Marriage alone does not provide US employment authorization.
Plan from actual status
A pending immigrant case does not itself grant work permission. Review the spouse’s actual lawful status and intended activity rather than relying on the principal’s payment or the wedding date. Eligible children generally must be unmarried and under 21; assess any applicable CSPA protection on the individual case facts.
Derivative concepts across the immigration system extend to a spouse and unmarried children under twenty-one, and the official programme description follows the same pattern with a separate processing fee and gift for each accompanying family member. Determine whether the relationship is a valid marriage under the law governing its formation; shared residence, duration, finances, or Canadian benefit terminology cannot create spousal status by themselves. Family provisions are stated in terms of people and their relationships, so the documents that matter are civil-status documents rather than anything describing what was purchased. The published family amounts are separate for each eligible joining person; obtain the current official instructions for the actual replacement scenario. A successful applicant receives lawful permanent resident status through EB-1 or EB-2; re-verify the family terms on the official program page before any money moves. Every joining relative must be considered in the initial application, and each spouse and unmarried child under twenty-one carries an additional nonrefundable processing fee and a further gift amount.