Do not assume another household’s eligibility or record carries over. Identify the intended eligible spouse and unmarried children under 21 for the actual applicant and their published obligations. Current official terms add a US$15,000 processing fee and US$1,000,000 gift for each eligible joining spouse or unmarried child under 21, including corporate cases; confirm individual eligibility and the operative instructions.
Keep the household individual
Each eligible joining relative adds US$1 million and US$15,000 under current terms. A corporate staffing change does not establish family status.
Employment-based categories differ sharply on the first question, since some accompanying spouses are employment-authorized incident to status and others are not permitted to work at all, and that single difference often decides which route a household prefers. Choices about who joins the case and when are cheapest to make before any file has been built around a particular answer, and the official guidance on initial inclusion is worth reading in its current form rather than as summarised by anyone. Ask counsel which family member's documents are most likely to generate a request, since a single missing item for one child can hold the entire case, and that person's records are worth checking first rather than last.