Their applications rest on the principal's case, so a structural delay delays them too. 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; children are not work authorized by L-2.
Keep the family's papers matched to the current entity
Keep the family’s immigration records consistent with the principal’s current case, and ask counsel whether the restructuring affects pending dependent steps. A spouse starting employment should use appropriate employment-eligibility evidence, including the applicable status documentation, rather than assume marriage or an employer letter is sufficient. The hiring employer’s Form I-9 process does not create a universal requirement to present the principal’s corporate records.
Keep arrival dates flexible until the relevant steps are confirmed. Two household consequences follow from a structural delay and are worth naming. The first is that dependent applications generally cannot run ahead of the principal's, so a slip moves everyone.
The second is that a spouse's employment plans depend on the principal holding valid status, which means an offer accepted on an assumed timetable carries the same risk the principal's case does. Ask counsel to confirm what evidence the spouse would present to a hiring employer and at what point that evidence exists, then set the household's irreversible decisions after that point rather than before it.