Remote work performed from the United States still requires an appropriate US work-authorized basis. An eligible L spouse may be employment-authorized incident to qualifying status, with the required evidence, but a pending principal petition does not create that permission. Check the spouse’s actual status and documentation before the work begins.
Review work and tax questions separately
Identify the intended location of work, employer and start date. Immigration permission does not settle payroll, employer-registration or tax consequences, which need their own professional assessment. The principal’s transfer and the spouse’s admission may not occur on the same day, so build the household budget around the actual dates rather than a shared assumption.
Where the initial period is limited to one year, weigh leases, school enrolments and a spouse's employment against that horizon and against the possibility that the operation does not grow as planned. Children accompanying the family may generally attend school under the published guidance on study, but dependent status carries no work permission for them at any age. Place the principal’s status end date beside the family calendar: L-1A has a general seven-year maximum, subject to regulatory exceptions and recapture rules. Children sit differently again, and a child approaching the upper age limit for dependent status deserves that checked against the calendar early rather than discovered late.