Describe genuine roles rather than inventing one. A qualifying E spouse’s work benefit depends on valid status and appropriate evidence; children lack that benefit solely as dependents.
Keep the principal’s role clear
The investor still must develop and direct the enterprise. A household staffing assumption does not establish individual permission. The dependent category is for a qualifying spouse or unmarried child under 21; each person needs valid status.
Spouses of E-2 principals are treated as employment-authorized incident to status after admission with the spouse annotation on the admission record, so the office-manager position is permitted without a separate employment authorization document. The E-2 spouse is employment-authorized incident to status and may work in the family business, but guiding paying clients also requires whatever state guide licence applies. The principal investor must independently show treaty nationality, substantial funds irrevocably committed and at risk, a real nonmarginal business, and development and direction through at least half ownership or operational control. Children admitted as dependants may generally study, but that permission does not extend to employment however informal the setting, and a weekend role in the family business is exactly where this gets tested.