Once the corporate conditions are confirmed. A spouse in L-2 status is employment-authorised incident to status, which changes the household's planning, and children hold no work permission.
Family planning follows structural certainty
Household arrangements made before the corporate questions are settled are arrangements made on an assumption. Once the structure and the employment period hold, the family picture becomes reasonably clear and can be planned properly. A spouse accompanying an intracompany transferee may work on the basis of their own status rather than through a sponsoring employer, which for many households is the difference between a viable move and an unaffordable one, though any professional licence the spouse holds is a separate question from work authorisation. 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 household review should identify the intended duration, every person’s travel date, and any deadline for a child approaching twenty-one. The principal petition and admission records settle the family’s classification, while a spouse’s occupation and licensing records settle any separate professional constraint. Do not treat a general ability to seek work as proof that a regulated occupation can be practiced immediately. The decision is whether housing, schooling, and a spouse’s job transition can wait for the corporate case to be ready. Hypothetical example: a conservation-programme manager’s spouse is a dental hygienist, so the family separates immigration work permission from the destination’s professional licensing timeline.