A credential does not provide the spouse’s immigration status or employment authorization.
Assess permission and qualifications separately
Qualifying L spouses may work incident to appropriate status with required evidence. Shared training or a pending case does not itself authorize the proposed work.
Dependent plans should account for relationship evidence, school plans, and the different work rules that apply to a spouse and children. Record the spouse’s classification, admission record, passport validity, prospective start date, and any licensing or credential requirements attached to the chosen occupation. Immigration derivative status turns on a legal marriage recognised where it took place, and a common-law or domestic partnership does not qualify, however long standing and however documented. The authorization arises from the status rather than from a separate application, and the admission record is the evidence an employer will want to see, so it should be checked immediately on arrival and corrected if the category or period is recorded wrongly. Record each family member's citizenship, relationship evidence, age and intended activity, and confirm the spouse's current status documentation directly rather than assuming it automatically follows. Check the spouse’s actual admission or status documentation before committing to delivery; calling a session unpaid does not automatically make it permissible. Any child approaching twenty-one should be discussed with counsel separately, since derivative status for children rests on being unmarried and under that age.