The customer schedule is not the spouse’s authorization period. Review the spouse’s own valid status and records before relying on employment income.
Use individual validity dates in the household budget
A qualifying L spouse may work incident to valid dependent status, with the applicable evidence; children do not receive that spouse benefit. The principal’s assignment may change without automatically providing a corresponding status extension for the family. Record each person’s authorized period and proposed activity rather than copying the commercial contract’s end date into immigration planning.
Hypothetical example: A Trois-Rivières aerospace-coating process specialist plans a transfer that may be shortened if a customer postpones certification. The family file should identify each person’s status document, intended activity and date that controls that person’s planning. A spouse’s work planning has its own evidence requirements, and children do not receive the same work benefit.
Do not make school enrollment or a spouse’s job offer depend solely on the commercial project end date. The first review should separate the principal’s possible assignment change from the family’s individual validity periods. A practical decision is whether the spouse needs an independent route, whether plans can wait, or whether the household should rely only on activities permitted by current status.
Keep the customer’s timetable as context, not as a substitute for immigration records.