TD does not authorize employment. Assess the actual activity before assuming that assistance, remote work or an unpaid description removes the restriction.
Describe the spouse’s work rather than its label
Identify the services, location and arrangement. A foreign client or payment source is not itself U.S. work authorization. TD may cover an eligible spouse or unmarried child under 21 and permits study, but the principal’s professional approval does not authorize the household to work. A separate genuine opportunity for the spouse should be assessed under its own applicable classification.
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. Confirm Canadian or Mexican citizenship, temporary professional activity, and an arrangement that is not substantive self-employment through the applicant’s controlled U.S. enterprise. The practical choice is whether the record is ready for inspection or requires the employer’s petition route first. Hypothetical example: a fisheries biologist enters for a fixed assignment while the spouse plans to sell handmade ceramics online.
That separate review prevents one person’s plan from being treated as another person’s permission.