Delegating daily work to the spouse is a business decision, not an immigration permission. Verify the spouse’s own qualifying E status before making that delegation effective.
Match the delegation to actual duties and evidence
Write down the operating tasks the investor expects the spouse to assume and the date the change is proposed. Distinguish that intended arrangement from duties already being performed. A qualifying E spouse may be employment-authorized incident to valid status with appropriate records; the investor’s authority to direct the enterprise cannot grant the spouse that status. E dependent eligibility generally concerns a spouse or unmarried child under 21, with no spousal work benefit for the child. If the household plan changes, update the operating account honestly rather than using a family relationship to bridge a gap in authorized staffing.
Each person needs appropriate identity and travel evidence, but E dependents do not have to become Canadian citizens or share the principal’s treaty nationality. The principal must still demonstrate treaty nationality, at least the required enterprise nationality, committed capital exposed to loss, development and direction, and a real business that is not marginal.