Keep family travel and housing commitments conditional while the principal worker’s authorization remains unresolved. Eligible dependents still need their own documentation and appropriate admission. A spouse’s TD status does not itself permit work, so the family should not use anticipated spouse earnings to bridge an uncertain start.
Sequence the reversible decisions first
Collect passports and relationship records while waiting, and identify which family members may need visa steps based on nationality. Separately list school withdrawals, lease dates, and benefit changes that would be costly to reverse. A hypothetical family might postpone moving while the principal finishes the evidence review.
That is a planning option, not an immigration requirement or assurance that later dependent admission will be immediate. Set the threshold at reversibility and sort every household decision against it. Collecting passports and relationship records, and identifying which family members may need visa steps by nationality, costs little and can proceed while the position is unresolved.
Withdrawing a child from school, ending a lease, cancelling benefit coverage or resigning a second position cannot be undone on the same terms, so those belong on the far side of a confirmed answer. Write the two lists out rather than holding them in mind, since the pressure to act arrives unevenly. Eligible dependents still need their own documentation and appropriate admission, and TD does not itself permit work, so anticipated spouse earnings cannot bridge an uncertain start.