No. Do not invent a spouse’s duties to complete a staffing forecast. A qualifying E spouse’s work benefit depends on valid status and evidence, while children lack that benefit solely as dependents.
Describe the real household plan
If a spouse genuinely intends to work, explain the activity accurately. The principal’s development-and-direction requirement remains part of the investment assessment. The dependent framework generally covers a spouse and unmarried children under 21; each person must obtain and maintain the appropriate status.
Until the family holds appropriate E status, the purchase option supplies no permission to manage staff, serve customers, sign routine contracts, or perform remote operational work from the United States. An E-2 spouse is employment-authorized incident to status, which means the authorization exists once the spouse holds that classification — it does not reach backwards to cover services performed while an application is pending, and it is not attached to a visitor. The principal must still establish treaty nationality, qualifying enterprise ownership, power to develop and direct through half ownership or genuine operational control, and substantial lawful capital that is irrevocably committed and at risk.