Describe a genuine arrangement and separately verify the spouse’s actual authorization. A hypothetical family contribution should not be treated as an established operating resource.
Keep staffing evidence and status evidence distinct
A qualifying L spouse may work incident to valid dependent status with applicable evidence; children do not receive that spouse permission. Identify the work, start date and individual classification. A family relationship does not prove that the function has adequate operational support, and the principal’s petition alone should not be used as the spouse’s current status record.
A household review should identify every person’s intended activity, status evidence, and the date on which that person needs authorization, rather than borrowing the principal’s conclusion. Check the qualifying relationship and the continuous qualifying foreign year within the preceding three years separately from the proposed role. The seven-year L-1A ceiling may change the business decision even where the role evidence is persuasive. Hypothetical example: a supplier of archival boxes transfers its director while the spouse has a separate offer from a book distributor.
That separate review prevents one person’s plan from being treated as another person’s permission.