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A household may plan one set of activities during a project and another after its handoff. Review each person’s actual status and intended work or study rather than assuming the principal’s completed task changes everyone’s permission.
Describe the activity beginning after the handoff
When the principal’s training assignment ends, identify what the spouse or child now proposes to do in the related business. List the real tasks, who requests them and where they will be performed; call paid holiday work employment rather than treating it as a family visit. Record relationships, citizenships and ages alongside the proposed status. Completing the principal’s project neither authorizes the next person’s work nor proves that a business need can be filled by a dependent.
Preserve the dependent distinctions
TD does not authorize employment, including remote work while physically in the United States. Qualifying E and L spouses may be employment-authorized incident to status with appropriate documentation; an employment authorization document is not universally required for them. Children do not receive work permission solely through dependent status. TD, E and L dependents may study while maintaining the applicable status. For TD, E and L child-dependent status, the child must be unmarried and under 21; immigrant CSPA protection does not extend those temporary child-dependent age limits.
Check permission at the transition, not just at arrival
Put the original admission records next to the proposed handoff date and any subsequent status decisions. Identify whose activity changes and whether the documents actually support it. School attendance does not prolong an authorized stay. For a later immigrant plan, collect the relevant individual dates and visa availability for derivative eligibility and any CSPA question; a filed petition does not automatically freeze age. Retain the commercial project record separately so completion is not described as a government decision about the household.
Respect the order of immigrant entry
For an immigrant-visa family, the principal applicant must enter before or together with derivative family members. A preferred staggered move should be planned around that rule and each person’s actual documentation, not treated as an unrestricted choice of arrival order.
What else is on your mind?
Is a matching job title enough for TN?Can years of experience replace a degree for TN?Can my own U.S. company employ me under TN?Can my spouse work if I hold TN status?Editorial source review: 2026-09-07. General preparation guidance, not an individual assessment.