A qualifying E spouse is employment-authorized incident to status, though the individual's actual documentation should still be reviewed rather than assumed. Dependent children do not gain employment authorization simply from E status.
Plan around the household's actual activities
List each family member's citizenship, relationship evidence, age, and intended work or study. The spouse's employment documentation is a separate matter from the investor's ability to direct the enterprise, and any independent employment plan for the spouse should be reviewed on its own facts. The dependent category is for a qualifying spouse or unmarried child under 21; each person needs valid status.
The commercial file holds the purchase agreement, the lease assignment, licensing and any franchise consent; the household file holds school enrolment, housing, and the dates the family expects to move. Dependant status ends on the twenty-first birthday, and because this classification offers no direct path to permanent residence, there is nothing for a young adult to inherit by waiting. Where a family member will run the source business, agree what they are being asked to do and for how long, and whether their own plans change as a result, since an informal arrangement made quickly tends to be revisited unhappily.