Review current status and documentation. Qualifying L spouses may be employment-authorized incident to status; an EAD is not universally required.
Assess the present permission
A prior document does not automatically establish today’s authorization or imply that every spouse must obtain the same document. Children do not receive work permission solely as L dependents.
Children admitted in L-2 dependent status may enrol in school and appear among the nonimmigrant classes permitted to study, so schooling is straightforward. A different qualifying-employment date may delay or prevent the proposed transfer, so dependent plans remain conditional on eligibility. The practical consequences are stark: the partner would need a status of their own, which for a visitor means limited stays without work permission and no path to live there indefinitely. Any child approaching twenty-one should be discussed with counsel separately, since derivative status for children rests on being unmarried and under that age. Confirm identity and relationship evidence, the intended timing of each move, and any separate work or business activity a spouse proposes after arrival.