A child does not receive the L spouse’s work benefit. Assess the proposed activity independently rather than assuming family participation in a company project is permitted.
Separate dependent study and company services
Temporary L children must remain eligible unmarried children under 21. Study may be permitted while maintaining status, but it does not create work permission or extend that status. A family relationship to the employee does not authorize productive company work.
A child admitted in L-2 may attend school full time, but that status carries no work authorisation, so paying them for translation would be employment they cannot lawfully accept, and the fact that the work supports a parent's petition changes nothing. A spouse in qualifying L-2 status is generally authorized to work incident to status, subject to having the appropriate evidence; a pending petition or intention to accompany the principal is not enough. The principal must independently show a qualifying related organization, an uninterrupted foreign-employment year within the relevant prior three-year period, and genuinely specialized company knowledge for the US assignment.