The child receives no L spousal work benefit. A brief visit or family connection to the employee does not authorize company services.
Assess the actual proposed activity
Temporary L children must remain eligible unmarried children under 21. Study may be permitted while maintaining status, but it does not create work authorization or extend that status. Keep family assistance plans separate from lawful staffing.
Treat the spouse’s offer as conditional on acquiring an independent work-authorized basis or obtaining qualifying L-2 status through admission or an approved change of status, with appropriate evidence of employment authorization incident to status. A spouse in valid L-2S status is authorized to work incident to that status, and an employment authorization document is not universally required, but a prospective employer still needs acceptable documentation when completing hiring paperwork. The common planning failure is arranging a spouse's start date or a child's activity before confirming admission records, while overlooking that the principal's L-1B eligibility rests on the qualifying relationship, foreign year, and specialized-knowledge assignment. If a child turns twenty-one during the assignment, derivative status ends on that birthday whatever the parent's remaining period, and a student route with its own admission and financial requirements takes time to arrange.