How the business runs while the owner relocates, and whether household income continues uninterrupted. Eligible spouses and unmarried children under 21 may seek L-2. A spouse in valid L-2S status is employment authorized incident to status, and an EAD is not universally required; suitable status and employment-eligibility evidence is still needed. Children are not work authorized by L-2.
Plan for income and company moving together
Where the family's income depends on a company that outsources its operations, a relocation affects both at once. Record who would travel, each person's nationality and current status, and whether a spouse expects to work for the same company or elsewhere, since a spouse working in a closely held family business raises questions worth putting to counsel early. Discuss schooling and coverage on the same timetable as the corporate documents.
Map the household against the business in the same document. Note who holds a role in the company, who draws income from it, and who would need work authorisation abroad. Eligible spouses and unmarried children under twenty-one may seek dependent classification, and a spouse in valid dependent status may be employment authorised incident to status while children are not.
A spouse who would work in the same closely held business raises a question worth putting to counsel early, because the answer affects both the corporate description and the spouse's own filing. Ages matter on the day a case reaches its step rather than the day it is planned, so record dates of birth and check any child approaching twenty-one.