TD does not authorize employment or extend the principal’s work permission to a spouse’s business activities.
Assess the spouse’s intended U.S. work
Identify the actual tasks and location even if the customers are connected to the principal. Eligible spouses and unmarried children under 21 may study in maintained TD status. A family-owned invoice arrangement does not create separate authorization for work performed in the United States.
Relationship evidence is what supports a spouse's or an unmarried child under twenty-one's TD eligibility, so those documents need the same care: full translation, original preserved, names spelled consistently across every record. A spouse who intends to work needs a route of their own, assessed on their own occupation and qualifications, which may be a separate professional request if their occupation is listed and they hold the qualification the entry names, or a different category entirely. A child's birth certificate is fixed once issued, whereas a spouse's identity record may change again between a first application and a later extension, so the chain assembled today can need one more link the next time status is sought.