No. The family’s permissible stay depends on immigration status and admission records, not the commercial contract term. Eligible spouses and unmarried children under 21 may seek L-2 based on the principal’s qualifying employment.
Use immigration dates for planning
Eligible L-2 spouses may work incident to valid status with appropriate evidence, while dependent children cannot. Track each family member’s expiry and any extension requirements even when the client engagement continues. If the contract ends or the assignment changes, review the effect on the principal and dependents; neither ongoing invoices nor a signed renewal automatically extends status.
Keep the immigration dates and the commercial dates in separate places, and treat only the former as governing. A long client engagement is a business fact conferring nothing, so the family permissible stay depends on status and admission records rather than on the contract term. Track each family member expiry and any extension requirement independently, even while the engagement continues uninterrupted.
Eligible spouses and unmarried children under 21 may seek L-2 based on the principal qualifying employment; eligible spouses may work incident to valid status with appropriate evidence and dependent children cannot. Where the contract ends or the assignment changes, review the effect on the principal and the dependents, since neither continuing invoices nor a signed renewal extends anyone status.