The investor, spouse and children are excluded from the qualifying job count.
Review family planning separately
Hours alone do not overcome the exclusion. Eligible derivatives and their actual work permission require their own assessment; do not treat a family employment plan as proof of the ten qualifying jobs.
School continuity is a family planning question, not an immigration eligibility question, but the family should still map each child's age against CSPA and visa-availability timing rather than assuming a specific school year determines when the immigration process must finish. The derivative group is limited to a spouse and unmarried children under twenty-one, which excludes an adult child already living independently and excludes a parent, however dependent. Write down what the family needs to know that a promoter will not volunteer: which family members are covered, what happens to the derivatives if the principal's petition is denied, and what documents each person will eventually have to produce. Record each family member's age and objectives early, since filing a petition or making the investment does not, by itself, freeze a child's age; the Child Status Protection Act calculation requires individual review. Distinguish relatives who already hold conditional residence from those whose immigrant cases remain pending, and review the project change’s implications for both groups.