Bring the principal job offer and professional credentials, then a separate summary of the spouse’s intended work. Relationship records support dependent planning; they do not establish the spouse’s right to work. A private household budget helps test feasibility but is not a substitute for immigration evidence.
Make the assumptions visible
List where each adult expects to be physically located, who the employer or clients are, what activities will occur, and when compensation is expected. Provide any existing U.S. status documents so counsel can evaluate their scope.
Keep salary projections clearly marked as confirmed, conditional, or unavailable. This prevents a polished financial forecast from hiding the unresolved immigration question on which the move depends. Date the assumptions, because they expire.
A summary of intended work, a location plan and a salary expectation are accurate on the day they are written and are routinely relied on months later when the facts have moved. Record where each adult expects to be physically located, who the employer or clients are, what activities will occur and when compensation is expected, marking each entry with the date it was confirmed. Keep salary projections labelled as confirmed, conditional or unavailable, and revisit the labels before any irreversible decision.
Provide any existing U.S. status documents so counsel can evaluate their scope against the current plan rather than the original one.