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Saint-David-de-Falardeau households should assess each person’s actual activity, immigration status and current identity records before organizing a move. A first review should make a person-by-person activity chart: who will travel, study, perform services, hold a business role, or rely on a derivative relationship. Hypothetical example: The spouse of an installer of commercial algae-filtration systems plans to supervise a US crew while the principal’s case is still pending. The household must decide whether that person has independent permission for the proposed work rather than treating family ownership, a customer invitation, or a move date as authorization. The record that settles the point is the person’s actual status evidence and the nature of the activity, not the principal’s business plan.
Check work rights before joining the business activity
TD does not authorize employment. Qualifying E and L spouses may work incident to appropriate status with required evidence; children do not receive those spouse rights. A client invitation, pilot assignment or equipment lease does not itself authorize a family member’s services. EB-5 also excludes the investor’s spouse and children from its qualifying job count. List the proposed activity for each family member before arranging travel. TD does not permit employment; qualifying E and L spouses may be employment authorized incident to the appropriate status with the required evidence, while children do not receive those spouse rights. A lease, access to equipment, unpaid help, or a family business title can still involve productive services that need review. The concrete decision is whether to defer the activity, obtain a separate basis, or limit it to what the person’s status permits.
Keep individual family conditions and records current
Eligible children generally must be unmarried and under 21, with individual CSPA review; immigrant-visa derivatives enter with or after the principal. Gold Card adds US$1 million plus US$15,000 nonrefundable processing for each eligible included spouse or child, including corporate cases. The principal’s renewed passport does not itself update another person’s identity record or establish that the whole family is ready to travel. Keep each person’s passport, relationship record, age evidence, notices, and status history together but distinct from the principal’s file. For immigrant matters, confirm derivative eligibility and any individual CSPA analysis rather than assuming a child is included because the household travels together. For EB-5, do not count investor or derivative family work toward qualifying jobs. For Gold Card, the payment for each eligible included person is separate from proof that the person meets the applicable family conditions.
What else is on your mind?
Is a matching job title enough for TN?Can years of experience replace a degree for TN?Can my own U.S. company employ me under TN?Can my spouse work if I hold TN status?Editorial source review: 2026-09-07. General preparation guidance, not an individual assessment.