An unmarried child under 21 in L dependent status does not receive the work authorization available to a qualifying L spouse. The planned activity needs its own appropriate authorization assessment.
Keep training terminology from deciding permission
Describe whether the company expects productive work, payment or study instead of relying on the word training. The parent’s expertise and the employer’s invitation do not grant the child employment permission. Check the child’s actual classification and dates.
The spouse and child rules are the same whether the principal transfers as a manager or on specialized knowledge, which surprises people who assume the more limited category carries more limited family rights. L-1B requires qualifying organizations doing business, twelve continuous months of qualifying employment abroad during the relevant preceding thirty-six months, and specialized knowledge for the U.S. assignment. Employers sometimes present a first transfer as a development opportunity with a start date already attached, while the questions that actually govern a household move, such as a spouse's employment, schooling, and whether anyone follows later, run on a different clock.
- USCIS — L classification documentation and evidence
- Department of State — 9 FAM 402.12
- 8 USC 1184 — specialized knowledge definition
- USCIS — employment authorization for certain spouses
- ICE — nonimmigrant classes that may study
- USCIS — fee schedule
- L1B conditions and definition
- L1B unaffiliated worksite restrictions