A company policy does not establish individual immigration permission. Qualifying L spouses may be employment-authorized incident to status with appropriate documentation.
Check each person’s actual record
An employment authorization document is not universally required for qualifying L spouses. Children do not receive work permission solely through L dependent status.
Keep children's study plans distinct from work and age-related questions, since the principal applicant's start date does not automatically determine every family member's arrangements. Identify the spouse’s passport, marriage record, each child’s birth record, marital status, and age, then confirm that the principal’s L-1 petition and travel plan can support the related applications. The principal still must satisfy the qualifying relationship, foreign-employment, and managerial or executive requirements even when relatives share control. Age is the condition to watch: dependent status is available only while a child is under twenty-one and unmarried, so a household with a nineteen-year-old should plan for a change to student status well before the birthday rather than in the month it arrives.