Yes, as part of assessing the principal’s continuing L-1 basis and any required filing. A reorganization does not automatically invalidate every dependent record, but it should not be assumed irrelevant to the family’s status.
Bring the family’s actual documents
Provide I-94s and approval records for the spouse and children along with the principal’s documents. Eligible L-2 spouses may work incident to qualifying status, subject to appropriate evidence; children cannot work and must remain unmarried and under 21. Counsel should identify any dependent steps and travel consequences in the specific case, rather than relying only on the transaction’s commercial closing date.
Dependent status is checked against records, not against reassurance. Provide each family member’s I-94 and approval notice, and the evidence any employer is relying on for a spouse’s work. Hypothetical example: a hearing-aid retail chain moves its transferee to a newly formed U.S.
entity, and the spouse’s employer is asked what its own file actually contains for the period after that change, because a document naming the earlier employer proves nothing about the current one. Qualifying L-2 spouses may work incident to status with appropriate evidence; children in L-2 cannot work, and must remain unmarried and under 21. Where a document expires before the reorganisation completes, note the date and raise it in the same review.