No. A qualifying E spouse may be employment-authorized incident to status with appropriate documentation; children do not receive that permission solely through dependent status.
Use the person’s status as the starting point
An employment authorization document is not universally required for qualifying E spouses. Record each person’s work or study plan rather than treating a business budget as a family authorization. Prepare individual status records for spouse and children while keeping them distinct from the enterprise file.
Collect passports, relationship records, intended activities and anticipated travel sequence. A qualifying E spouse may work incident to valid status with suitable evidence; a dependent child may study but has no corresponding work permission. Hypothetical example: a modular-greenhouse investor plans to bring a spouse who will manage payroll and a 20-year-old who hopes to work weekends.
The marriage certificate, admission record and job plan show that the spouse’s work position and the child’s proposed job have different consequences. The business budget does not grant either person status, and family plans should not be treated as proof that the enterprise is nonmarginal. Recheck family plans after the investor’s status is issued or changed.
A dependent’s work or school arrangement has its own limits, and a household’s commercial contribution cannot substitute for the required individual status evidence.