Rosemarin Belliard

Rosemarin advises multinational corporate clients on U.S. Immigration and Nationality law. She assists clients in obtaining employment-based immigrant and nonimmigrant visas, concentrating primarily on the PERM labor certification process. Rosemarin provides individualized consultations on complex global immigration matters and interfaces with HR business partners to develop innovative strategies to mitigate risks, enable informed planning and decision making. She appears at numerous Permanent Resident interviews at USCIS offices in the tri-state area and throughout the country. She also assists individual clients with family-based immigration matters, including family-based adjustment of status petitions and naturalization.

Rosemarin has counseled multinational corporate clients on complex employment-based immigrant and nonimmigrant matters across a wide range of industries including banking, media and arts, fashion and information technology.

As a first-generation daughter of immigrants from the Dominican Republic, Rosemarin is deeply dedicated to the advancement of pro bono work and diversity, equity & inclusion in the legal profession. Currently, she serves on the executive board for the Dominican Bar Association and the 100 Hispanic Women National, Inc.

Prior to law school, Rosemarin was selected as the New York City Urban Fellow for the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, where she assisted the office in its mission to facilitate the successful integration of immigrant New Yorkers into the civic, cultural and economic fabric of the city.

During law school, she volunteered with the Safe Passage Project at New York Law School and served as an intern for Chief Judge Dora L. Irizarry of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Additionally, Rosemarin worked at Gibney as a Law Extern, Summer Associate and Law Clerk.

New York Law School, JD
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, BA, Political Science, magna cum laude                                                          

New York

New York

• Assisting corporate clients throughout all stages of the PERM Labor Certification Process
• Drafting and preparing petitions for all stages of the employment-based permanent residency process, including PERM Labor Certification, I-140 petitions (OR, EB-1, EB-2, EB-3) and Adjustment of Status
• Preparing employment-based nonimmigrant visa petitions including H-1B, L-1A, L-1B, L Blanket, TN/TD, and E visas
• Drafting and responding to Requests for Evidence issued by USCIS for both nonimmigrant and immigrant visas
• Preparing Motions to Reopen and Motions to Reconsider for complex employment based immigrant visa petition
• Conducting legal research and memorandum on complex immigration issues, including immigration consequences for crimes including CIMT and petty offenses
• Advising corporate clients on the federal employment verification compliance process including changes to the Form I-9 employment verification procedures
• Representing clients during Employment Based Permanent Residency Adjustment of Status interviews at USCIS offices in New York, New Jersey, California, Arizona, Texas, Massachusetts, Indiana, and Florida.
• Facilitating town halls and webinars for corporate clients on employment based green card options and internal case processing
• Drafting internal team training procedures and resources and facilitating trainings for internal and offshore team members
• Tracking developments in immigration law and policy, both in the federal courts and at the agency level

• Dominican Bar Association, Board of Director (January 2019 – Present)
• 100 Hispanic Women National, Inc, National Board Member (March 2021 – Present)
• American Immigration Lawyers Association, New York Chapter
  • Co-Chair, Corporate Practice/I-9 Committee (September 2020 – June 2021)
  • Secretary, Department of Labor Committee (September 2019 – June 2020)
• American Foreign Law Association, Secretary and Network of Bar Leaders Delegate (August 2020 – August 2021)

• Dominican Bar Association, an organization of legal professionals and law students, which supports Latino members of the legal profession and the at-large Latino community by providing scholarships and mentorship to law students, conducting career information activities for high school students and organizing pro-bono events for the community.
• 100 Hispanic Women National, Inc., a non-profit, non-partisan women’s organization with members from a wide range of industries and interests that promotes the professional advancement of Latina women in the government and corporate sectors.
• CUNY Citizenship Now, the largest university legal assistance program in the nation providing free and confidential citizenship and immigration law services since 1997.
• Safe Passage Project, a not-for-profit organization that provides legal services for children facing deportation proceedings alone.
• The Pre-Law Institute at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
  • In 2019, Rosemarin Belliard established the Trailblazer Scholarship in loving memory of her mentor, the former director of the Pre-Law Institute of John Jay College, Vielka Holness, Esq.  Each year the scholarship is awarded to a first-generation undergraduate student, from a traditionally underrepresented background in the legal profession, who plans to attend law school upon graduation.

• The Intersection of Critical Race Theory and Immigration Law, New York Chapter of American Immigration Lawyers Association, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Speaker, October 2021
• Conozca Tu Derechos Migratorios, Dominican Bar Association, Immigration and Nationality Law Committee, Panelist/Organizer, August 2021
• The First 100 Days: Immigration Policy in the Biden Administration, American Immigration Law Association and Dominican Bar Association Partnership, Panelist/Organizer, April 2021
• The Lifecycle of Compliance in the Age of Remote Workforces: I-9s, Nonimmigrant Visas and Related Worksite Issues, New York Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Corporate Practice/I-9 Committee, Organizer, February 2021
• Office Etiquette 101, Thurgood Marshall Development Series, New York City Bar, Diversity Committee, Panelist, February 2021
• Case and Client Management Strategies for Navigating Issues Presented by the October 2020 DOL Prevailing Wage Interim Final Rule, New York Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Department of Labor Committee, Panelist, December 2020
• Thriving in Law School: Rising to the Challenge in Law School and Discovering Your Inner Jurist, New York Law School, Panelist, November 2020
• Explorations of Your Future Self: Careers in Law & Policy, CUNY John Jay College Criminal Justice, Student Academic Success Program, Panelist, November 2020
• National Check-In on Social Justice Uprising, New York Law School, Student Life Diversity Meeting, Panelist, July 2020
• Immigration Law Career Panel, CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Pre-Law Institute & Alumni Relations Office, Panelist, June 2020
• Know Your Rights Webinar: The First Amendment Right To Protest For U.S. Citizens and Non U.S. Citizens, New York Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Panelist, June 2020

• Immigration

New York Law School, JD
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, BA, Political Science, magna cum laude                                                          

New York

New York