needs their own status planning well before the dependent classification stops fitting. The company should not present future family help as completed staffing simply because the principal’s managerial duties depend on someone else performing the work.