Non-Essential Travel is Suspended On March 20, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security announced agreements with Canada and Mexico to restrict unnecessary travel across the borders shared with each country. Each agreement became effective on March 21, 2020 and remains in effect for 30 days (and may be extended). Unnecessary travel includes tourism or recreation, but the agreements do Read More »
Joshua Werbeck Syracuse, NY – Bousquet Holstein Attorney Joshua Werbeck will present to the NYS Bar Association Real Property Law Section Summer Meeting in Philadelphia on Friday, July 22, 2022. Josh will be speaking about New York State's new remote online notarization law, which allows notaries to complete notarization of documents using audio-visual technology and other Read More »
Bousquet Holstein PLLC is pleased to announce that Attorney Jana K. McDonald has been elected by its members to serve on the firm’s Board of Managers. Jana is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. She represents property owners on a wide range of land use matters, including litigation of property rights and Read More »
The Town Board for the Town of DeWitt recently appointed Bousquet Holstein PLLC attorney Joshua Werbeck to the Town of DeWitt Zoning Board of Appeals (the "ZBA"). The ZBA reviews and decides applications for use and area variance in the Town and issues interpretations of the Town's zoning regulations. Josh is chair of Bousquet Holstein's Read More »
In April 2022, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") piloted a "stampless" entry program, that is now expanding to all airports, seaports, and land ports of entry. This new program means that CBP has discontinued using ink stamps in passports to document entry into the United States. While this new process should streamline entries Read More »
(L-R) Christine Dettor, Natalie Hempson, Lisa Greenmills, Casey Johnson, Nell Garvey, Aaron Frishman As part of their annual community service project, the attorneys at Bousquet Holstein PLLC recently assembled and delivered over 100 tote bags of donated and purchased supplies to Healthy Families at the Onondaga County Health Department. The bags will be delivered by Read More »
Cycling saved my life. Really. It did. Many of us can make connections between events that we attribute to saving our lives. So many stories of how "exercise saved me." All those stories are true in a way. This story is different. Really it is. Or, perhaps it is the same. You decide. I was Read More »
In last month's alert, we discussed a popular question among many employer-sponsors, namely how many expert letters should be submitted to support a petition. Here is the link to that alert: http://bhlawpllc.com/publication/expert-letters-how-many-letters-are-enough-for-an-o-1-petition/ In this alert, we are addressing the format of how these letters should be written. The government gives some insights in the regulations about Read More »
Background The H-1B category is an attractive employment-based option for U.S. employers seeking to hire foreign nationals in specialty occupations. Generally, in order to qualify for an H-1B visa, the employer must demonstrate to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (the "USCIS") that the following requirements are met: the job is a specialty occupation, Read More »
Seasonal Workers The U.S. wine industry is facing an imminent shortage of labor, particularly during harvest season. Throughout the United States, such work is mostly done by foreign workers. The H-2A visa program is commonly utilized by wineries to fill employment gaps, by hiring temporary, seasonal workers. H-2A visas are Read More »