If the assignment involves regular travel between sites, plan where the household would live and what support it needs during absences. Confirm work-location implications with counsel. Eligible spouses and unmarried children under 21 may seek L-2; the principal’s multi-site responsibilities do not by themselves decide the family’s status.
Choose a base the family can live in
Decide where the household will actually be settled before the worksite plan is written, since a later change adds work to a case already built around locations. Note each family member's nationality and current status. Where a spouse plans to work, a spouse in valid L-2S status is employment authorized incident to status, while children are not work authorized.
Plan schooling and day-to-day support around the absences actually anticipated. Choose the base before the worksite plan is written, since a later change adds work to a case already built around locations. Where the assignment involves regular travel between sites, decide where the household would live and what support it needs during absences, and plan schooling around the pattern actually anticipated rather than an idealised one.
Eligible spouses and unmarried children under twenty-one may seek dependent classification, a spouse in valid dependent status is employment authorised incident to status, and children are not work authorised. Confirm work-location implications with counsel, since multi-site responsibilities do not by themselves decide the family's position.