Dependent eligibility turns on the applicable relationship and age requirements, not a contribution to the business. L dependent child status also does not authorize employment. Assess any proposed work separately and do not use technical involvement as a substitute for eligibility or work permission.
Separate household and project records
Document the child’s identity, relationship and intended activities as relevant to the dependent process. The principal’s specialized-knowledge evidence should describe the principal’s own work. If the child needs an independent route, assess its requirements rather than assuming family assistance is covered.
Identify each accompanying relative, the relationship evidence, intended entry timing and any independent work plan. The first review should make clear that the principal's knowledge file proves the principal's classification, not a child's right to accept employment or a relative's eligibility. Passports, birth or marriage records and current status documents settle the family portion.
Hypothetical example: A precision-optics technician transfers to an Oregon affiliate with a seventeen-year-old child who plans to finish secondary school and a twenty-one-year-old child who wants to remain for an internship. The younger child's education plan and the older child's proposed activity need different analysis. The mistake is assuming every person who travels with the principal remains a dependent for the same purposes and duration.
Keep the family evidence separate from confidential technical material and limit it to relationship, identity and activity facts. The sequence matters when a dependent intends to travel first or later. A transfer notice for the principal does not by itself answer the dependent's admission or work question.